The New Sunday Liquor Law Vindicated

An argument in favor of new legislation restricting Sunday public-house hours argues that limiting beer sales to brief afternoon and evening periods has reduced drunkenness and police cases, citing parliamentary committee evidence and comparative examples from other jurisdictions; the author rebuts publicans' and newspapers' complaints about inconvenience and economic harm by presenting testimony from working-class witnesses and magistrates, noting past partial closures' positive effects on crime and public order, and situating the debate between commercial interests and moral reformers while assessing the law's practical outcomes and objections.