LIQUOR IN KING COUNTRY.
(PMSSS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, August 2. To-night before a gathering, Sir .Robert Stout delivered an address on the history of the Government's negotiations with the Maoris of the King Country on the subject of prohibiting the sale of liquor in that district. The meeting, which was supported by the ministers of the various churches, intended as a protest against the proposal to take a- local option vote in the King Country. Sir Robert Stout spoke of the early negotiations made in the Maoris' presence before a party of Wahanue and the famous Ngatiamaniapoto chief in 1884. He referred also to the proclamation issued then prohibiting the sale of liquor in the district named, and cLaimed that to cancel the agreement now would be an immoral act. Mr Tuck, of Auckland, delivered an address upon corporate control. A resolution in favour of a pact against corporate control, was carried.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19230803.2.83
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17832, 3 August 1923, Page 9
Word Count
152LIQUOR IN KING COUNTRY. Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17832, 3 August 1923, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in