WOMEN AND HOTELS.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17964, 8 March 1930, Page 9

WOMEN AND HOTELS.

FEELING IN WELLINGTON.

SEX DISTINCTIONS OPPOSED. (Speoial to Times.) WELLINGTON, Friday. Inquiries following upon a message received from Auokland stating that drinking by women in hotels is very prevalent in the northern city have not disclosed any very alarming developments of this kind in Wellington. For years past many of the hotels here have provided facilities for women obtaining refreshments of a more potent nature than those available In the adjoining tearooms; but there are, according to the statements made by reliable people, only iaic instances in which these facilities have been flagrantly abused. The idea of introducing legislation, as the New Zealand Alliance has proposed, to prevent women purchasing liquor at licensed hotels for consumption on the premises, does not appear to meet with much approval locally, quite a number of people protesting against those of the gentler sex being placed in the same category as prohibited people and undesirables. The local public, so far, seem to have had no occasion to interfere in the matter, and it is unlikely Parliament would proceed to legislation on the delinquencies of Auckland alone.