CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1184, 20 September 1882, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE LIOQUR TRAFFIC ; ' To the Editor, . . , , I Sir,—During the.recent.correspond-.I ence, lectures, and sermons concerning! the liquor traffic, charges havo been made against hoielkeepers'nf infringements of the Licensing Act; and, instead of being denied, counter charges have been made against unlicensed houses, where sly grogselling is alleged.to be .carried on. I notice in the Now Zealand Times that one Licensing Committee recommended surprise visits of 'plain' clothes policemen from one district to another, and there can be'-no' doubt- that with a proper system the infringement of the Licensing Act would be reduced to ut minimum. - ; It is a very difficult matter for the local police to delect the law-breaking, and tho evil is assuming a serious phase; habitual Boaking is carried on here in glaring defiance of law and order,' and-soine desperate remedies will have to be adopted if the authorities will not act, Ilia but iust to the hmelkcepcra to say that there ares.mie in the lonn who discountenance drunkenness as far as their trado allows, but there arc oliors who encourage it, ami it is.notorious thst a.big Sunday liqw-v trafiic h ciuliicted with impunity, and no pror-'or attempt is made tu detect , it... If-ii man coimiiite" a robbery, and disposes -ot his booty to a receiver, the law punishes both ; but in this town men rob the community of their talents, their families of their earnings, and spend money that should go to their creditors in swilling. Things are being carried to such an extent that moderate men will be driven to unite with the most fanatic temperance advocates for the utter, abolition of intoxicating drinks. ■"' • I have, &c, A Sufferer,