A DISGRACEFUL ROW.
g 1R)1 I am a constant reader of your valuable paper, kindly allow me space to ventilate my opinions' fcr the benefit of the public on the above subject. I have now Jived in this thriving little town about four years, and can safely say my feeljngs have nofc been mjjre outraged than on Monday evening. As an eye-yUness of the affair transacted in the vicinity of the Sotaersefc Ilotel, I protest against the intolerant persecution of the resjidents of this town by the liquor t*asc, In your local column you refer to the ease under notice as •• a lively half hour." I w O u!d aoaU.ttlfl further and call it "half an hour of heil u^on earth." Surely the infernal regions oar»nofc bp much worse than Ashburton has been in tespect to diink lately. Everywhere we ao dieajust* ing nights and revolting language meet us Truly there has been a splendid harvest ol drynks thjs year. Only one hundred and four! Average two a day. WbQ re*ps the baneat? T*n»p«r»niße
friends, let us shake olf our sinful indifference and rid our town of this abominable curse.—l »ni, etc., DISGUSTfeDV
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2906, 23 February 1893, Page 2
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193A DISGRACEFUL ROW. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2906, 23 February 1893, Page 2
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