LICENSE FOR BREWERY
. A COUNTER-PETITION. 'By Telegraph—Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 7. Opposition to the granting of a brewer’s license to the Lion Brewery, Ashburton, which is being sought from the Minister for Customs (the Hon. Mr Taverner) by a petition, is lieing launched in the form of a counterpetition’ which is being circulated in Ashburton. The objections given are that Ashburton has become a licensed district, not by the vote of the people, but by the alteration of the electoral boundaries, and that as the district lias not become “wet” by the vote of the people, no increased facilities for the manufacture and sale of liquor should lie. given. The petition points out that Ashburton is a law-abiding town, only four arrests for drunkenness having been made during the last three months.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1929, Page 3
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132LICENSE FOR BREWERY Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1929, Page 3
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