DRINKING HOURS
EXTENSION IN ENGLAND
COURT DENHES IT
LONDON, April' 26,
"I regret the decision,' because the Magistrates wlio made?the; prder/-know the district and what'its'residents and visitors want," said Mr. Justice Humphreys/;: iii coucurfing' 'with the Chief Justice, Lord Hewart, and Mr. Justice. Avory in tho opinion that the Steyning (Sussex) Magistrates' order, extending the opening of hotels half an hour in summer time was illegal.; :" - : The decision affects 120 holiday resorts in the South of England, where tho licensing justices have extended hotel hours since 1921. i
Tho "Daily* Mail" says it regards the prohibition of summer-time extension of drinking hours as "unfortunate, "as it will deter the visits of foreigners and send Britons abroad) as people hate being treated like silly children and deprived of the riglit; of judgment. It is due to' Dismal Dora, an imbecile, mischievous law, x the reform of which a handful of. faddists repeatedly prevented." ■' ' . .•••.;
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 106, 7 May 1934, Page 9
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152DRINKING HOURS Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 106, 7 May 1934, Page 9
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