In 1943 Invercargill voted to end 37 years of prohibition. In the wake of this a lobby group successfully campaigned for new liquor outlets to be owned by a community trust. Since 1944 the Invercargill Licensing Trust has had a monopoly on licensed establishments. This film clip shows one of the trust's early hospitality ventures, the Brown Owl.
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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference:
Weekly Review 163. National Film Unit, 1944
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