SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 1, 26 September 1917, Page 6

SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING

Sir-Sis o'clock closing has been carvled \liicV means total piohibition ior in the evening. How t'lOUrfhttul tnc> are for the men that are going away to fight their battW for them. One oi the arguments of tlfe Prohibition Parly .in favour of six o'clock closing was that the Trade had not made any sacrifice. I have yet to learn what eaorinw the Prohibition Party has made I hey v;on t even forego the pleasure of agitating on the drink question during war time. Next vear they will - agitate for total Prohibition, and if the war lasted another ten years, gooduess knows wnat thev would want by then. Curious thin» too, that Russia .abolished vodka to increase efficiency, and it resulted in Hiaos. Australia carried six o clock closing, and now all the industries of the whole country are disorganised. In England the drastic cuita.Vmn.t of. liflupr production caused so much industrial unrest that the authorities decided to increase the output, thereby shqwmg n. 'dpiil of tact' and common sense. But our politicians have not taV™ a l«»n fimn other countries' esnonence. Some time ago the Defence stated that he would «ot w the ;old,rr *™MJ£-fM-pnt to the civilian in ivsard '" ouvk. In I trust Sir James Allen will stand by his statement a.iul establish a v?et canteen in ihe