1892: ‘Sir – Yesterday (Sunday) a seizure of beer by the police was made in Helen Street, Roath, the booty being four and a half gallon casks of beer. Some of the young men interested in the drinking features of the case broke one of the casks and let the beer run out, with the intention, presumably, that the police should not have the satisfaction of seizing the lot. The police, however, managed to catch the delinquents and conveyed them to the Roath Police Station. It is a melancholy thing to see such a sight on the Sabbath, but the laxity of the Welsh Sunday Closing Act is alone responsible for it. Let the temperance orators talk as glibly as they like upon the effectiveness of the Act. It is no use asserting that the drinking traffic must be put down on Sundays to present conditions. The working classes will have their glass of beer despite the provisions of the Act. The only way out of the difficulty is to repeal the measure or adopt the old plan of opening the public houses for a short time on Sundays. If I had the money and the inclination, I could get drunk on any Sunday in the year in Cardiff. I am &c ANTI INTOLERANCE. Roath, Feb 29.’ (Western Mail)