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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 28, No. 4. 1965.

Sneaky Liquor

Sneaky Liquor

"I'd like to see a licensed restaurant here," Management Secretary Ian Boyd told a Salient reporter, "but frankly I don't think we would get a licence."

He had been asked to comment on proposals just announced at Otago University for a licensed restaurant. there, the second floor of the Union building, scheduled for opening this year, will probably incorporate a licensed restaurant—strictly for over 21s.

"I am convinced liquor is something we have to learn to live with," an Otago spokesman is quoted as saying. "I am sure the age limit can be adequately policed—in fact, our policing would be much more rigid than that in an ordinary hotel."

No one this reporter spoke to seemed to know whether the higher-priced dining-room planned in Victoria's S.U.B. extensions had been planned with an application for a liquor licence in mind. VUWSA President Tom Robins did not seem to think the idea had been considered, and was unaware that the Licensing Commission laid down facility requirements.

The general student opinion seemed to be reflected by one student interviewed as he ordered a beer at a mid-city bar. "I don't think it's really necessary," he stated, and suggested its presence could be an embarrassment to students under 21 without being an asset to those above.