"RUBBING IT IN."

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 114, 12 May 1909, Page 5

"RUBBING IT IN."

PERJURY, CORRUPTION AND LUNACY.

(Received May 12. 11.25 a.m.) BRISBANE, May 12. Mr Lesnia, a member of the Assembly, who has returned from a visit to New Zealand, in an interview declared that the New Zealand liquor laws encouraged sly grog-selling. Drunkenness was increasing; perjury and corruption Trad also increased in a remarkable way; lunacy had developed to an alarming extent, and there was a general disrespect for the law itself. The introduction of liquor into "dry" districts was steadily increasing, and blackmail, terrorism and boycott were flourishing.