IRISH AFFAIRS.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. BELFAST LICENSING LAW. LONDON, done 17. Belfast had its first “dry” Sunday under a Licensing Act that was passed on Friday, and was put into immediate operation, to general surprise. Reference to the closing of the public houses was made in many churches, with the singing of (the Doxology. When the news of the Act being passed was announced to the Alethodist Conference, which was in session, three thousand persons present rose to their feet and cheered for five minutes.
The members of the chilis—which are exempted trom the operation of the new Licensing Act: —were besieged outside their clubs by people asking them to smuggle out some bottles of liquor but the police were keenly on the lookout for any bulging poc7ets.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1923, Page 2
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130IRISH AFFAIRS. Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1923, Page 2
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