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Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 230, 29 December 1893, Page 5

TO THE

■ Bear Sir —I was eye witness on Christmas Day to a scene of debauchery, loud talking, and profane language, from the effects of the poisonous liquor, served nnto men on that day, during prohibited hours. Now, Sir, I can’prove that several of those men were not bonafide travellers. And yet that day, when all should be peace and joy unto wives and children, was made a day of sorrow and anxiety. Now Sir, I hope the publican will take warning from this short letter that if this sort of revelry is carried on much longer during prohibited hours law proceedings must and shall be taken. We are not so blind but that we can see, and not so ignorant but that we can think. Our publican has escaped the law long enough, and I urge the women sufferers at the March election,, to place these escapees on a different footing before our candidates. Seeing a man going in the hotel sober and coming out staggering should be quite sufficient proof, without having to take passession of the liquor, for proofs. This kind of evil shall not be forgotten until the day of election, nor after.—l am, Sir, Aratapu A Sufferer