THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT.
RUMOR OF A BREWERY ON THE BOUNDARY.
[Press Association.] ASHBURTON, Nov. 30
As the result of persistent rumors that a brewery or a beer depot was to be established on the bonder of the Ashburton No-license district, the boundary of which is now only a mile outside the town, a member of the No-license Council telegraphed to the Minister of Customs to-day asking for a denial of the rumor, as: such action would he regarded as an outrage on public sentiment. Replying, the Hon. J: A. Millar stated that no permit for a depot'had been > granted, hut the law 'did mot require a permit for the erection of a brewery. Notification had been received, <as required by law, that a brewery was about to be erected, but the matter hadhiot yet been dealt with. The. Government would, so far as ,it had power, endeavor to prevent the placing of any brewery or denot immediately on the boundaries of a district.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2362, 1 December 1908, Page 5
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163THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2362, 1 December 1908, Page 5
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