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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1705, 11 May 1886, Page 3

The Mercantile ' tifazette for the present month niefttidtfs that "it h stated that :,-tlie ndmfe «f-^States in] Canterbury whose, proprie^prij'catinot pay the interest ■pn their mortgages Ufsgid io be at least 4,000,-aivi thatijh.e'estates Virill soon have \io. be. brought into .the market." Qpiuni' drinking appears to be gaining ground ,aa a liabit amongst the women ' in' flie mining districts of England. Ac- , cording to the Northern Ech* the draught^iiiay be procured from any chemist without restraint ; the~ decoction ■ is of • simple.. prescription, being about 2£pzs ol opium diluted ma pint of proof spirit, and; the 1 condition induced by drinking this deletorious stuff is that of intoxication after another fashion. It appears. that attention has been called to the vice for some years past, and though nothing has as yet been done to atop it, steps will probably shortly be taken.