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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19011, 31 July 1933, Page 2

Remarkabto Anomaly. —A remarkable licensing anomaly which exists on the borders of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire was mentioned at a recent sitting of the Maidenhead licensing justices. Counsel applied on behalf of licensees for an extension of closing hours on week days during the summer until half-past 10 o’clock instead of 10 o’clock. An hotel near Maidenhead bridge, counsel said, was in two licensing areas, and to mark the boundary a nail was driven in the counter. If river enthusiasts stood on the right side of the nail, lie said, the barmaid would serve them, as they would he in Buckinghamshire, where the closing hour was half-past 10 o’clock. If they were on the left side she discreetly advised them to move into Buckinghamshire, to* ision h - anted.