LICENSING TRUST

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 237, 4 July 1944, Page 3

LICENSING TRUST

Invercargill Bottle Stores To Be Moved (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) TNVHKCAKGILL, July 3. A decision to abandon the principle of having bottle stores such as those in the Kelvin and Clyde premises, and to obtain other premises in the city fur this purpose was made at a meeting of the Invercargill Licensing Trust tonight. It was also decided that in future no liquor should be sold at these stores unless it was wrapped for taking away and that no bottles of ate should be sold over the bars. The trust will remove the bottle departments in the Kelvin and the Clyde as soon as it secures suitable premises for these departments. The. opinion was’ expressed al the meeting that it was undesirable that people should be able to purchase bottles of ale at the bottle stores and then walk into the bars or lounges and consume them. It: was also felt that, these stores were badly placed in that they caused congestion at the entrances to the. buildings. Hefercnce was made to the large-Jinm-bnr of glasses stolen on the opening day and it was stated that, if matters did not. improve, the trust would have to take sonic action. A report presented by the secretary. Mr. E. Barnett, showed that at the Kelvin the number of glasses broken and stolen totalled -ILS, this figure being much larger tb.au expected. The takings on Saturday totalled £1262.