The Feilding Star. Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1896. PROHIBITION AND POLITICS.
♦ • At the last general elections the Pro- 1 hibitionists and their friends were important factors in returning to Pariiainenc several members -oo jfche Liberal side who were supposed to be/ likely advocates <of the cause of temperance in the House. On the disappointment which resulted from half-beartedness and trimming it is not necessary for us to comment; now, but it would appear that these short comings are not— nor are they likely £• J>e, forgotten. The following resolutdQfli passed unanimously at the last jmojQftthty #i#eting of the Dunedin ProhMtiori I^.^i^ i§ significant: — -•" Tbat this Leagu.6 &txisa}y protest against flagrant attempts beAP.g^W|e by the Premier, Minister of Lands, 'Treasurer to coerce the #&ss%? of Christchurchin their choice
of a representative, and consider they would be better employed in attending to the duties of their offices than in subverting the people's rights " Whether the Premier will take this remarkably broad hint remains to be seen.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 188, 12 February 1896, Page 2
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168The Feilding Star. Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1896. PROHIBITION AND POLITICS. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 188, 12 February 1896, Page 2
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