EARLY CLOSING OF BARS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1917, Page 4

EARLY CLOSING OF BARS.

A COMPROMISE PROBABtE. (By Telegraph'.—Our Parliamentary . fSeportur). ' .:, Vvcllir.RJoii. Last Night. ■■ It is rumored that tlio Gov-.vnm'.<ft proposes to put in t'.-> Kill f,i the lation of tV -'ale of- !|jmtoti i lie lio'iuU of 0 a.m. to •} p.m.' Thg' r.i'nior camnst be confirmed, but :t Iwartl'jlie Ulipit'f sion of probability. When the Bill comes down (ho six o'clock party will almost certainly force u division on R six o'clock closing the* is no certainty that any sueh amemj: incnt will lie carried. Th.royare wvera! members who would, vote fc,» six o'oloejk closing if there were no Mliei' pr.iposnj, but who will he m'opM';d to support\ compromise if tlje Oi,vei'ni:V!nt coma'g down with one, and [ulvaikv* -.tioiif reasons in favor of it. 'I ho'shutting of the hotels at 0 o'clock wot»jd oiifoTi* prohibition upon (he ioldiwrf and fair this reason many members wjll,pref «r to vote for seven or eight o'elock closing. The Defence Minister \vi\\ nr,t e»rv« to wet canteens in the campy, awl thj> Government must know thai -.l'leve >\ijl be grave dissatisfaction innwig thtt troops ill-training if taera i» tt> be sifc o'clock closing without wet Vpteoni. This is one of the rea«oiw why the Government may favor tin lixirijf cf a late* hour. . It is generally* soniMevc.il thw the House will hot accept (%'>* e'eioc-k closing, and that the cOTiprorriise will bfe seven o'clock. It may be, however, that if the Government makes ilw elghl o'clock proposal, and presses'ji, (his hour may bo accepted. No member • whose opinion is valuab'e has any idea thart the present hours will be retained.