CO129-293 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [8-9] — Page 287

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