LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY.
(OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT,)
Wellington, This Day. Fresh light was shed upon the question of the introduction of liquor into the King country, by certain remarks in the House to-day by Mr Lang, who may be supposed to speak with authority on the subject, as the King Country is within his electorate. He declared that the police, though they had made every effort to do so, were unable to keep down sly grog selling in the King Country, and the result was that many who were formerly in favour of prohibiting licenses there were now of opinion that licenses would be the lesser of the two evils.
Prohibitionists would surely allow residents of the King Country the same privileges as were allowed residents in other parts of the colony. Many people had a vague idea that the population of the King Country was comprised exclusively of natives, but as a matter of fact the population consisted half of Europeans and hal£ of natives, and if settlement were on as it ought there would soon be a preponderance of Europeans. Mr Ell maintains that drunkenness is ; increasing in New Zealand, and wants the Government to impose further reI strictions on the sale of liquor.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 September 1901, Page 3
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207LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 September 1901, Page 3
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