LICENSING LAWS
PUBLICANS FINED,
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WOODVILLE, Last Night. j At the Court this morning three hotelkeepers were fined sums varying from £1 to £3 for permitting shouting on December sth. The offences were admitted formally, but it was urged that being race day the hotels were busy and the breaches of the law were inadvertently committed. The police stated that the hotels were well conducted and there were no previous convictions. The Magistrate said the fines would be made light because" of the police evidence and of no previous convictions, but if the offenders came bofore him again he would inflict severe penalties.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 1 February 1918, Page 5
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