Licensing Laws
Sir, —One would like to support the Presbyterian Church in its attitude towards drinking hours, and particularly as regards ‘‘shouting” drinks in bars. Some may recall that in the services, at any rate the Regular Army, the practice of standing drinks, except to guests, was,in many regiments, strictly forbidden, both in the officers’ and sergeants’ messes and for very good reason. Not only did it lead to excessive drinking, but it involved the younger and more impecunious members of a mess in spending far more on liquor than they could afford. Mutatis mutandis, the same could well apply to the widespread custom of “shouting” drinks. It is one thing to offer somebody tin odd drink as a friendly and hospitable gesture; quite another to participate in a sort of chain performance, gratifying as this may be from the producers’ point of view.—Yours, etc., ILAM. July 13, 1966.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31111, 14 July 1966, Page 14
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149Licensing Laws Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31111, 14 July 1966, Page 14
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