NEW ZEALAND ALLIANCE

Grey River Argus, 27 June 1914, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND ALLIANCE

LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY (Per Press Associl.ioo.) . WELLINGTON, June 25 At the cve^ng session of the N Z. alliance Congress, th,c qJestion of hq uor in the King Countn. Moerua, a chief of Tekuiti, and a family corinec ton of the, great \Vhakaniu, gave an address by' thf aid of an interpreter, which evoked great enthusiasm. , He said that he was chairman of a committed set up in 1900 jointly by the Government and the ' Maons, which was strongly «n favour of piohibition. Fiom that div no 'Maon had asbed for the rcmovaliof prohibition. / • He said that he had hedid of some of the white m|en. wanting l^quor^b'ut of the 200 Mlaoris in t)ie King Coun try not more than ten of them want liquor bars. * - On behalf of the Maori children, the chief made an appeal to the Chrisnan Ministers \o right alcoholAfter a discussion ' it was usdtcidcd 'That this conference has heard, with great pleasure the address of Chief Moeiua, on the matter oi-a pioposaJ to remove the pronibitioh' of the sale oi lquor in the King Gjbuntn, and v s glad to have the assurance that such a proposal- is strongly opposed to the wish of all but very few of the Maoris ni'that distuct This> Congress pledges itself to do all in its^power to. pie vent the bieaking Movyn-of a y restitution that is so urgently called for m the best interests of both -Maoris and*