LIQUOR IN KING COUNTRY
MINISTER'S REPLY. P.A. WELLINGTON, Nov. 2-3.. Replvjng to-day to the Wellington Methodist Synod, for adopting a resolution expressing grave concern at the “questionable action” of the Government in opening a wet-canteen in the King Country, thus introducing liquor to a prohibited area, the Minister of Defence (Hon. F. Jones), said that there had been no violation of the pledge given by the Government to the Maori people. Apparently, tne Synod resolution referred, to the wet canteen at a northern military camp. “There is evidently some misconception as to the nature and limits of the area known as the King Country,” Mr Jones said, "and it should be explained that the camp in question is not in the King Country, and. not in a no-licence area. . It is clear therefore, that there has been no violation of the pledge given, as is stated by the Synod.”
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Grey River Argus, 24 November 1942, Page 4
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