New Zealand

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 22, 24 August 1916, Page 3

New Zealand

WAR REGULATIONS. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT BY THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. REGULATIONS DRASTIC AND MUST BE OBEYED. The Attorney-General (the Hon. A. L. Herdman), asked by a "Now Zealand Times" representative to explain shortly the purport of the principal features of the regulations, said, "The public will have no difficulty in understanding the regulations. They relate—-(a) to treating; (b) to sly-grog selling; (c) to the supply of drink to women; and (d) to prostitution. ,

"The regulations dealing wieh the subject of treating will probably arouse the greatest interest. The general effect of the regulations is, with slight exceptions, to make it unlawful for anyone to purchase liquor on licensed premises for consumption by anyone else on or about licensed premises. If a person wants liquor, he must purchase it himself and not depend upon the generosity of someone else for his entertainment. There are exceptions to this general regulation. A person may purchase liquor for another as part of a meal, and a boarder or a bona fide resident on licensed premises may treat another person, but not in a bar. It should be- noted that 'licensed premises' include a chartered club, and that a bar includes a private bar or any part of licensed premises which .aire principally or exclusively used for -the sale, supply, or consumption of intojci-; eating liquor. The term 'licenced premises' also includes a place where liquor is sold pursuant to a conditional license, and the term 'bar' wdl cover the room which is known as the bottle store or bottlo department on licensed premises, if such room is principally or exclusively used for the sale of liquor. "Not only is the person who treats liable" under tire regulations, : bufe;tljej person who is treated is nlso ti and the licensee or bar-attendant,whd knowingly sells liquor in respect of which an offence has been committed is likewise liable to be punished under 'the regulations.

"The supply of drink to women in hotels is deait with by a regulation which provides that no women (other than the licensee, or a servant of the licensee, or a member of the-lieensee'.a family) shall at any time, af,tero'clock in the evening enter' orVeihain 9h the bar of any licensed " premises or loiter about the entrance to any such har. . "The sly grog-seller is dealt with irt regulation 14, which provides that a constable may without a warrant enter any premises, whether licensed premises or not, upon which he reasonably suspects that ah offence against the provisions of the Licensing. Act or against the War Regulations has been or is about to be committed. "The regulations dealing with 'houses of ill-fame' are, T think, comprehensive. The difficulty that has existed in regard to, what are known as 'one woman brothels' has , been overcome by providing that a 'house of ill-fame' means any premises used

for the purpose of prostitution whether by one woman or by more ihar< one. The landlord of the premises, those who act in the management of the hoiis'o, ftiid all others who permit p'rmises to be used as a house of iil--I'ame are liable under the Act. The regulations provide that a Justice of the Peace may issue a warrant to a police office not below the rank of sergeant to enter premises for the purpose of detecting breaches or this regulation, but such police officer when lie niakes his search must be accompanied by another police officer. This regulation has been' framed so as to ensm'6 that there shall not he any unwarrantable (interference by the police with respectable members of the community. "A further regulation provides that the Commissioner of Police may make an,order prohibiting a person convicted under these regulations relating to houses of ill-fame from residing at any time within six months after the date of the conviction within 50 miles of a place named in the order. The regulations, which by the way, commence to operate on the 28 th day of this month, may appear to be drastic, but Parliament has in effect declared that they are necessary at the present time, and they must be obeyed. I expect .the licensees of hotels, and those responsible for the conduct of chartered clubs and the public generally, to support the authorities in their "efforts to administer the law. The police will he specially instructed to endeavor to detect breaches of the law, and every effort .will*be made to.see that it is strictly obeyed. "" , . . . \ "The : fm- il ; ; l hreach of the J \B*k- "he 'hot exceeding £lO0 '■ , 6r B ntnpi i ttWffl&e!it:'f6r'a term hot exceeding twelvemonths; ] "Other regulations 'which will empower the -police authorities to summon offending licensees of hotels to appear before licensing committees to answer allegations of misconduct are being prepared and will be gazetted shortly."

THE 20th REINFORCEMENTS. Per Press Association. Wellington, August 23. The Wellington district quota foi the 20th Reinforcements, which went into camp at Featherston yesterday showed a shortage of IG7 in all units. All groups are to make special effort to make good the shortages by nex: Wednesday. i[ ' Burgeon-General iHtetiderson's term as Director of; the 'New'Zealand. Military Services, 'which''.terminates m month, has; been extended. He will now remain in the Dominion till the. end of the war. > Commenting on the arrangement, tlie Minister for Defence stated that .Surgeon-General Henderson had done his work exceedingly well. It had been a source of great satisfaction that such an experienced officer waavailable. His was a difficult job, and he had carried out his duties very successfully.

CONDITIONS HEALTHIER AT tttENfHAM CAMP. Wellington, August .23. Improved weather conditions are, says General'Henderson, having a marked improvement on the heaitn of •men in damp. Many have been .suffering from colds owing to the continued wet weather, but, if the present fine spell is maintained for a few days longer, minor ailments will disappear. Of five cerebro spinal meningitis cases at Trentlinm, two are n6w out of danger, and the others are distinctly improving. \ LATEST CASUALTIES. KILLED IN ACTION. Private R. J. Pearce. Private T. G. Bradley. Corporal It. G. Hanna. Private S. E. Pratt. Sergeant A. B. Corlot. Private P. Toomey. DIED OF WOUNDS. Sergeant A. Delaney. DIED OE CHOLERA. Corporal C. "Wood.

WOUNDED. Private W. Runciman. Private S. V. Forrest. Private L. A. Mcintosh. Private C. H. Raynor. Private F. V. Read. Private H. C. Rutler. Lance-Corporal P. Thamos. Private F. T, Stephens. Private A,. Caldwell. Private P. C. Knox. Trooper J. Miller. Lanco-Corporal C. J. Lawson. Acting-Sergeant V. Brunt. ' Sergeant A. L. Salmon. Lance-Corporal E. Davies. Private P. Furber. Corporal G. J. Grant. Lance-Corporal C. H. Mearing. Admitted to hospital at Salonika Sub-Lieutenant'E. T. Shand. .. SLIGHTLY WOUNDED. Corporal T. Atkinson. MAORI CONTINGENT. DIED OF PNEUMONIA. Private .-Eariuga. Died of Wounds. Second-Lieut. F. Percy. Private A. T. Day. Wounded, embarked for England. Gunner J. Kenny. HOSPITAL AND PROGRESS REPORT. Admitted Hospital, dangerously ill (old wound)—Private R. W. Matterson. Dangerously ill—Corporal R. R. Rooney. Dangerously ill, but improving— Private P. 'C. Knox^ : Dangerously ill ;from wounds'—Private A. Caldwell. Out of danger—Gitiine'r A. Swinerd. Sergeant 0. fe^eW,'' Driver R. S. Johnston. "_' Progressing Captain W. Grigg. WOUNDED SOLDIERS' FUND. £ a. d Previously acknowledged 7291 10 6 Stratford proceed?! from Motor Car Raffle ... 312 10 ( Transferred from Machine Gun Fund ... 8 13 4 Tariki Patriotic Committee 11 12 0 £7051 6 1.0 SAILORS' RELIEF FUND. Previously acknowledged 167 2 8 Balance, Douglas, Farewell ,- Social (per E.,. Hki'dinig, . hon. Bec), w ,{j' ',,'..',,„'.-.,..„ ~1 10 8 . i,-' ■; V"' ; , '" n "":£10S 13 4: