"TRADE'S" SELF-REFORM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 408, 18 January 1909, Page 6

"TRADE'S" SELF-REFORM.

:';y : >.^;M'.ft.-BARMAIDS;TO-^ :*-<-,h : DRINKING^ON : .PPJ]!MISES BY .'., ;^;; : ;.:;^'; ; ::>4':; 4W0MEN.444;-4 4'4'",;. ;v; ;■.::;;< :..■;. (bi'TELEGBiiPH--pBEss 1 'association, j; ■:•>; . :;;?''■ '4; ; ;;;S; 'January: 16.; Vv;W;'A; the Aucklandßrewers,-. Wine -4,; and -Spirit Merchants, ■: and; the. .Licensed '■■■ ,;Victuallers'.; Association,- representing all .'the :v4'of ;■ the; retail; trade,-was : :.held v 'ye.sterday; : .'and ;■■ waa-charaoterised;byim.uoh.;earnestn6ss. It .;;;,. adoptedvunanimously, .resolutions.embodying •4v';Jt&e;Jpllo^g;reforms'^—;4;; ;;,.-'"'-:; ■'"■/.; .::■>. 5 l.'-.-Abolition' of: barmaids..lt is proposed 4; 4 , : to; keep': a: register of;' all -barmaids' at present ; : j*.empioy,ed-.in',; the 'city ■.of-Auckland, arid, to: . v employ 4 hereafter : none . except,- those.'.whose 44;nanies'are on such register.;, 4;4.'-.-. ; , v:.-2., ;: Jheiabolitioriiof.private, bars, when pre■;;.;;,6enii, leases' expire,•except: in the ,case, of a i ;; : lerigthy. period,;, when: a,: special-date is to ';4;be'sxed.;.4;; .--•■444" ; 4 ; 4:- ; " ; ''•':■.?•:■ ■■:•"-■• ::':?{:->3. -Raisings the : age.':-limit.;at: which" youths ":•-':jcan-.,be' served: with' : liquor: in hotels' frorii •^:.<lß [M,2o;. years.;'-44-:4=;v4i:.4.4..-V;.-. ■^:.-'jj- : -.\ 4'■;.:;'-• 'i. ■ Nb;.,wonian to; be ; 6'upplied with.- drink ;..:.'-ifo'r consumption .on-the .'premises .unless she ik-;-!U:a."boarder: '■■■-. '.:;•': ;vj : :' / - : \ [ ---- : ' CONCESSION JO M y?i;>& 'Imr; :^Miffißs;-E^LALNS.; , ■:;.: : : :.' i ::-';:-::-,:(Br:'iELEGEAPH—peess,;association;) , ::; ";:: •j;;r^.:;'v : .':\;:: :! V:Vj::!:Auckland, ;v;;' v :;^Mr;':Artirar ; Myers, interviewed onihe.sub■,■:'jectHi ■ the : :fesblutions passed,: : said ,"that::iri ";,rconsequence;of the:-largevmoderate.vote.east 'X-; for f; .had;become;:.neefis'sary. to the .conditions '. under Jwhich the IVade v---: ; .was conducted;'- arid, found:the; rea- :;;; sons 'that' caused .so : mahy people:to"-' vote : ..;No-Licerise,'-;the ,next\ step.;:Was,.tp;;effeot-a was''felt"it'wbuld'rnot'vbe just : '£.. ■■ to; -throw, out'''of^employment'' immediately. ; ..-:banriaids at. present their _lawful :: calling, -many; of,.whom" had been-mainstays' their.; families^ 1 :Perhaps ; ; the ; Trade, was ;;.; ; : ;tfbt'v.quite ■■justified '. in ..refusing '.to.;;'; supply ...:, women;witn^ drink': to: be consumed in.'liotels,: ;V:but ■Kiby - very,'- many 'people' regarding s the i.unoV .. . :sirabilityf the.: practice, 'the :Trade: felt that & .they.- must ytake: action.': 4 ■;. :be-prevented procuring; liquor;-'.for their '-'■:'. homes in.case of•'sickness', etc; ;ItVwas,felt :4;':that;,the.;public ;generally.:-wpuld : approve of . ;4:the;;Trade^sfaction:!/ : ':';V '-C::'::.-:.'^; :})}:•■ :::' [ \.{ MiC Myers concluded':: /'"W©;. have; - ; ~,/: giving' ;-V tiorivfor'-ysoSie time.'pastj.' as.Vsome.of. us i; 4 felt,the \time:had:.:arrived; / ipr' bringing 'the' .:,,;;conditions.• under, I ,which ;the: : Trade.existed /.more' irito.line ■with '.public' opmion;.: : There ;>: : cari"/he,.rib::doubt;;that;a;.great, majority;;6f .;>>Vth'o.gpebple- ofr. the;;-Dbminipri-.are . : ribt pro-. ;■ i'.hibitionistsj:'and .'since ;theV, Trade,,: are ■ in.. ;■:;; the. unique ;]wsitibtt';pf/having'tbrask.trien-' ;..;. eiistericevfrorii;.the':' publio',-.' if;: is .''necessary :: v;that::the:;Trade .'.Bhall. be :pn lines' i-4 ,td?,be:.:apprbyed-;. ; by 'the' .publicat large.".-

OPINIONS OF THE LOCAL TRADE.

.;■;-:' "Piffle I'' was the, inelegant, ;but'expressiye,' J'/verdict', of.a: leading-local -licensee,., to .'whom y'.ithoJAuckland.'resolutions^were-shown- by/ai : .■ /Dominion 'representative; V-He" expressed; .ilio, :■•.' i. :;that; ; the-/Auckland' Trade'' was; . '''merely/,pandering/ move-- ■:/.; ment, '.arid'that.the -resolutions' meant/very, ::/little;;vlt would'not/ 7 -;imprdTO : .?;.tli« , '';:hpt6l; .///..business to aboh'sh/bam'aids';//he /was/quite- //: ■/ certain \ that when,suitable' ' girls were; chosen' ; ,''for : this. wofki :: th"ey''.wer'e'.'a refining influence' :/ : in/thei,ba'r./; ; ;The;" : re'ason;Vfor""abolishing; understand. ,'-ln :■', everything but.nametheseybdrs;were"entirely; //: -pubuo; arid they Constituted:.the majority of ' .-Vvthe bars /in. Wellington,'/. .The; charge: was .a: ':'' 'trifle'; higher, and .the company, was presumed • i.;;.'tp,:he'.a trifle; more'.select,-' A'jinan.'^would be! :M'.,expected : nis:'c6nyictiohs.in.,quieter: '■':, ;:-,tonra,::';iand"^^,witn- ! ;'a:,'m'ore':, ; renned vjocabulary! ■: ; 'v;than;mighi.;be,tolerat^ ; in' the', "public" or; : ; //cheaper 1 balr. ' In: His/hotel;'■{•'barmaids were; •'/■"employed'in., thej."private, "•.'but' T 'n6t'in,the! v /'"public".bar. .'Hardly.any,.barmaids,worked'' ■/ ■' '$&:'", ..to'; , r ,///raising the'/age limit at.which youths Should ' ; : ; .be served from eighteen'years.;to .'.twenty, ; who '■/..'.could/.differentiate between/;/young.metf/'of /.V/';thbse' two'>ges ?':'. He had';upheld,Ms'.'barman -:.:■ •:-ifa.' r.efusingjdrink, tb'.a/.diminutiye". ,f yonth," x "/.who'afterwards/prpyedi/Kis/clainiii'tOitwenty. '.--. ■■■' 'years'; of /discretion;//It, was a. rule ///of/ his', ./hotel that'np.womari should be/supplied//He /'// believed ialsoinkeepingan'artistio/bar-robm, :.- - .with 'pictiiresiof good quality ,',iuie'glassware, '."'and other/amenities,/as :he'> believed/that/all '.'./'•'■. these' things •■ had', a- refining''' influence • upon .;.;.» customers... If \ the. ///spirits,'they would do'much more<fof reform ///than/their':, preseht/rdsoliitions'implied; / /■/// '■:,.'.':. ■'''• The/manager /of another ■•'hotel -admitted, //'v- bars/were.noti^the'best/ 1 place', for /.;/youhg' : womenT,, He-did not/know,;/however,'. ; 'iwhere they: would .find * other employment in. '.; / well paid.:' Ho'saw no .object/in the/abolition': /;• '/■'of "private" bars;/and as to.serving women,' -:/ -why -'.should/ they /not ■.. be /served?/'/It/'was '. ■ often-,very difticult./to. : say' if ;-a young matt /■ ~'was/18'/years/old-;or; 2 0/ ///''!' // V/'- / '/ //'/■., A -"spineless//set,^ ; -was',/the'/verdict / of

'•_'. another".niariagef :pn':.'the-;representatives'of ..;... ;• the ;'Auckland J . .Trade.;;: If 4- they- 'thought : ;;4'that;. they; : would:;.alter4brie:- vote ■ by; ■'.this: .:;;:,preterice of yielding 1 !to a:section/of opinion ; ; .':'4they;would/be::much : ;mistaken.4/The public ."-;' did '"■not-,'.blame-''., the: licensees, for.- any./'evils '■J-~ -which':might.■ cxisV;in the Trade; -it,blamed :.; /.the»'brewers,.',and;.frbm'.theinv.alone .reform; ...could come./.There were hardly, half a dozen ;%:^^ hotels; in-. rWellin'gton:;,which .'were, not .'.'-'tied /4 ■ : ,"hbtises. , '.!V' Men equipped" with- scarcely any ~;; of: the,'necessary. experienie; took five I :years' ■■■ leases, of hotels• at; a-.high rental, and with 4,;4a high .charge;for;gbod-will;...';Often; if they 4;;. had] to" ;keep4on .-.witli I ;them;; they "would-be' ■:.'■".'>ruined;;.but,.thefe' : wdre': always crowds;.;, of .;:4:other4jgnorant4;persbris'-'eager,:'to buy,:at'.'i 4;-'; still: rate.;,..vUrider ..these".conditions ':(-■ '■■. it, could ■" riot' be woiidered: at : if .■', there -'were 4 ;■' occasional; abuses inHhe/Trade: ;Ho did not ;.. .think.that,barmaids were .harmed by their v., ■-employment;'': provided 'their..,, work:, .was ; :'well : 4;.;s'upervis'ed,l and ;'the-'- licensee/ did /;4: desires;iOn;/an:excessive;.till.4;HeJhad:known 4 4'":--fivev;wbiriei ."leave;;the-'.• barmaid's:'occnp'atipii',' '~'havirig'received;'a useful/education./in, the .■;■'.,• course,of it. .;He saw no object in.abolishing ,', so-called /private :bars4:::''A's;"for ..the-..other. .ft .regulations:adopted,.his| bpiriipn ; was that if :,'; 'a liceiise.ecarried'out'in' their -integrity the ;..; provisions.' of:, the. licensing law as, it now. , ;;:;,stood,he did remarkably;.well.-•;, 4 4