SyderLham Licensing Bench.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6807, 21 March 1890, Page 3

SyderLham Licensing Bench.

TO THE EDITOR. Sie,—l have been.top much-: engaged to . continue sooner my previous remarks,, bub , I wish, by your permission, to add a, little more as opportunity has returnod. • it the •. meeting of the supposed united. Committees, may I ask them ;to consjdqr !th'o i question of barmaids ?- It can be^no secret, » either ..to .the Committees or anyo,n§, .who , knows anything of the bar trade, .that ,i$ ia , noplaceforwqn3ea,especJaVy young^wonjen, for if ther^ is 'si moral hell on thisjeartiijt ?3 the jpublichouse'bar. i,I h^ve,fibeep 4{ol<i this by persons who have the expe^eng-j. , I repeat it,, Sif, hell. can •be seen * and ylieard in the stree^,,/v^here ». these finished artists of the bar asunder ", *a certain /amount,' of;% rpstraint, tos'hjpjr „ wli'at I h'aye said.' »'Would; the Committees, „ or even the bWwers,;pl£)be, their daughters iu.'such places ? t riW.hy/^en, allpw the t more.^unfortunate '.through .pressure jjf / circumßtances to do so ? '.• Do wejw^nt young women. to be the mpfch.erß(of + ojir rising race ?' Can such filth ever berabb^ea off? „'No;^.it .will, take generations yet unborn^tb .undo' the mischief. Sir, these are , only'shor,J; notes, but, to sensible men, will show which' way the wind blowo. —l am, \&c\, " WATCH. • .