CORRESPONDENCE.
FROHiPITIOIf IN OLT7THA,
(To th e $diter,)
Sir,—WiU yeu please in.sert the «S» oloeed ©stra-ct from the Ghristcbwh "Press" in reply to the many mw« leading statements that ha*» bean published pft the ?ul>je<st,-»I am. etc-, 7th July, }B|9. f4g So»e time during1 the early part of Jfce month of May, Mr James Paul, the brewer, of New Plymouth, wrote jto the Mayor of Balelu.tha for ipiferj*}- | ation oti th® working of no-license lin Clutha. The Mayor in replying to 1 jMr Pau.l said that drink was in homes j where it never was thought of before ! no-Hcense came into forc§, that linti* . 1 dre^s Of reppeetable people are to be seen entering alleged sly-grogf BhOPP> that crime had not decreased tinder | no-license. The Mayor's Jester it? Mf | Paul wag published in "QTi* t *s mf. ITaranaki papers. A copy of this pajjeif i was sent to a member of the tempftf" i^nee party in Clntha, who c»vis?rl the I letter to b.e printed in the Clutha "Reader." It was thereby broupht under the notice e>f tlie ; Balclutha Boronffh Council. At its regular mpef^ ing on the Bth .Tune, the Council «»*' cussed the conduct of the-May*?-Ip. writing to Mr Paul, the brewer. °| New Plymouth, and on the motion of Mr P, Btewart, solicitor, the following resolution was earriefl, with, only oto diswntient, and he is one of the f^rj: mer hoteikeepers: "That this Council has read with repret the letter of-SKlt May last, sent by the Mayor ,t<* Wr James Paul, of New Plymouth, and published in the 'Hawera Star' of ?W May, and in the 'Clutha Leader' qt this date; that the statements contained in the letter are absolutely xinwarrant-, ed by farts, and are a f?roßB ftlanflsf on the Clutha district; that, in tn« opinion of th^ Council, Balclutha !• *V present in a healthier condition morally and financially, and is In eY«rT Rfinse more prosperous, than H *M . «yer been since it hecame a horo«prn. ' [The Mayor's reply to the foregpis? rejfolntjon is published en p&re * ■**..' to-night's issue.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 161, 10 July 1899, Page 2
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