Fate of Stewart Island
WELLINGTON, July 12. The fate of 350 thirsty Stewart lslanders and their guests, kept cropping up during the Licensing Control Commission session to-day. The Stewart Island branch of the Seamen's Union was called among the long list of witnesses and counsel but no representative appeareU. It is understood that both the union and Stewart Island County Council will object to the granting of a tourist licence on the grounds that they would prefer the operation of a trust as a branch. of the present one at Invercargill. Later Stewart Island" was quoted as an example of an area where a full licence was more suitable than a tourist house one hecause of the steady noeds of its own population as well as a large number of visitors. "Are these people of the Island engaged in fishing? ' ' asked the chairman, Mr A. M. Goulding. A witness: Yes, and it is a hazardous journey to the nearest port,
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1949, Page 5
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