Show LIQUOR IN MANILA judge taft serves notice of rigid regulations for saloons manila dec 5 the hall occupied by the united states commission was crowded today the occasion being the public discussion of the manila liquor license bill the section providing tor banishing saloons from the escolta and downtown down town places was strongly ariti cased judge taft explained that the united states courts had settled the right of the police and the power to limit the sale of liquors and yet the places where they were sold were unlimited he declared that the condition of the escolta owing to the presence of saloons was disgraceful the judge admitted that it was a hardship to some but he denied that injustice was belag done the licenses expire in january and the section of the bill requiring removals will take effect in april the bill provides for a license of six hundred apesos pesos deml annually for a regular saloon tor a theatre and for a hotel besides a bar license none of these will be allowed to sell native intoxicants places are licensed separately for the latter they are prohibited from selling to soldiers and sunday closing is required but hotels can serve liquors with meals licenses are imposed on distillers brew era and wholesale dealers |