LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 634, 11 October 1909, Page 9

LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY.

-;Sir,—A man .who , is ashamed to. append his signature 'to an effusion is not -.worthy of my steel.- ;Yourcorrespondent; "Still.'a Square Dealer," is. evidently an' individual.of this type, possibly a sly grog-seller who, since tho ■advent of wholesale licenses finds, Othello-like, that hia • occupation has gone. Doubtloss ho yearns for the l , return of tho. good "old. days of;illicit.trading in grog.': I refus'o'.tb helieyq that, yoiir correspondent, "Still , >a . Squaro Pealer," is allied' with the Prohibition: party, 03 a genuine Prohibitionist' is nevoid afraid to fight in and always has .the courage of his opinioi/;.' It is like beating tho wind ;p,ontlucting a controversy .with :.'an,. adversary' "ensconced in armour.-, LctUiim" divest himsolf. of. his anonymous garb, and I will ; undertake to: prove; that ■ the, ■ iesuo. ■ of-; wholesale, licenses ,in,thie part of the so-called'King.-Country has ,decreased "drunkenness..and crime. .Law. and order prevail whore drunkenness "and.disorder pxisted prior, to. their issue. The police' cannot deny that their duties have b,con - - very tohsiderably curtailed, and ; they are now .relieved: of: the. odious work of hunting up sly (jTog-sellers. :I : must decline:hto. reply to any further communications.from "Still a Squato Boiler" until such 'time as lie can .■ furnish evidence'that ho is not a'square dealer in *,■■• : : :,j6ecody.. i.Ohakuno, October 4. ; . .'. :. ; ;■..'■