HOTEL BOYCOTTS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20887, 19 August 1939, Page 12

HOTEL BOYCOTTS

SMALLER GLASSES ACTION IN GRjEYMOUTH ATTITUDE OF BREWERS (By Telegraph.—Press Association) GHEYMOUTH, Friday No increase in the price of beer is to be made by the Greymouth Licensed Victuallers, but a largely-attended, meeting decided to reduce by several ounces the size of the larger glasses now used. Licensees are to continue their discret/ionary practice of “shouting.” 'No increase will be made in the meantime in the retail price of bottled beer. The breweries advised the meeting that they could not, and would not, carry any portion of the increased duty.

ADDINGTON WORKERS

IMPERIAL PINT DEMANDED HOTELS DECLARED “BLACK” (By Telegraph.—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH!, Friday The employees of the Addington railway workshops are in accord with Ihe Lyttelton watersiders in their attitude towards the raising of the price of beer and the elimination of the house “shout” by p-üblicans. One solitary voice was raised against the decision to declare the hotels of Christchurch and suburbs “black” when the question was discussed by a lartgely-attended meeting of men at the workshops during the lunch hour today. The raihvaymen went further than the watersiders. for they demanded that the standard measure should be the Imperial pint. The final resolution, which was redrafted by a small sub-committee set up by the meeting, was as follows: “That this meeting of Addington workshop employees. representing 1600 men, asks the Government to take the necessary steps to prevent the workers, who are t.he chief consumers of beeT, from being exploited by the publicans. “We also ask that the publicans be brought into line with other retailers by the introduction of the Imperial pint as the standard measure and thus comply with the requirement of the Weights and Measures Act. “This meeting also protests against the decision of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association regarding the most exorbitant prices charged for beer and spirits, and sincerely pledges itself to refrain from frequenting hotels in Christchurch and suburbs until such time as the licensed victuallers reconsider their decision.”