A NIGHT OUT
TIPSY GIRLS AND MEN
(By Telegraph—Prose Association)
AUCKLAND. April ,1
Discoveries made by a police sergeant and four constables who visited a billiard saloon in Dominion Road at 4.30 o’clock on a recent Sunday morning wore related at length in the Police Court. The proprietor of the saloon, according to witnesses, had been sitting' outside in a. car while inside the saloon girls were lying on the couches. Some.were in 'beach pyjamas,' and some showed signs of liquor. The click of billiard balls showed that a game was being played in a saloon when it was required by law to be closed. 'Hie click first drew the attention of the police to the saloon. Cuthbert R-awson was fined £5 and costs for permitting billiards to be played in his saloon Vat an .hour when it was required to be closed. Three men and three girls were charged with (being found on the premises. The men were each fined £1 and costs, and. the girls were convicted and discharged.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1930, Page 6
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171A NIGHT OUT Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1930, Page 6
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