EARLY CLOSING
bir,—] see there is a great deal of discussion going on ro early closing, abd would like to ask who is deriving the greatest benefit by keeping tho lutels open after 6 o'clock—the hotelkeepei'B Slid others interested in tho liquor tuiric, or the soldiers? And who is being made wealthy by tho liquor traffic? Certainly not the soldiers! Sir, I am nfraid' that the late Earl Kitchener's injunction to abstain from liquor while the war lasts is in danger of being forgotten by some, and there are some of these iolk in positions where their example iios great influence. Uno hears occasionally about New Zealand wanting to be in the van of progress, but sonio New Zealnmlers seem quite content to 'bo in tho rear when, it-affects their pockets; their patriotism also apparently reaches the vanishing point then. Can anyone vho has either the physical or moral welfare ot our boys at heart wish to seo Ihem passing their evenings in the atmosphere of the hotel bars?~-I am, etc., A SOLDIER'S ifdTHER.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2810, 30 June 1916, Page 6
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174EARLY CLOSING Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2810, 30 June 1916, Page 6
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