The Hon. G. Fowlds presided, and with him were, among others, Bishop Crossley, who moved - "That this meeting requests the Minister to legislate during this session of Parliament: (a) To secure non-employment of unregistered barmaids; (b) to abolish private bars; (c) to so legislate that intoxicating liquor shall not be supplied in private rooms to any customer save bona fide lodgers; (d) that public bars shall mean one room only, opening immediately to the street, and that the said bar shall not be obscured, but shall be visible from the street."
The Rev. Mr Garland seconded the motion, which was carried with one dissentient.
The Rev. I. Jolly then moved - "(a) That this meeting request the Prime Minister to secure such an amendment to the Licensing Act as will provide for the closing of liquor bars on all licensed premises at 6 p.m. on Saturday evenings; (b) that, in the event of Parliament making provision for the renewal of the Saturday half-holiday, it should include the bars of all licensed premises."
An amendment - "That, in the opinion of this meeting, all bars should close at 6 p.m. on five nights in the week and on Saturday afternoon; also, that they should observe all the holidays observed by other retail businesses, with the exception of fruiterers" - was lost, and the resolution carried.
• On Sunday evening, in the Roslyn Methodist Church, during an address on the subject of "Manliness," the Rev. J. T. Pinfold referred to the bringing out by the military authorities of boys and youths for parade and other purposes at late hours in the evening and on Sundays.
This, he contended, subjected them to unnecessary temptations, and prevented them from attending to religious duties and the development of their higher nature. He affirmed that this was not in the country's best interest, and he trusted that the new Government would put a stop to the practice.
• The Lyttelton Times reports that during the hearing of a case at the Magistrate's Court at Christchurch on Friday, in which a father was charged with having failed to send his children to school regularly, Mr Upham, who appeared for the defendant, said that the children were not sent to school because the mother was afraid that they would learn bad language.
The Magistrate (Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M.) said he could quite understand that. Many parents felt the same about sending their children to a public school, and many who could not afford to send their children to a private school educated them at home.
• The Postal Department has intimated to the Mayor of Maori Hill (Mr P. L. Clark) that the request for an extension of the postal delivery as far as Leith Valley School has been granted. Up to the present letters have been left at the school-house for residents to collect, but the new arrangement will mean a postal delivery in the Glenleith and Wakari districts.
A promise has further been made to have erected at the schoolhouse a number of letter-boxes, in which the residents in the Upper Leith Valley may have their correspondence left.
- ODT, 13.8.2012.
