ANTI-SHOUTING
THE EFFECT IN DUNEDIN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, August 30. Hotelkeepers are unanimous in the opinion that it is too early ta judge the actual results of the anti-"shout-ing" regulations. They consider that a fow weeks must elapso before it can be definitely stated how businesses will be affected. Takings show a considerable falling off for the past two days. A leading hotelkeopor says that his bar trade depreciated 33 per cent. Other publicans in the centre of the city say that their takings dropped 25 to 30 per ccnt. It is thought that when people become more acquainted with tho l ew order 1 of things and the disinclination to enter a hotel alone- passes off trado will pick up, but even then the depreciation in bar receipt? of, roughly, 10 to 15 per cent, is anticipated. The proprietor of a suburban hotel stated that the bar trado was unaffccted by anti-"shouting."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2864, 31 August 1916, Page 6
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154ANTI-SHOUTING Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2864, 31 August 1916, Page 6
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