LIQUOR AND CHARTERED CLUBS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3185, 8 September 1917, Page 7

LIQUOR AND CHARTERED CLUBS

N PBOTEST AGAINST CUETAILMENT •OF EOUBS. . At a conference of chartered clubs held yesterday afternoon, Mr. C. W< Tringham presiding, the of the approaching legislation on the eubjeoti of curtailment of. hours during whicW nlcoholic refreshments may be purveyed was follj discussed, aad the following • resolution , carried:— "That this conference o£ representatives of chartered clubs records an emphatic protest against any' curtailment of the evening hours for the . eale f , " alcoholic refreshments, and bases its objections on the following grqimds:— ■ "1. That such action is not justified Hi this country, and would have no effect whatever on the conduct of New; Zealand's part in the war."2. That the proposal is directly op*, posed to- the principle ndopled in Great) Britain, where bcrev-are closed during hours of labour and open during the. hours of relaxation at stated periods » during the day nnd every,evening until 9,10 p.m., and on Sundays - also. "3. That restriction of evening hours trill have an absolutely destructive cftecfc upon olub life nnd finance, raid will probablf mean the complete cloeing downi o? a number of these institutions throughout tho country. • ' "i. That tho chartered dubs are not conducted for the purposes of private profit, and fulfil • a useful function in the community by providing a common, cround of friendship for the various • sections of the people, thereby -cement 1 , i ing the body politic and advancing the general welfare of ;the-State ■ ; I "5. That in view of tho fact that the membership of chartered clubs :s oyerj .. ; twenty thousandj _ Government should! I not imposo unwarranted restnctione • upon such a large section of the com-- ; munity merely to appease the agitation ■ of those who are taking advantage of ■ the war to endeavour to secure:Prolubi- , tion by back-door methods. ' 1 The'chairman was empowered to con-» , ■ vev the resolution to the Prime Minister*