They Cannot Buy a Bottle Indignation
p. 48 · Read in the full issue
Bottle Indignation in Fiji
A PROVISION in the new regulations, introduced to govern the sale of liquor in hotel bars in Fiji under war conditions, has been greeted with indignation. It is regarded as an ex ample of “class legislation”.
The regulation “prohibits the sale of liquor by the bottle in hotels, whether it be for consumption on the premises or not”. The obvious purpose of the new law is to prevent troops in Fiji from carrying liquor to camps and places of public resort, or organising “beach parties”.
Unfortunately, however, it imposes a ban upon many people who customarily purchase small quantities of wine or spirits from licensed bars, and to whom the facilities of clubs and grocery stores (which can sell only a dozen bottles at a time), are not available. It does appear that the regulation has been clumsily framed.
If anyone has any information about Rev. D. C. Alley, who was in the Kieta district of Bougainville, New Guinea, when the Japanese invasion occurred, he would be conferring a favour by com municating with Rev. A. H. Voyce, of 118 Orakei Road, Remuera, Auckland.