LOCAL OPTION.
Local option is now on its trial at one of the aoaport towns of England. The Earl of Zetland, who has a feudal right as proprietor of Grangemouth to cloße all the places for the aalo of intoxicants in that port, has (says the " Alliance News") left the decision as to the liquor traffic to the inhabitants themselves. Six of the police commissioners, as representatives of the ratepayers, forwarded a memorial requesting hiß Lordship to allow matters to remain as they are. A few days before, however, a memorial was forwarded to Lord Zetland by the Chief Magistrate, signed by 1374 individuals of all classes, from sixteen years of age and upwards, including all the clergymen of the town, and at least four-fifths of the householders and parents. These memorialists stated that in their opinion the proposed prohibition would "tend greatly to advance the welfare of the town, and add very much to the comfort and peace of the community." Lord Zetland has now decided to be guided by the expressed wish of the bulk of the inhabitants.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2046, 14 September 1880, Page 3
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180LOCAL OPTION. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2046, 14 September 1880, Page 3
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