A PARALLEL.
TO THE EDITOB.
Sm, —In the good old days of slavery a gentleman was once arguing with a planter against the system, and with other points urged that slavery broke down the health and induced premature death. The planter denied this, and mentioned bis own slaves as being pictures of health and contentment. The gentleman then asked how it was that six of these slaves had died during that month. “ Oh,” was the reply, “ the system is not to blame ; that’s sheer enssedness on their part, just to annoy me.” Now for some time past some folks have been seeking to show that the liquor traffic is a most respectable business and beneficial In its effects, and the fact of being engaged in it should not be a bar to any office, but—- “ just out of sheer cussedness,” to spoil the election —three men and one woman have met with untimely deaths in Dunedin during the past four weeks, as the direct outcome of the drink curse. Oh! what bitter irony. One life a week sacrificed all the time we have been discussing whether our mayor shall be one connected with this traffic or not, and yet some seem to hesitate! — I am, etc.. Gamma. Dunedin, November 13.
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Evening Star, Issue 8364, 15 November 1890, Page 1
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210A PARALLEL. Evening Star, Issue 8364, 15 November 1890, Page 1
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