STRONGLY CONDEMNED
TOURIST RESORT LICENCES PRESBYTERIANS’ OPPOSITION 40-HOl R WEEK FOR BARS I Per Press Aaaodation | CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 24. Proposals being made from time to time for the licensing of new hotels at tourist resorts were strongly condemned at a meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day. The following resolutions were passed without dissent: That the Church's stand be reasserted for the emancipation ot our country from trade in alcoholic beverages. That the Government be informed of our implacable stand against the extension of licensing facilities, whether in cities or at tourist resorts. That, the Government be petitioned to apply the 40-hour week to the licensed bar trade. That the Government be requested to see that more strict observance of the licensing laws is kept. That the Government be asked to make temperance teaching compulsory in schools.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 279, 25 November 1936, Page 8
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137STRONGLY CONDEMNED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 279, 25 November 1936, Page 8
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