KING COUNTRY LICENSES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 670, 22 November 1909, Page 9

KING COUNTRY LICENSES.

'.; Sir,—lit .reference fe,- centrpjcrsy ,"f hpjt'i&&-, .been.goifig .on-:jn''yoerXTßlnaiil6.paper'recently re. tho.King. Country .'Hcensbs,':l:.wqnld.lik6^ i tt) i /aWd-'wy;protest, to",tHat : :6f,:ypnr.coi'respoii l (lq l ni ! !"Sqbare''pealer," ; ;'I spent a'mont^'.bi-."tw.o,'in' t '.thp;lCing' Coantry'ep6u ; ;after.,tho".liccn6cs..wor^ 1 :granted;thexo, and> I'must'say;what:l: Sawi'co'n'-.. ,vinc«tl,,:me.';,that..wholesaje.licenses.'.'wore .very* dangerous . 'things-to-' , .grant. l in'''any.l:sparsoly-. populated. ;busn; district;;;.; I; .wbnld ■; not : Have believed it , had \ J . been".■'■•told , ' that•'..wholesale lioenso3 ; :ffoald haTe,worked;out:this .■o^Bob.d':mi^J:' ;: mOTe^- : .wns^Wwßys'iviridqir , ;;-the. ;iimpr&sionHnat : hoxt;to -No-License;;wholesale. I .license. was;the..best Solution Vof ■the/ptobleni. ■But.' strong;;demonstrntive';prpof-has'.conTinced mo. to 'tho.contrary.*; i/et.youc readcrß^piotUte , '.to : -thcnisolves": a vbatchelpr's ." ; whnre V; dumped; bnshVwithf 'hq '•' other .perhaps, vrithin/.cooee,' ;/ and ,; leading to \t- mud tip^.'to'^th'e^'.'anHe's.v'-iii"'.-wot''xtiatner,-^aßd : ;this .said/ bachelor';.fend': of'- the bottle, , to , : use-a. .common ; phr»se;V;He. and.a'friend ; or two .club' . together: and 'purchase a hamper;:: consisting.oi twelve - bottle's of;, beer; , and .•one; of ! whisky . for ..j£l.:;.Thcy;go ihpine 'to; the jwhare.and 6dm- , ■ moncft ■ bperatioii.e. i They; dnng' all the beer ante then: .top it -off, /withl'thc-i whistj-... 1 -' ■By '.this .Hme ; ; they-'are ; rp_orfeptly.';'mad,'.'and; the wildest 'disorder, prevails,'; and;stand-up .fights , and' blact reyes.areVthe■ order, of. the day, or 'night,.as, the : case may .beV;,X T nless!'one .of • the number: is ;sane • endugh, to ~go 'for '• the \ police] .which mean.'.aVwalk- of 'two - miles, mufdor. may ibecommitted,'., and .probably,; will one- of. ■theso;-:"days. ; .::.lf-?.;aii3r;!of;.,yb:«r "readers, doubt this,-.Je't..'him. spsntt/.a 'mouth'.or:- two : in 'one of,;the,'small' tpffns;bn.tho llaiur-Trunk. lino that have and he will/be convinced,: as ; t:.am; ; that'; if: that licenses .'should ', be.'.forcoil-."on 'the pebple •jthpre, I European aniVii Native : alike; : ", by -: all' means let jitXbe thd ■■;; so that : this '-.stuff.', i.that; gives' l rein -,-to : all -tho ; worst. passions in nien, .■ should bo consumed in public and'■';'n'ndor. 'the .';■ public.';.eye; , '::arid ;not .■ carted wholesalo: .into '.isolated ;tents>'''-where, .under': its ■intluenoe,'. deeds. bf..'violehcb,iaay,';be ; d6ne;.: and ■the police-.or tho:public .helpless'to prevent it, : But.s if :..possiblo, let.; ns';'do:awoy.:- with: all I liMnScsi'retail:,and ; wholesale, -'and , -give :the settlors in-'this new .country a" chance." Thanking; you)for;a-'small :space.~l;am,:eto.; i : :; v -A :; <' : S'o:' ; 'v :A '-ViSlTOE; '':