Report of the Committee on Intemperance for the Convocation of the Province of York, presented and received.

Church of England. Province of York. Convocation. Committee on Intemperance.

Date:: 1874

Credit: Report of the Committee on Intemperance for the Convocation of the Province of York, presented and received. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$HKMICKIKH. should consider tJiuui iui|)erl(;i-1 uiileh.- tliev .■strongly iiiMnt njjuii <he iiecossitv ol proliihiliu^;: iuil)lif!iiis from Ijiyiiig imps to catcli the yoniig and mnviiry. Licdiieos should stiite that in giving pmnission to i)vovidf! i-oiVosliuieiits they cany a proJiibition against such entertaininents as dancing, racing, rattles, .tc, M. 81. 2oyp. •• 2\u dancing or singing rooms ought to exist without special licence, or it would he better if they were totally shut up. In any case the hours of selling ought to'be nuich limited.'— 2,r»-J(). Su .iie-sliijiis III' MtKii.slrules. Qv. rii-iiieOioB. 2y9(i. ••! would .-ii;im^.-t lhal in euiuiUy village and town- no Public-House should br aJlow^d to liave dancing or music witiiout being duly liceuseil, sii,y, by a licence of £'10, and the police have power to enter cither dance or music-halls, or to take ]ieo])Ie into custody misconducting themselves in the rooms or hall.—4,201. Froin Chisf Cunslalilcs (tiiil Siipcriiilenilciit-s uj' I'vlicr. Qy. ifcmeclius. 2H!)7. Skittle-alleys and low bagatelle boards should not be allowed in l?ublic-Houses; they are often the means of creating a love of gambhng and the Public-House in many respectable youths.—17. 2898. The instruments of gaming ought not in any shape to be permitted in any house licensed for the sale of ijitoxicatiug drinks, owing to the difficulty experienced by police officers in |)roving that jiersons are plaving for money or monev's Avorth.-— 24. 23!)9. I have no doubt that allowing unisic and dancing in licensed houses is a, great source of crime to both sexes, and ought to be prohibited altogether.—!)2. 2400. No drink should be allowed in l)illiard rooms, bagatelle rooms, skittle-alleys, itc, and none of these things should be permitted at Pubhc-Houses.—347. 2401. If possible, the prevention of gaming and such like attractions at Public-Houses.—Hd;). 2402. '• i would suggest thut no instrument of gaming be$