OUR-LIQUOR LAWS.
;■■ A; ALLEGATIONS^ C6NTIIADIOInEb. ■ f , : :■.' iiir TEj.E(;ita I'it--I , !;nhrf; UNiii'iVriox;/..''■■ ! .' ■'■r '■ ■;■;■ ;v', V ';' i :'-' '' Aslib.urton, May 2i. '■ :j-• At a'No-Licoriso meeting to-rtight; 'attended by■Boo,people, ;ti;resolution ii'as : carried.without.', dissent- emphatically : : cqntriidioting- tho statements mode by Mr. Xesina, a member'of tho QueorislandyAssembly. The motion was .of..'considerable 'lonpth,;a.nd;,donied in 'detail under .five-,'', headings': tho '.■ Queenslander's charges.. , ~,,.;■ ; .;.■,■■ ;. : ;, ..•:.■/■■ ,- ':■. .-....„' - . A, Brisbnno pablegrom dated May 12 stated that Mr, , Ix>»ina, a .membor of tho Queoua-land-AEsembly, 'ivho had returned from a visit to New.Zealand, declared that the New Zealand liquor laws encouraged grog-selling and drunkenness,"-and increased porjury and corruption. They ; had also increased in ;ft remarkable ,way ; lunacy, and developed to an alarming extent genefal disrespect of the law itself. The' introduction of liquor into "dry", djstriote. Mr.: Lesina deda'red, .was steadily increasing, and blackmail, terrorism, air! the boycott were flourishing. . '• ■ ■■-. i
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 516, 25 May 1909, Page 7
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135OUR-LIQUOR LAWS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 516, 25 May 1909, Page 7
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