NORTH CANTERBURY.
MODERATES AND THE DRINK QUESTION. TO THE EDITOB QW "____ -_q_a." Sir,—-Some person named Nicholls in a criticism of my last letter, produces voluminous statistics, which can ba made to prove anything, it is said. I offered no opinion on the quantity each New Zealander drank, but repeat emphatically my former statement re. the general sobriety of tho Dominion, as compared to other places I havo known. This has been endorsed by men I know passing through with an experience much the same as my own.. He will admit, if I am correct (and I know I am; and his figures, are correct, then we are a fine hard-headed lot, provided also that the subtle one-third do not help on tho sly. His insinuation (In bad Scotch, as being possibly more r)lite) that T am not as moderate as claim, also implies there is no medium between tho abstainer and the inebriate. How difficult it ia to eliminate the Pharisee.—Yours, etc. _. A MODERATE. [This correspondence is now closed. Editor "The Press."]
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14523, 27 November 1912, Page 6
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