NELSON.
The immorality occasioned by the sale of spirituous liquors on the Lord's day was creating a considerable degree of attention in the Province of Nelson, and laws were being enacted to prevent this shameful violation of one of Heavens im~ perative commands. Three petitions had been prsented to the Provincial Council m favour of the movement, one was signed by 320 of the inhabitants of the town another by a large number of the people located in the country ; and the other by the Wes•nanu k o(^sfc ® oc i et J- Our native readers will be very much astonished to hear, that a petition had been sent to the Council, against the Licensing Amendment Bill' signed by no fewer than seventy persons, who claim for them selves, the appellation of Christians.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 24
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132NELSON. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 24
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