GOOD REPORTS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 824, 21 December 1905, Page 36

GOOD REPORTS.

From all over the Colony such marked improvement lias been made in the conducting'of licensed houses that it has attracted the attention of the various licensing committees. At the conclusion of a recent meeting of the Grey mouth Li-* censing Bench,' the chairman, on behalf of the Bench, stated that during the past year there had been a marked improvement in the general conduct of licensed premises, and he complimented the licensed victuallers as a body for the commendable manner' in which thtey had conformed to the requirements of the Licensing Acts. Such praise as the above is gratifying in the extreme, and it is pleasureable to note 1 that our Auckland hotelkeepers came in for similar praise at the last meeting of the City Committee. In the conduct which brings forth such good reports, the Trade have the surest, cheapest, and most effective defence from the attacks of their enemies that can possibly be devised. The general public know the exactions of the licensing law. and are not slow in showing their appreciation of those who by results, prove that they are alive to the necessity of strictly complying with those exactions.