LIQUOR AT TE KUITI.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 593, 13 August 1913, Page 4

LIQUOR AT TE KUITI.

DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL. EXTRA POLICE REQUIRED. The position of To Kuiti at the prosent time with respect to the liquor Irafiic. has been a matter o£ concern to many °f the residents. Cases of drunkenness have been Iroquent, and it is a matter of common report that liquor is being freely sold in the town, i'luring the coat of a report, by the luavor roncernm:: the necessity for an additional nolim officer f"r the town i,110! t ion o; the liquor traffic V,' Yfa.'hh said as far as the liquor (ratiir war concerned To Kuiti at the present- fine- was a disgrace. H* Ihotinbt no oilier town in NeW Zealand i; r i<new <»f n cane where a man bad vent, a a house to a tenant ,'iml there wer> so many drunks Pcin" about the woman refused to (p, 1 a:ic. Aa a council he thought it their duty to make reprc--.-nt at ions concerning the. matter. Whatever (lie n ni.'dv it should DO r'livorui. u. it- : bought half a dozen j.. would hi- tie!tor than the prerent, position. lie knew where he could "O and hoy whisky in the town. They Mayor: Why don't the police 1 a k e action':' Cr Waish: Because it's more dltnooit for the police to got access to Ujeso places than, a private perßOn. j{ rce.rcd as though the police were not. doing their duty or were undermanned. He thought if the council could sogees' a remedy it was their I duty to do so. [ «> crabs in asked if Cr Walsh meant | iho eitbens should bo recommended to i carry their liquor better. | The id a\ or r.aid ho had been ap- | pealed to hv responsible citizens to j endeavour to ! war' at! v< rv well, We could see the I rvii. hot. hew :e abate it was the diffi- ! cult.v. He would make certain repre- ! ioo'- r.nd it an extra constable ! V| ., ; , j)rciaed for the town it might I h:!%■<• a p.et ,i • t'fect. There was no i dooht a.'great amount of liquor was I ciiiisnlll: d at. Te Kuiti and men, women j mid child! en coffered in consequence. | Tie proHcia was a difficult one, and | there wen more wayß than one of j looking at it. Some stops should cerjt a inly he- taken. His purpose in movj ho- that ani cairn constable should be | {;;; ici;a dat To Kuiti was more in reI pee{, (o t lie enforcing of the by-laws. I J.i(tw i-ver tbo discussion might do good.