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Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1931, Page 5

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Addisons have just opened up a Tie" range of ladies’ and children’s jump ers, suits, and cardigans,; Call anu inspect;.—Advt. Addisons have just : opened to-day, Stockinette, 54 inches wide at 6s 9c per yard, suitable for ladies’' and'child ren’s wear.—Advt. ‘‘Me are all I think, agreed tha* the political life of the country ha?, fallen t-o a low level,’’ states the Rev. L. *H. Hunt, in the official organ oi the Presbyterian Church, "The Oui look.” He continues; “Does the New Zealand Parliament as at present con sti fcuted really and adequately rep re sent the people of this country? No body in his sound senses would sa.\ that it does. The moral forces of tlm community ar e not at present ade. quat-ely represented in our Parliament We have not had a moral victory worth sneaking of for over a quartei of a century. We have not closed a public house for twenty years, but w< have allowed twenty new ones to open.” The writer adds that gambling is increasing: Sabbatli-breaSinc-is encouraged by the powers that W. aud when economic measures are in troduced the first slashes are made ir education, while drink and horse racing are so far immune.