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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 52, 2 March 1909, Page 4

(NO. 1., OUR RIVALS NOW DISCOVER THAT LIQUOR IS EXEMPT. AFTER SO MANY YEARS' PUBLIC SERVICE. MEN AND WOMEN;.. The Government and' City Council have spent no end of money and time, and rightly too, in appointing numerous inspectors to inspect our food supply; for instance, the taking over of abattoirs to ensure only sout-d and first-class meat being sold and to prevent the spreading of disease. Our dairies are constantly and irksomely -watched to see that nothing but pure. milk, is being sold, even the addition of pure water is forbidden, the grand object being, by -protecting the infant from the cradle, to ensure a healthy race. Yet, strange but true, liquor of all kinds is exempt; obviously those /in supreme power recognise that :quor is not an article of diet, but a slow poison. The power to deal with this is in the hands of the people, and they are exercising it in a firm manner, but in the meantime unfortunate youths and men and women are gradually, by allurements, becoming slaves, and, •with ruined constitution, care little as to. quality (there being only one selling price) so long as the vile stuff bites their hardened palates, •with the inevitable end—misery, disgrace, lunacy, or an early death, without mentioning those who in drunken fits commit heinous offences, and all more or less become a "burden upon the State. WHY SHOULD THIS BE TO ENRICH THE LIQUOR VENDORS 1 Prior to the last general election a glaring advt. appeared in the 'Star" and "Herald," inserted by the Liquor Monopoly, enlarging upon the price of King Country Whisky and Beer.—comment at present is needless. The following advt. from the " Herald " speaks for itself:— ■•••* CAUTION. ! tr. Townsend's Sarsaparilla. l."r. Townsend's Sarsaparilla. £10 Reward. It having come to our knowledge that certain hotelkeepers and others have been filling with a spurious Imitation bottles originally containing Dr. Townsend's Sarsaparilla (and bearing the impressed brand and label of above), and selling same as the genuine article, we hereby give notice that we are authorised to take steps to prosecute any person co doing. Any person giving such, evidence as will lead to the conviction of persons refilling the bottles with a spurious imitation, and selling same as Dr. Townsend's Sarsaparilla, will receive a Rewaid of £10. Brown and-Dean, Solicitors, Lambton Quay, Wellington. Attorneys for The Nostrand Trading Co., i New York. I MEN AND WOMEN, , The decreed power will be in your | hands on the 9th March, whereby you may close 14 drinking places without compensation, up to which the Liquor Monopoly is trying to lead, viz., to he compensated for the loss of the sale of a few gallons of Beer is simply farcical. THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES "PLEDGED TO FULFIL YOUR MANDATE AND NOT THEIR OWN PARTICULAR VIEWS, OB THOSE OF THE CITIZENS' LEAGUE OR LIQUOR MONOPOLY, are AICKIN, G. CASEY, M. CHEAL, P. E, REES, W. J. ROSSER, A. FOR "WHICH TICKET. ON Sth MARCH KINDLY VOTE. We remain, etc., THE BAND OF BUSINESS MEN. COMBINATION BEDSTEADS. A SPECIALLY CHEAP LINE, ■**■ Wire Mattress and Bedstead Combined, all Metal W: ' 24/ These Bedsteads are very suitable for Boarding House Wear, very easily put up. Secure one now. The price will soon clear them out. J. BEOWN '& SONS OA TTARANGAHAPE-RD. - ****" **- • - • M4O YOUR blends will be delighted to get a copy of the "Illustrated Guide to Auc*- . land." -obtainable at the- "Sta»'• Office ana *U Stationers. JTlss j*"£ —- - ,