Sale of Colonial Wines Regulation Act of 1862. (Report on Working of, from Inspector General of Police)
Sydney, Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1874.
Foolscap folio, 6 pages (last blank).
As issued (without wrappers); a fine copy.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly Paper Number 46 of 1874. The House sought to repeal the Act, and called for the Report 'embodying the opinions and experiences of the Police in the various districts of the Colony respecting the working of the said Act'. The Officers of Police were almost unanimous in their views 'that the wine-shops, as licensed under the Act referred to, are injurious and demoralizing to the community, as they are usually established in isolated positions where there can be little or no supervision. They become the resort of bad characters, and places for the illicit sale of spirits, - the fruitful source of intemperance and crime'. The individual reports are very detailed and make for instructive, even entertaining, reading.
Item #18465
Price (AUD):
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