THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
TO THE EDITOR Sir,— Your contemporary, in lastciening's issuo of his paper, has a long Hue anent, tho liquor question, and advocates that if intoxicants cannot be kfpt out of tho country, the beat thing to do is to lot overyono boll who will. Ac no sano person would over for one moment consider it possible to banish intoxic.ui's from this colony c miplelo y, his advocating tli.it all should bo allowed to sell musi mean what in nothing new for him— a clmngo of opinion. Perhaps he is thinking of btarting a distilleiy himself, and, if so, docs ho intend from now till tho next Licensing Election to advocate an increase in the number of licensed houses 'I— l am, etc., Queuist. April 24, 1895.
A great doal of light ia frequently cast lon a man's oharaotor by having him shadowed. Don't think that just because a man < has done you a favour he is under everlasting obligations to you, One of the dampers of ambi ion is the fact that the mantle of greatness has to be worn as ft shroud too often. Man combines the traits of all tht other Animal, and is oft« ti thi biiigut btuto^n th* whulv lvi,
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8167, 26 April 1895, Page 1
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207THE LIQUOR QUESTION. North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8167, 26 April 1895, Page 1
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