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A QUEENSLANLER ON DRINK, LUNACY, AND BLACKMAIL. (BT TELBOEAPH—rEESS* ASSOCIATION—COtaBIOHT,) : Brisbane, May 12. Mr. Lesina, a member of the Queensland 'Assembly,'has returned from a'Visit .to. New ; Zealand. . • ' . In an intorviow, Mr. Lesina declared that the Now Zealand liquor , laws oncouraged grog-selling , and drunkenness, and increased perjury and corruption. Thoy"; had also increased-, in a, remarkable, way,lunacy,Land; f telopod to. an alarming extent .general dis-, respect .of the law itself. '.. • The introduction of liquor .into "dry" distracts,- .Mr. .Lesina declared,, was. steadily increasing,. and blackmail,;.terrorismj. and the boycott were flourishing. > .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 506, 13 May 1909, Page 7
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90OVER-PAINTED. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 506, 13 May 1909, Page 7
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