LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY.
(OUE PAELIAMENTAEY EEPORTEE )
Wellington, This Day.
A counterblast to tbc numerous petitions against tlie sale of liquor in the King Country was presented to the House by Mr. Lang yesterday.
The petitioners (500 in number) urge that the time has now come when the restrictions placed upon the sale of liquor in the King Country should be removed. They urge, in support of this, that during the last few years there has been an exceptionally large increase in the European population in that district. Owing to the settlement of Crown lands together with the construction of railway and road works, that both the settlers and the travelling public suffer great inconvenience owing to the want of proper accommodation in the different centres, and they arc of the opinion that sufficient and proper accommodation can only be provided by the granting of licenses. That, according to the police reports, it would appear that the illicit sale of drink is largely on the increase, and the petitioners submit that the granting of licenses in the various centres would be the best and only means of checking this great evil, and finally they protest against residents in other parts of the colony, who are personally unacquainted with the requirements of settlers in the district, continually petitioning the House against the granting of licenses in the King Country,
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 2 October 1901, Page 3
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229LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 2 October 1901, Page 3
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