HOURS FOR SALE OF LIQUOR.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1917, Page 5

HOURS FOR SALE OF LIQUOR.

IMMEDIATE LEGISLATION tfltGHft'

By Telegraph— Press Association. ( ' Wellington, June 7. * At a large public meeting at the Toinf" : . Hall to-night Mayor Luke presiding, the following resolutions were carried by largo majorities: That this meeting of '■' citizens of Wellington is of opinion tiitt ' in order to ensure an early and suecassful issue of the war by our Allies and ' ourselves, every effort on our part must be put forth to the one end—to win the ..; war—therefore, it has 'become a national '; necessity to secure tie, maximum efficiency in military, commercial, industrial -~ and social affairs, and also to reduce unnecessary expenditure to. a minimum) : Bnd being convinced that the restriction ■'. \ of the hours for the sale of intoxicating )'■ liquors wculd assist in these direction* . ' more than any other single reform, ft urgently requests the Government to *■' prepare and introduce into Parliament, at the earliest possible date, a Bill to ■", reduce the hours during which alcoloUo liquor may be sold, to the Iwum be- . ; tween 8 o'clock a.m. and fl o'clock par., and to use every effort to have the Bill passed and brought into effect without delay and that the Mayor bo requested ,s to forward n copy of the resolution juit ■ • passed to the Acting-Prime Minister, and ; ask that ho name a time for a deputa- - tion from this meeting to lay before bimj in detail, the desires of this meeting.