THE DRINK QUESTION.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 173, 4 March 1902, Page 3

THE DRINK QUESTION.

TO THE EIIITOK. Oj'-i,—Your correspondent “ Municipal it;.)!.” of the 22n-i r.:7., who writes sc' .i I .!' ia-me, evident y 'mat he quite an ■'■i-n, if not m’cra 30, t.ian the youthful spuiter of that temperance meeting, Vy,<-,• ;r,Ti: writes to a paper and ' v.vo-eJ a'»psak?r of not tisiog common Tne •naturally expects .that he ‘ 'Municipal Uont'ol”) would practise win' l;,s is trying to preach. Now, I ask '.mu gentleman to any if it is comm m ' '/ n <j to say that tne-e are not one ■h i d:ed ohl s-wipsrs in this electorate, ; ■: •eiiv; that he admits the drink bill in 7,’ai’r.Ue for three years is £24,000. Tuere mo about thirty prohibited persons '.a tiio (li-u.iict. Now, I 'want to know ■ .hi . spends the money. Am I to conda to chat there is a lor. of swiping done p'irately hy tins i who wmikl appear to i)3 moderate drinkers? It is evident thu the thirty pro.ubitod persons cannot cp’iid the above sum, nor would a ii i.tired, and I doubt very much whether a hmisind would do it. Perhaps “ Munic r.l Control ” Will solve the problem in a OTii.ma seusa way.-—I am, etc., Youthful.