NO-LICENSE AREAS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1921, Page 1

NO-LICENSE AREAS.

DRINK AND CRIME FIGURES. A return Showing the naml-er of i charges and eonvietions fin drunkenness and the number and ages nf per- ' suns eimvieted m no-lireiise dist.ji-ts ft'niii Januiiry Ist to December .’il-M ISl'-'tl, with t'he ipiautity and kind el liquor sent into each district, was laid mi I lie table of Hie House ol Repre■•eibativi s yesteTav afleinoeii. 1: shewed one en; ■oi inttider, one of inn list; ugh lor. two of attempted suicide. of iiiiiinioii ns-nuli. a few sexual ciiini's, 33 eases of housebreaking, 212 of tin'll. tliihe of embezzlement, lit) of wilful damage, live of ars ni. 11 of receiving stolen property, live of forgery. 3:1 of drunkenness. 77 In caches of prohibition orders, o'2 eases of ricloii- behaviour. f-J ol abusive language. .7sii breaches ul bylaws. 17 gambling eases, IS ol cruelty to animals, ‘2l! of vagrancy. 33 ol selling liquor without a license, 23 other offences against revenue laws, 171 eases of failing to maintain, 10(1 offences classed a< "licensing," and 220 under the unitor regulations. The total of all ulfenecs Hinging from the most serious to the most trivial was 2975. Of these 11 1 were dismissed or discharged, -it! committed for trial, and 2oofi summarily convicted or dealt with. The districts included Ohineniuri, Mastertnn, Ashburton, Onniaru, Bruce ( liillia. Mntniira and Invercargill. The teal quantity of liquor sent into all the districts was 379,(b.'l gallons, of which beer and stout accounted I'oi' 3 1t!,923 and w hisky for 22,11 M