LICENSING REPORT DEFEATS ITS OBJECT

Chronicle (Levin), 6 September 1946, Page 5

LICENSING REPORT DEFEATS ITS OBJECT

— Press Association

By Telegraph

AUCKLAND, Sept. 5. The opipion tlint tlie propoculs oi' the Boytil Coinmission on LiceiiKing ti])peared to bc wo impructicable, cumber.some and extremc that thev were almost eertain to defeat the real objeet I'or vvliich the conunission was estab lished, was expressed by Mr. II. .T. Kellilicr, managing director of Dominion Brewerics, Lt(l. What was uow proposed by thc commi'ssiou was an ex tension and intensification of regulat ions culmiiiating in State control and State bureaucraey on a grand scale, Mr. Kelliher said. By eliminating the eoinpetitive elenient in tlie productum and distribution of alcoholic beverages, the quality and service would unquest ionnblv fall a long 'way below t-he standard set by I private enterprise. 'Jvhe war had been J over for more than 12 months and the Trade was still labouring under regulat ions and restrietions. The eommission would be unaware of tlie fact that its reeommehdation to introduce State ownership was in direet opposition to the expressed wish of the overvvhelming niajority of Xew Zealand people as was evidenced by the national polls over the last 25 years, Mr. Kelliher doclarecL. The proposals for a redistri- - bution of licences, an alteration of - hours.anji ah pxtensidn' of , s^es to rest aiir^i^. and -hfljgtiU dlatb.f ;w4jiq- all ih accQi^d '..wjf.ii. :nio(fer'ii: " trend's. •p.v.qrsea's and ^rei'e. 'honl4trutjuivh* proposal^. :