THE LICENSING LAW.
TOO MANY INFRACTIONS,
At the conclusion of a long sitting of the Magistrate’s Court in Timaru on Thursday last (says the Herald) most of the time of ithe sitting having been taken up in hearing breaches of the Licensing Act, Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., issued a warning to hotelkeepers. The Magistrate said it was a most extraordinary thing that on Good Friday, which was held sacred all over the world, so many licensees should break the licensing laws. It showed a persistent ignoring of the provisions of the Licensing Act by hotelkeepers and an absolute disregard of these provisions by the drinking public. If licensees were strict they could soon convince the public that it would be useless to try and tempt them ito break the law. He was 1 glad to know that there were in Timaru and district some very good licensees who observed the law very strictly and conducted their houses in a proper manner. Non-observance of the law would have a strong bearing on the licensing poll which would be taken again towards the end of the present year. It almost appeared necessary to have a constable to watch every hotel as matters were going at present—with the exception of those which were conducted with due regard to the law. He hoped that publicans would take this hint and see that the law is observed in the future.
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Waipa Post, Volume XX, Issue 1241, 11 May 1922, Page 2
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