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Bruce Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 32, 2 May 1918, Page 4

j If. all hotels were conducted on the- ! sumo principles as one in the -northern districts of Auckland, there would be r less outcry than .we hear from the prohibitionists about the euormities of the ■liquor traffic (says "Mereutio" in the •Herald). This house has been 'carried on for nearly MO years by a 'benevolent j old gentleman, who constitutes himself ' the guardian of the good behaviour of ' the 'men of the district. lie refuses to * allow any person to have more than a limited quantity of liquor, and has becu ; known, when someone has surrcptitiI ously been able to.obtain more than 5 was good for his steadiness, to close his i bar for the rest of the day by way of I warning to other drinkers that they ' were'vicariously .responsible for tho conduct of their companion. .