SLY GROG-SELLING

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 11 February 1926, Page 7

SLY GROG-SELLING

THE PAST PLAYED BY SUA. (By tatorapb.) (Special to The Evening Post") AUCKLAND, This Day. In the eotrne of the honing at Whakstans of charges of sly-grog Belling against Boa and other Maoris, it was stated that Baa's kitchen at Matahi was the place where the liquor was mostly consumed, and good business had evidently been carried on there. The Natives were reticent as to pakeha o:r pakehas who supplied the liquor. Same stated that they did not know the man, because he came into the district with... a veil over his face, while others said he came at night, and therefore they could not see his face. Mr. B. M. Grant, who appeared for the Natives, said the pakeha who sold the liquor to the Natives in the first place was the* real cause of the trouble. The Magistrate remarked that if the Native would not disclose the source of supply, they most take the full responsibility. , They could have avoided the charges if they had disclosed the name of the pakeha who supplied the liquor. The police stated it was common knowledge that Bua trafficked in liquor, and that the Natives could, obtain liquor from him. The sum of £110 was paid into Court oa account of fines. Bua accepted xejpopgibifity f or th» balance of £74.