BILLIARD ROOMS.
'EXTENSION OF^CLOSiNGHOIJEi,, 1 " A deputationfrom, the 'billiard saloon fceepsrS'i'of: the - : city waited. on the City Oounoilrlast night; and ■- requested an ex-V ' -tension of the closing hour from 10.30 to'll o'clock. ■ ;\v '•,':.'".-'" '"'i ■"-..■ I Mr. ; :Whitta,- : tho spokesman, said -that tho saloßn-keepers; ; fonnd'it hard, to fun, their businesses profitably now, and that! jn. view "of the money which Ithey had ■ in- •. v«sted,tho rates they paid) and the lab-' ' our they employed,-they l thought'they were entitled 'to .«iore'consideration 'than) they now.'received. 4 They "got .less, 'consideration than' theatricals; .'re-' coived. V IPicturo theai.w: operated toltho' detriment "of billiard' rooms,;; and <■; three bankruptcies'had oc'cjirrcd in ; tlie latter i , business. "•'Between 'and'-',,£30,000 was invested in billiard-rooms ' in "Wellington city, and two of tho saloons had. ■' cost over JS3OOO to equip. .of the proprietors'had. taken a long lease.'at heavy rentals. , ' ' "The matter was referred to the' By-law ■Committee. ,' i
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1668, 7 February 1913, Page 5
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146BILLIARD ROOMS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1668, 7 February 1913, Page 5
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