PROHIBITION IN ASHBURTON.
CHRISTCHURCH, 4th April. With regard to an article appearing on 4th March in a Christchurch newspapei, the secretary of the Christchurch Prohibition League communicated with the Minister for Justice, and has received the following reply :—: — "Referring again to your letter of 4th March, I have to inform you that I have read the article on prohibition i.. Ashburton, published in the Christchurch Press, and am strongly of opinion that it was specially written with the object of showing that prohibition was a failure, and that the writer has drawn upon his imagination for his facts. As you are aware, the Ashburton police are most energetic in their efforts to stamp out sly grog-selling, and the statement made in the article, to the effect that the writer, a perfect stranger, could obtain liquor in the manner described is to my mind absolutely ridiculous and unworthy of any serious notice. I direct your attention to the view of another Australian visitor published in the Ashburton Guardian of 12th February, 1910."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 79, 5 April 1910, Page 3
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