THE LIQUOR QUESTION.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 216, 13 December 1909, Page 2

THE LIQUOR QUESTION.

Petition Circulated. Th r —* ye r ~ "To the Hotrrttrlo the dlemders d The petition cf ere tmtersdgmed Seetiers and Residents in the Dote rrtae District, commonly caded the "ire; Countrv, hum art she .v~m : Thatf during'tee rest } y,ats rltt District has been larere'.y erered tr: feeEuropean Setclemer; dy ere I-fsin Trunk Railway eorstrtrtlor throughout its whole length, while hundreds :f miles of reads have- de-e-r made, thriving townships hatm grtwr uo. and the white population seeded to over ten thousand which is very ramidly increasing. That in coneeerenee of this i::i-_-entirely a Native Dlstrlt: Z~ rears : Certain Regulations -vith referent: . t the Liquor Traffic were entered d" :. Government of that e"ay rvhrredov tie district was set arurr and e:;:lt"-. d from the operation of the Zmetsdm Laws of the rest of P~e-w Zealand. And whereas trie Zdstriet has re"" entirely changed in restate te its inhabitants, heir- no more a Idaeri ddsi trict than the Edeeterat:; ad : e:::ire it ' en every side. Zerr -..otitier.ers eatn- ' estly pray that all tte tights and -;•;- • vilege-= '-_■• elm neighl: turire: ; Electorates in the matter of Dotal Z~ = - i tion be granted to them art era: ere ■ distinction and disah-"-'--'.-= -■--.-.- ■--- justly differentiating men: erert too i other citizens of the Dominion te a relished. And your Pc titi.ners as :'•: dutv bound will ever tray.