THE LICENSING ORDINANCE.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2194, 19 May 1870, Page 2

THE LICENSING ORDINANCE.

( To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sm,—On the question of amending the law in respect to “bottle” and public ms’ licenses, 1 should like to see the question raised as to the quantity of beer or spirits a man has a right to demand when he purchases a bottle of either ? It is a notorious fact that, for some time past, the bottle (the large bottle as it used .to be called) has fast been becoming smaller by degrees and beautifully less. And not only have the bottles in common use been diminished in size, but so much increased in thickness at the same time that at last you have actually to turn a bottle upside down before you can tell whether jt is fqll or empty, so little do they differ from each other' ip the matter tij weight, I trust the above hint may be taken up by some member of the Council, and that some provision may be introduced into the new Bill, whereby a man who purchases a bottle may have a legal right to demand agiven quantity, and be placed upon an equity in this respect with a man who purchases two gallons. Moderation.