This newspaper article describes the "lively street scenes" in Adelaide on the evening of the first six o'clock closure of pubs. It recounts the speech given by Mr. EJ Cummins defending publicans and expressing concern that early closing would significantly damage their businesses. He also highlighted the hypocrisy of the Adelaide Club (an exclusive club for Adelaide's elite) being allowed to continue serving alcohol in the evenings, despite the new law.

South Australia was the first Australian state to introduce early closing of pubs in response to the First World War - although temperance organisations had been agitating for such changes for some time prior to 1915. Early closing was endorsed by a referendum held on 27 March 1915 in which South Australians were asked to vote for closing at 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 pm. The results had 100,418 South Australians voting for 6 o'clock closing, 61,362 for 11 pm, 839 for 7 pm, 2087 for 8 pm, 9865 for 9 pm and 1966 for 10 pm.