THE DOMINION INDICTED.
'' —' .. .. • " BY COLONEL HOPTON. HIS CHIEF POINT: LIQUOR SCARCE. 11V TELKCRArn—I'RKSS ASSOCIATION—COrVIiICUT. Adelaide, January 30. Colonel Hopton, commandant of fclio British rifle team, who has returned from a visit to Now Zealand, said ho would rather livo .in Australia than in "God's Own Country.'^ There'was a lot to bo done by'tho Tourist Department, said tho Colonel, before the accommodation provided for travellers approached - that of Australia. In most instances he found it inferior, though tho charges were high. His chief, grievance Now Zealand was tho restriction placed on. tho sala of liquor. Ho .was not a drinking man in tho general sense of tho term, but most peoplo like a glass of something• .with their- meals, and in Now Zealand lit'-was idiflicult- to get a class of ale or wine. , Concluding, Colonel. Hoptori said ho (lid not care-'to express any stronger opinion, because ho had left tho placo, and was not likely to revisit it.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 109, 31 January 1908, Page 7
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157THE DOMINION INDICTED. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 109, 31 January 1908, Page 7
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