THE GRANTING OF LICENSES FOR THE COUNTY 0F MARSDENT.—THE PORT ALBERT MEMORIAL.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3018, 29 March 1867, Page 6

THE GRANTING OF LICENSES FOR THE COUNTY 0F MARSDENT.— THE PORT ALBERT MEMORIAL.

1 To the Editor of th« Daii* Southmin CBoft v , (j Bra,— l wwb, tliroagi J .yourcoWmiui, to ball ajifen. tion to a, fact that "has 'tween soirie of -us by^suiroiie. The settlers on .the Oruawharo and at have memorialised ,the r magistrates- in Aucldaud against the- licensing o! any hpyae for th^sal^f intoxicating .^.liquors in that aiaitnct. " lt^nq^r Turns' out thiV tne' granting ot^ saeh, licenses jor if arsden rests with the . JuBt^(^B3 of, the? j %»cb atWangarei. In consec[uence of our diffifjjifty'iyi conununioatiogj it ia not ppssißfe, with. ( tne u^prt notice -given, to forward ' another " memorial ''jo W»ngarei. , If you ..will kindly insert M$ {%%* Ceoss and y^eef^y^ : Ncws, the facti3 W;ilt pe^noyjm both to the Juaticea at'W*pgarei,'and also'to^^ny piriiiea who may apply to them for such license^ Jnr^ni my long -ariiSiptimajie knowledge' oE the district, T am able to' state that at least three-fourihs of the ■etfcler's are qppdsed to the opening ofrap'y puWic T house ; and not because they ,are all total abataiaers, but hecause experience has proved to them that the absence of any such house ' gives '* character of quiet respectability to the rdxstriofc which, evon,coimner,cially"loolf^d at, is worth vaiihr more than the traffic, that a public-house .inig^it tring., , For ike MifimHi of th^ dis^ thar.are unwlUng thaJi^sSo^dflo^tnis.cTi^rijcJ^r. —I am, sir, &c, ' SAHUiLEDQKR, l