MORE DRINKING.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 406, 13 April 1937, Page 2

MORE DRINKING.

I VIEWS OF BISHOPS. Discussion in Synod. Hamilton, April 12. A motion "That Synod views with apprehension the excessive consumption of intoxicating liquor in this country, and would urge a stricter application of the existing laws,” was moved by Archdeacon Hodgson, of Rotorua, at the sitting of the Anglican General Synod. The mover said that a large number of the men employed on road and afforestation works near Rotorua spent most of their Saturdays in the hotels. He was also concerned about the quality liquor that sold. Those who consumed it "did not get drunk in the English way.” He bad never heard of any prosecutions for adulteration. Mr. C. J. Tunks, of Auckland, said that since the increase in wages and the reduction in the hours of work, hotelkeepers had had to increase their staffs of barmen to cope with the greater trade. Maoris Need Protection, Bishop Bennett, Aotearoa, appealed to the Synod to use its influence to protect the young Maori people from the ravages of the drink traffic. There had been a great increase in the drinking habits of the Maoris, since easy money had come: into their hands, he said, and a great deal ot their time on Saturdays was spent in the hotels.