TOKOMARU.
[from a correspondent]. Business here is looking up. The several storekeepers are doing very fairly, and the two public houses kept by Messrs T. Fox and J. Trimmer (who have occupied the houses some eight or ten years, and are much respected by thuinhabilants, both European and Maori) arc not behind in the walk of life. 1 trust that tiie trade may improve and Tokomaru have a prosperous future before it. Evidently the “pub” line must have enormous attractive power for some persons, as I hear of a man, now a storekeeper, and also holding a Government appointment, about to apply for a license for a third public house. The Natives are not disposed to look favorably on this would-be aspirant for “ bouiface honors,” and it is now, under the new Act, in their power to grant or refuse, as they may feel disposed, the issuing of further licenses. It remains to be seen what will be done, and whether “.Sir William's ” local option is going to produce the wonders he and his friends imagine.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1037, 16 February 1882, Page 3
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176TOKOMARU. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1037, 16 February 1882, Page 3
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