THE LIOFNSING ACT AS IT IS CARRIED OUT IN CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2903, 21 February 1891, Page 2

THE LIOFNSING ACT AS IT IS CARRIED OUT IN CAMBRIDGE.

I JO 111 C IJilToll. Sill. -Til- 111 lIIIMT II! villi:'.! '.:!.' I ,ici.'!I -111;,' 'i... ruiiiii: in f..:i:c am im ,' ill- inli e V' nils. I i,,r ,-i c aid.l ra'iie |~;ii„l. .mil „s tin: time i.s i.ipi llv ilraivin • ni'ii' wli.m til- .J-ctiuu uf Liia-isim; (..',imnis-i aims will talc.j place, nml tin? 1 -.cat (Ipti.m l'ull will la: lii-lil, I think it w.nild U,i well tu vimtilati; the iiiath'.r llii'uli.'.i (Im I'!''-'. .Many ili'lividuais da lH't lii'-Uat'i ta o\pi''-s themselves fra-Iv nn IMs sni.j-ct, and 1 have, h.-.-n di:l\- .'-<|i- cnivT la lind Ihuir i.|.iniuii.s s:t f.irili iii y.ai! c .li.iims hut as tli-y anp■ ir l'eticent, I v> iilmu lu "epen tin; ball," Inisiiu- thai a nine ahle \„n than mini; will treat lli- ; matter m Hi- f'lture. I think 11 .inly littlil tint I sin mid -lat- I am lie v.,pi;i tia'P,taller < r It,-id Tem,.'..!!', but I heiieva', in I-. nipcrau".: in all things, and 1 Rri-v- In s-a tin: number i.f inaei hia!.. in <'a:mnid'.;e «;„, :,,,. ~iii, in- lie ir li"-.'li. ■.!' bill, :,..ly an I imnd. ■",'.! ;nd.ain-- what, -1i,.',!l be spent upon •ii h la -• '.ill famili-s. an I m.iki::- then!- -:■:.:- a iiui.-mr: In peacl'i! and unlialv r.iiz-. i. I >n!v lie.- in .ci.ii.-: iW-dne-ilnyi i -aw in tin: .-li.'.-l.s ..: I' the nmsi piliiiblu -iaht- I ea.r lii-li.-! I. Tina,; was a mall eiawlins alum.'ih.r ha sannai hanlly able ta wail-; i cteth -I in ihe ilh'tr .-' iif garments, ami v. i'li a n b pen' -vpie-5,,.;, up,,., hi. •ace thai -eenied tu -ay In; was linal el life ; • aim this man lias (.Jn-aiiuii, intellect and , natural alaiity far e.-;cei".:im; that, possessed by tin; majurity, and yet ha is brniißlit. . I,') t.hi- state by drink! A tew i .veeka ,-iiice pe..r Jj'ackman wa- aucideiitly ■ di..'..tied--miirdeic'.l -'.imu ciii it--in a cess, f p..,.1. li'iiin which I am t .'ni a child sis ■ vein's nf ai.:- cunid ea.-ily havo cxtiicatctl • ir.eli, because his sl.i l-v.;HIi had been , sipped by iiit'i.\ie.nt--; : ,.,,| in additiun , tl,ere Innu bv'eii ca-,'s uf ih lirivim tremens, , v. I think it is hi-h inn- that sumethint,' was dune to reun dy this lam.entable statu uf ati'aiis, and if pl.'.in .-aie ,kine will tend to improve luatier.s, n.,w i- ilae time ti do it, and I fur ..ne. -hall im" he-itate tu speak I'nelv. Tin; Ib.-t .piestiun that naturally ini-'S i-, 1 i the iiiu-.ut law .-ullicielit to t eupe with th" dillieu'w? I answer un--1 1,.-ii.rbmtv. V.:-! I'evt, tiien llu; law in ,- l.:amte|d"ei-adead let'er, as I ;„„ afraid . it is aliii'.--l ihr.'U-lwiit Xew Zeidanil, and l I c .ii-e j'leiiliv it has never had a fair trial, 1 Is th a.';:n hotel in <'ambiid„m that is closed r lo all ev.;,;p: traveilers and buarders on riunilays, and alio p.m. on week days t Kvery.me knnws there is not I Are ins drinks supplied to individuals i wini have aheady had too much .' L'n--3 vloulitediv ! nr why tlin cases nbovu relcrred tu. Are " Yankes (Jrab" and other Ramblinf,' ffm |ie -, indulged in ? Atjain undoubtedly I Every hotel keeper must keep a b i.< and dice, or we should nut so frequently hear people invited to s "cuiiie. and have a shake." It is cuneriilly r contended that unb'ss nur three liutcls weru i l:i'|it open after hours they would not pay, . Then, 1 say we have too many; if there "is, '. not sutlicient trade for three, there might be for two. so I say close one,; and il the I two cannot e,:t a li\ ins during legal hours, and m ;i ]esfal maimer, why, then clobu I another. It may be contended that the njmaiiiiu.-: "lie wanld haven monopoly, and ' v.uuld sell bid honors; but that could f easily be prevented Ly putting the Adulteiii- „ ti.ai Act into loice. It is all very well tu talk about " beiliiig tlie cat,'' bvit the diflicull mala i is tu lind s imeuno to do it, for in a small township such as Cambridge , neaiiy every me is .so mixed up in trade or , iimnev imiUeis, that they feel bound to , support one anoiher, or UieV may perhaps , io-e acu .turner or iiiaku a bad debt. 1 take it that the Licensing Uoiimii.-siunsrs are the pr..pei aulhuiiths t;i deal wi'h the matter. What is wanted is a Licensing Committee, eompo-ud of men who am thoroughly independent of the hulelkcepei's', and not a Cum mitr.ee in ivina; only, lint in deeds also. I b'lie.i.; th»v have power to inspect the preea'..-' -, mil see that everything is leapt ill il-ceut oilier; if so tlie next Cniniiutleu she-.ihi pay all -iiti-in to this. 1 sincerely iru-t live. " r'n ..'I meii iind tnie.''will allow tlicmselus i,, be nominated for the furthcoming licensing election, and if thu teetotaller- and moderate drinker.?, most uf win m hale di enkemins-.s iniito au much as tlie former—will C'.mbineand take the trouble to vote, they (the live) will he at the top <d the poll. Many assert they would grant as many iicens.es as publican-, liked to pay £40 each for, as it would lessen the rates, :lll ,i further that lessening the iiuii.ljt of hotels will nut cause less drunkenness. With regard to the burner statement they must surely forget that the t'4o—and a great deal more added tu it, - c imps out of a portion of the ratepayers' pickets, and the remainder have to help to s.ippoit prisons iind charitable aid, both in u i sin dl mcasme due to diinlc. If there were less hotels there would be less temptation, and th" p. lie- e-nld keep a better watch upon tl.-iu. I! tin: law is in tto bo carried out, let it. b; rep-aled ; but if it is to reaniu as ii now stands i-t us du our best to make il ..ferna;!.-! am, elc, Om; Who rrnus vai; l'oou J.'uuMiAUD.