1,055 N.Z. Hotels in Three Hands
A Licensing Commission is at present making an extensive survey of N.Z, licensing laws.
Evidence has been produced revealing that 1055 hotels are controlled by three private groups, and this state of affairs has caused considerable comment. One member of the commission went so far as to say . — “ The present laws governing the sale of liquor have produced a hattie of financial greed."
Police reports have revealed that despite the increased consumption of beer —7,000,000 gallons in 1934 and 13,000,000 gallons in 1944 —drunkeness has decreased and convictions are 50 cent lower than in 1940.
In urging Trust control of the sale of all liquour, one speaker said — ‘ ‘ Our soldiers have had their eyes opened overseas and are impatient with the present licensing laws.”
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Highlander, Volume 1, Issue 3, 25 March 1945, Page 1
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1301,055 N.Z. Hotels in Three Hands Highlander, Volume 1, Issue 3, 25 March 1945, Page 1
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