TEMPERANCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42760, 12 August 1905, Page 1

TEMPERANCE.

~-» A 7-ir — t . ♦. f ' Br d ASHBURTON \Am NO-&S LICENCE... ■ ■ , NdT PROVEN; — l — r-. tp! ••• The special com wo| Lyttelton Times) sent the (AsHlmFtonjdistrici toplprestigate i thieftecteof ho-licenil has re-j turned," with the v^rdi|||f- “'Kptjj proven.”,,fie exppinC|sthat the': Conditio© which fchfe im-:{| posed upon themfiblvls' Li at thed licensing; poll in 1902 have not,l yet had time to wclrk their wayfg /The public. Jjars not closed j until thC middle df 1903* and ! the dub $ which probably did a I largerijbusmess than any of the ■ I hotels, was hept open for two ] therefore, experienced only onejl month-ciathe entire ino-licensej which hfe' ‘call prb|itm|ioni|i In J these circumstances it wotddhe;| perhaps, unreasonable ; to. expect I more than ' - has -been achieved, J but we frankly confess that we! are.di^ppointcd,;wisL theiepialts I as is riibfc^tiiatl they arq, .insigpificantr' Bnmk-I practically '.jdisapf! peared, crime has; been - largely ! trade -‘Ms -beem undis-1 turbed] Oi the residents vastly! improved, -These are importaht! gains, whichcannotbe estimated | in precise figures or /set.■•out in I cold print,; but.therejis. .another j side to the; picture. Sly grog! selling, is rampant, and; private! drinking has been increased?: , These/ feels] how® ever, in all their nakedness, are! practically undisputed, and fori the present they wiU be counted® against the new system. 'Within! half an hour of his arrival in the! district, our,, commissioner was! able to buy three drinks at three® different houses, and before he® left ’he saw enough liquor to® stock several hotels.. .‘The.poss® ession of liquor in a no-license® district is not, of course, an «£® fence under the existing law® but is Understand® why the police cannot do more® to stop the illicit v sales when s® casual visitor purchases® madyhs he: pieces: •. The Bfottj® ment that there is nioite ; liquol® in Ashburton to-day than three® years ago does' not necessarily® mean that there is more consum® ed. People (who were in the® habit of getting their rS bilpplie® in small quantities 'from the® local hotels or the -local hreweri® are now importing them in larg® er quantities from other districts® The stocks of liquor in privat® houses arc, undoubtedly muon larger, arid the private drinkinj® has increased, but there ... is hi evidence to show that a greate® quantity is consumed by th® community on the whole •*' should say, from own tions, thftt the, consumptionr® distinctly .less, and that as tion goes on, it will further declihfl People who" have been iin till habit of taking stimulants will not drop them , simply hecausH : fcho law p' e-q i> s tl at flit®!

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