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(To the Editor.) Sir, —A correspondent, " Moral," is twitting the recent well-matured decision of the Licensing Committee in closing five small houses. I presume he did not want the larger ones closed, which would have inevitably interfered -with the brewing trade and its numerous dependencies. The doomed houses, as shown by evidence, were small retailers of liquor, and consequently could be done without. Under these circumstances, what else could ths Incensing Committee dot It is an, axiom in business: "Not to destroy ■the goose that lays the golden egg."—l am, etc., FAIR PLAY. ______
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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 136, 9 June 1909, Page 8
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