ONE WRONG NOTE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 121, 25 May 1942, Page 3

ONE WRONG NOTE

PUTS THE WHOLE BAND OUT OP TUNE

Everyone at sonic time or another has listened to the playing of an amateur Dand. Once in a while an indifferent or careless player will strike one wrong note, which puts the whole band out of tune and jars the senses even of listeners who may not themselves be musicians. So it is with the small minority of ho.elkeepers who strike a wrong note in these times by allowing themselves to be tempted to disobey the regulations governing the conduct of the licensed trade in New Zealand.

The vast majority of hotelkeepers are law-abiding citizens who are engaged in an industry that is rendering a service to the majority of the public in accordance with their wishes, as expressed from time to time through traditional democratic means.

The majority of the public who enjoy the hospitality and fellowship of licensed house are likewise sober, reasonable individuals. In time of war. with many thousands of men and women employed outsipe their ordinary routine, and other thousands living in a state of mental _Stress, it is more than ever necessary' a brake on excess, to encourage toe sp of modest ion A Trade ° r A Nmw Zealand. —(I