NO-TREATING ORDER
DRINK TO AVOID SCENE EMBARRASSED BY PUBLIC COMPLAINT BY SERVICEMEN (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 16 The War Office is considering making a non-treating order, similar to the one in force during the last war. The reason is that servicemen complain that members of the public embarrass them by insisting on treating, and are offended by a refusal. The men often drink merely to avoid a scene. Memories of Australian licensing reforms of 30 years ago, aimed at eliminating barmaids, are recalled by this week’s decision of Glasgow magistrates to permit barmaids to work in the city hotels, for the first time since 1910. A barn was then imposed on the grounds that women were unsuitable for such work, and that women barmaids were inimical to public morality. The magistrates this week granted the application by nine votes to six, but stipulated that the barmaids must be over 25. It was stated in evidence that 50 per cent of Glasgow’s barmen were serving in the forces or had been called up. Temperance organisations unavailingly claimed that barmaids might lure men into hotels.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 7
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186NO-TREATING ORDER Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 7
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