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speak on authority that the evil is only now existing in country districts. In the cities and larger centres it lias been 'stamped out completely and I am pleased to .say that those in charge co-operate with- the police for that purpose. Why when this thing is so blatant and so glaring are not the police more active. The law prescribes that liquor shall not be allowed within half a mile of a dance hall. That regulation is regularly ignored and those who really go to enjoy themselves have their evenings spoilt by those who ("insist .upon artificial stimulants to make themselves a nuisance or an object of disgust. Residents in the vicinity of halls complain of bottles flung on to their lawns and gardens. Why, I ask again when our drink bill is £12 ? 891 000 is not someething being done to control the wholesale drinking going on in our midst. Yours etc. 5 'ENQUIRER. ,
Sir, —T am amazed at the apparent lack oi' control exercised over the dances held in the Whakatane district. On almost every occasion one is able to see bottles ranging from dozens to hundreds left round the halls after these and I can
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 27, 27 November 1945, Page 4
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202BEER AT DANCES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 27, 27 November 1945, Page 4
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