MAORIS AND LIQUOR
THERE is an irreconcileable element in human nature, which decrees that 'stolen fruit taste sweetest.' It was this element which achieved the seemingly impossible in America, when during the regime of national prohibition, there was more 'hooch' and 'black-leg beer' drunk than in the first normal year of restoration. Thoughts such as these make us wonder in all sincerity whether the lifting of the liquor laws which forbid the drinking of beer by Maoris off licensed premises, would happily remove many of the undesirable incidents which continually crowd our local court lists. In any case if a Maori wants a drink after hours he usually manages to get it!
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 91, 7 February 1947, Page 4
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112MAORIS AND LIQUOR Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 91, 7 February 1947, Page 4
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