LICENSING LAWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVII, Issue 23181, 20 April 1945, Page 4

LICENSING LAWS

Improvement Of Public Bars Recommendations Submitted To Commission (N.Z.P.A.I WELLINGTON, Apr. 19. Submissions on behalf of a group of individuals were presented by Mr S. J. Collins, a public servant, to the Licensing Commission to-day. Among the recommendations were: Lavatories equal in standard to those in public places and erected near bars;, all bars to conform to one general type: adequate inspection of premises; sterilisation of glasses; all draught beer to be drawn from barrels in the view of patrons; elimination of private bars; prices to be the same in lounges as in. bars; licences to be granted to grocers for the sale of beer; each bar to have seating accommodation and tables for all present at any time; a system of licences for cabarets, dining saloons and railway stations; hours should be extended until evening. A suggestion in this regard was that the extension might apply only to lounges and all bars in full view of the public. Dr Siegfried Rothman, an electrical engineer, said there were few restrictions on sales in Germany and Italy. A bottle could be bought from almost any grocer up to 8 p.m. Liquor was obtainable at the major railway stations. factory canteens and theatre buffets. The public house was regarded as entirely separate from the hotel. The latter was not regarded as a place to go and drink. An hotel was for the travelling public. There was little evidence of drunkenness in the street in these countries. He had never witnessed such conduct there as he had observed in Willis Street on a Saturday afternoon