LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 27, 22 June 1914, Page 6

LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY.

(To the iaiiLejr.)

">u- i!ii-;;aii (. i iiaJ n-;L Yiilhi>tih i' l '''i-'' ! ; ;u. ,■ r i- t»..i a. ;.. n ,W| 10 01 i'.w iiui.l,l' ' 1A •' a cJiVct. ill) (. a'! '.ni a;-;.' 1 ", Ili n ji, wilai; '"■ tJVi: !v J ■»' IVwK'dy is a iui'tiiri' ami u ~x!- I application cX the. to ro.Sui'.ct-Dii. 'iV n-j;:aiy lm '. v I> l "^po-t i i.s to haw more liquor .uid iln n ' w - l . v . -an iK'licvo i'u* i,,v - '-'■■'i-a.il iiJi'iSkal jU'.jfcsHor.s ,ue 11 •• •• : '• <"!!iv ! s iiiv'. 1 . [ dc> Jiut bi'la.'Va

:i. Aeotlic,- pica of tim.-e who want Br l.gaor is that they are unfairly treated 01 thi I, leey inive no 'vote on ! lie ']"est;ow. This is not a fact, Jn l'jj | ice pinple of Tamariiiuii electorate, of wiu-t? Te Kuiti is the centre, voted on the liquor question and by a'clear majoriiy declared trem-elvji in favor of pi'osihilion. Now these discontents want hi rule, even thouge i u A minority. Let them join with the fair-minded prb- ■ gr,:;,sive parly in the country .and demand to have this question settled by a sMople majority, and let the majority ru:e. 'J hen we can have.no causa for

;;i nihb.ing 011 either side' There is, liotvev.T, another view of the asscrM i!i ju :;tice dune to t'lie King Country in not allowing them any licenses to' ■sell grog; tliat i i, that they are in no worse position than many other places in New Zealand. For the last 20 years we have been under a law that forbids the increase in the nifinber of licenses, except under very special circumstances vliich do not take in Te Kuiti. If the people of Tikorangi, or Ivoru, or many other places now without license, were to raise tho ramie fry ari Te Kuiti, they would be also able to plead that they cannot get a license, no matter how much they de.vired it, and their plea would be us valid as that of the King Country. White men have gone there during a'lo these yqars knowing the conditions, and they have now no reasonable complaint, "Further, they vote consistently election .after election "That the number of licenses existing in the district continue," and tliey ihave that and 110 le:s ; but no more. Fairminded people, too, miglit remember that there wa.3 a definite bargain with the Maori so keep liquor out of that country; and We should abide by our agreement. There are also those who look on the .prohibited area ai a sjifc place for themselves 'and their families; and they, too, should be considered.— I am, etc. X.