Untitled

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1315, 12 June 1883, Page 2

TO THB EDITOR. Sib,—Permit me to draw the attention of your readers to the report of the Licensing Court. There are some statements there upon which ull who have the well-being of Gis. borne at heart would do well to bestow more than a passing notice. We are told that eight houses received twelve o’clock licenses because they were necessary for the convenience of travelers and passengers; notwithstanding that the inspector of licensed premises declared that in his opinion (and who should know better

than he) that twelve o'clock license* were in no way conducive to the com* fort or convenience of the public, but only to excessive drinking and immorality. Mark these last words Now, Mr. Editor, it surely does not want much thought to see through the sophistry of the learned counsel who was retained by the publicans. Where do the travelers como from, and where do they go to, who require ten o’clook bare, open till twelve o’clock every night. O, ye Gisborne parents, are you blind to the terrible temptations to which your children are exposed, that you can allow these licenses to be granted without a murmur? Our worthy Sergeant saye that twelve o’clock licensee are prejudicial to the morality and well-being of the young men ot the town. 1 beseech you ( ponder over these words until you feel their force, and their relation to your own families; and ye who call yourselves Christians, what are you doing to destroy this great evil in your midst ? or at least to modify the harm it does ? Rouse yonrselvee j shake off the deadly rata of indifference that is slowly enfolding you in its power. Buckle on the armor, and, shoulder to shoulder, fight your common foe till victory shall bring your efforts to an end.—l am, &c., VIGILBSTIA. June 11, 1883. [ I'he Inepector said he did not see the necessity of 12 o’clock licenses “in all ” cases.—Eo. P.8.8.]