NO-LICENSE AT WAIHI

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10452, 18 October 1911, Page 4

NO-LICENSE AT WAIHI

THE MArOR;SmiBTAKE. , HE SAID ««NSF"BUT W&W "YES." l N By Tdearavh—Fnu Association. WAIBH, October 17. .; A curious (mistake in thei transmission of a wire to the Mayor of./Wai- : hi (Mr «T/.Wew/th) led to a deputation of buj%es& men and propertyowners waifc&ignupon him this,afternoon., It appeals that as received by, the iMaybf, was as follows: "Did town properties increase in yaJue as a result of abolishing licenses?" . The Mayor's answer rwa.3 yNo.".. This, answer was the text for a public statement by the 'No-license leaders thai property values had decidedly increased in Waihi , during i No-license. A deputation waited on the Mayor in', connection fwitlh these statements.' TJie Mayor . explained ihat a' reference to the original copy received from. Wellington showed that the word ;' , inerease'f should have foeen. "decreased" furtJier stated (thai if the wire had ;" ibeen irebeived -as put, in atthe Te Al'O office, his "reply would iliave been "Yes," f s in Jiis. opinion, Wailii had not received either moral or mater- " ial Ibenefit ■««. a result of iNo-lioense. The Mayor Jias made a statutory declaration to the aibove effect. A similar telegram to that sent to the Mayor of Wiaihi was recently sent to tihe Mayor of Masterton. Mr Ooraddne replied that he did not think No-license had had an effect ■upon the business of Masterton, one way or another.