THE MERITS OF COLONIAL WINE AS A BEVERAGE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1873, 6 August 1874, Page 2

THE MERITS OF COLONIAL WINE AS A BEVERAGE.

r Sot, — Yourccolumnsjiave always been 1 open'? to n theifadyocacy.' lofrf.Goveaffffiient constructing considering waterirights " and !l 6ther %Hdfed rf^bueous subjects ; but we n'b'wOaSk' ydtirlftid in favor "of reducing the duty- on - Colonial wine,—2 dfinkv tßSft oheTcan take with ItfSPP&PPfy kno win^j^hera ,i» r;; iio death's rhead in ,the .pot. ' From, r whateVetlcauße, L *hm&WW%lßgWike S\f|ax on import^sp'irilis^or otTi'eVw^seVJthe»ct remains thatr.the.vpubliq jta^te^ia.jyisited by r ; yile^ |.cqmpound|s j inpo(»n|'jOt^ralpej'^nalt, or atiy otneriiqgrellienjbiafe^ia^iiejU^anu- ( iacture r; Q£> genuine ,spu?s and^C^onial .^ineris yjend^ ,in sucli.^sniall qus^tities, that iW good qualities are not appreciated. 'S^btd" li^Ud^'liKe^lF^Tier^olsons, must leavefcthe^evil effects even on the ..n^pi^moderatev and^ as ther : eis norjrobability^ pf. ) ;the r gejauipe- 'article^ l^ceming tebjfeyplentiful .th'anat 'present. Wing to tneVmmense p'rolit :i aeriveH'frons''tra sale ;9f ; %,cp ; u^rfefe ff i| b .wo^|d.^meU if effort ,v»ere a «iad^4p r assißt M&^eynpWs Jnvg^sing.-his^^sgjio adFoiitrq AustcaUano^ines Those wines when/liritripdjjced)^^ New . Zealand! at.ra l Sheap rate, would, as the °i>'Ublic'3taste became educated, supersede iv a great measure the use-of-strong liciuoxaj their jcheapness) ;yould be a guarantee of. .their genuineness, and the .consumption ;of( ardjßD^/ spiritejjyojild decline in a, direct, ratjo to their* popularity ./• smalls Iby^degre.es, ;1 beautiifjullyiiess.^^j^'aron/ji'ieby^^ as a restoration, as a ine^ns)'qf; f j^fresh.rment iwh6n ithei powerah pjE .-jUfe-) are exhausted, of giving animation^an^fdnergy when man has -to struggle with" days of ■ tr^al r abd ! sorr6wpas'(aTm'eahs 1 of correction 'and' ! 'compensation where misproportion ■occura in ; nutrition, and asa^protection ; against, jtransient- is surpassed'byJnp prbduc^b^ature^rart.' .fi^erarfjJom'^e^eii^iaa^uire oLtheir oc.cupionsf fequxre, ocdalidna'irf^a stimuant of some kind, :u anjLaU J: ptdj^c|oriana °,9fol«^cfc. with regret taln^onsgiriting J*6yesage theyl^tt beliindjji^^Weraate, that the reduction of the duty on Colonial >wihe¥/sih'6uld<\make as cheap and plentiful iri-iN'e.w: 'Zealand, as in the land of its pro- •—■•—-—-•■■- -.- —-—Hans. >HflamOoißie,a.ugt?B%%iJßJ[4< a

. ■ =aHL . A. girFiiiirfe'a^Bnalet Donnelly ha* obtained damages to the amount of L 250 from Dayid Brittfiffde? B |iibprietor of the Raglan Hoi^el n^t r ?apar6etoe J , for seduction. The $as6<wks "feiea at Auckland.^ ~iTte_RfiY. A...0, Soutar_haß intimated to : M$ Ksh6p <$ ISTekonf resign stKe:in:(rw^«y^^.4ph^B)Ch^y, AYestport, at the ejp4i?f September. He will con« dUo|; tje isft«sdceß in tXatjchttrch till the i ex» piratiqij»<)iff|h^i,Jwm " "■ ; ;