objection to offer to the
funcifle of the proposed amendment of the Liquor Licenses Ord ; but I
have to point out that section 3 of
this amending
Ordinance
is badly worded with sufficient precision. As
this section stands,
it appears that the
imposed
restriction [i.e. intent
Regards does
the
refer to
whom, but the persons
by whom, such liquor
is sold. I
gather
from the report of the
Acting Attorney General,
forwarded
enclosed in
your
despatch
under ack" that the
intent
in
selling liquor
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object of other section is to prevent European and American
soldiers and sailors
from drinking at
Chinese Restaurants
during
the hours when
public houses
shut. As the
section is worded
however, such persons could have liquor
sold to them,
although they could not drink it in
premises
the
3.
For these
reasons
I think it
will be better to
re-enact the
Ordinance, with the