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Auckland Star, Issue 472, 15 July 1871, Page 2

Tb c following fpetition'lies for; 'signature afc: om d tho office of tho'NeW'ZealanidiAiuxiliaipy ofthi: f i United Kingdom"' 'tAUfonbey Atiekland i-^-" To '>'"> the Honorablo'th'aifiailSe* *»f ■ EiepresentatJje'si.i-i;i' &p., —Tho detitioa- pt tlie "' iv^ '■■' :■< ili^bilants of pbe:'Province of Auckland, htim^'.- » bly showeth,- That' ydurpetitaoneiA' are con^ • rinced that tih% <fcraffid'; in:alcoholic;liqifors ,i*iß«:| the chief ca\W of' crime, iguoraiicei deititu*. -il-* tioa-and imipofality.: That all classes of tne' V ' community areiiiivolvetl'in'thd ruinous conse- •"■ quences of thiss: traffic, wbionlnot only injures btut its victims, i\iti isiinitnioar to the 'best inte- >*"■ '■'■' rests of capital and labour, augments the '' ■ price of foo'dj-and— increases* tbe burdens of taxation. 'tour petiUotttts(therefore Way*AO' your honorable House to pass a rule to "prohibit, the salejof al6oholio!li<luor in any.cifcy: 1 ' ■ wards, vtowiishipjioiM 'distodoV in cwbichi A J )<! majority of t?o-,thi»ds of ;th« adult mala and Co.fi feinalo resident* shall vote in favor of Bucl^ h il^Wifti ■■6«io6ox?.eflr^T ylwod 1 ,iiotud3 sdi torn oworfo4) ,iß9<ri»«*