“TREATING” IN BRITAIN.

Taihape Daily Times, 9 August 1919, Page 2

“TREATING” IN BRITAIN.

The regulation prohibiting “treating” in Britain has been revoked. When it first came into force in November, 1915, it served a. useful purpose. Drink at that ‘time Was cheap, people were too ready ;to {pay fbr alcoholic refreshment for soldiers, and munition workers, and others were tempted to take more than was good for health and efficiency. For several months no seri=ous“protests were made against the measure, ‘but, says the London Times, it soon became appar~ -enfi that .l_the‘ iinterfierence with the liberty of one person to pay for a drink consumed by another was unpopular. Men particularly resented the fact that ‘they were not allowed to pay for refrefimrent (even of their own wives, and in some quarters it was pointed out that the cause of temperance Was not Well served by tax SYStenr. which accustomed women to ordering and paying for their own liquor. Observance «of the order gradually became relaxed, and although many prosecutions for breaches of the regulation were taken before the magistrates and heavy fines were imposed on license-holders, bar servants, and oifending customers, the public could not be induced to Vebey the prohibition. Until the armistice was signed, the police persisted ‘in .j_th'.eir rgfliortsv to stamp out “treating,” but during the Last‘ six months the re:<t'ric‘tion has -practical‘-‘if,’ been a dead ‘letter, ‘as publicans frankly gave up trying to give effect to it. Drink is now so clear that any extensive return to the practice of “group treating” is unlikely at present. It has been noticed that ovasions of the order have been chiefly confined to people drinking in couples, and it may be ‘that the bad old Custom of half-a-dozen men at a table taking turn to buy liquor for the company until the order has gone round will not be revived.

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