TAPANUI AND PROHIBITION.
(TO THfi EDITOR.) Sib,— ln reply to the letter '• Craving Searchlight " in issue of tho 27th inst. (I confine myself to u>y challenge to " Ex-Prohibifcionist "to name anyone starved out of Tapanui) he, or perhaps she, names three persons, I will refer to theua in the order mentioned ;—l.; — 1. Dr Trotter was a good man in his profession, but had the best man in New Zealand started practice m Tapanui, there was* not room for two — and never was, not even when 100'nien were emplaj'ed at the sawmiila. 2. Mr Allan Stead was one" of those men who preferred vvages to the responsibilities of business, and often talked of going north. When he did so, he carried away enough money to start him elsewhere, if he should evev resume business. 3. 2&r Cfaas. Emory wag a good, honest, steady workman, owned several freehold properties, and was until the }ast 12 months, borough surfaceman. He voluntarily resigned, and left recently for the north to buy a farm'.-^I am, etc., May 29. , J. T. Bubrell, Mayor.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 9, 17 June 1899, Page 4
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178TAPANUI AND PROHIBITION. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 9, 17 June 1899, Page 4
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