LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
MUCH NEEDED REFORM
KING COUNTRY COMPACT.
WELLINGTON, This Day.
A large and influential deputation from the King Country waited -qh Mr Masstfy to-day, urging that the licensing pact made with the Maoris ;in 1884 should continue to be respecfttfd.
Mr Massey said lie rccogniaed tjie difficulty about the pact and \y«s,ni>t prepared to suggest a way out. He; was as keen as any one in,maintaining good faith, and unless there were good reasons to the. contrary that applied
to the pact
Mr Massey added that he did not expect any licensing legislation to go through this session. He believed that the time had come for drastic reform of the liquor traffic in the of the public. He would not go into details, but he did not think that the present state of affairs could continue. If it were going out well- and good, but if it were not we should have something a groat deal better than we had now. That would • take legislative effect when the opportunity offered. —Press Assn^
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Northern Advocate, 26 July 1923, Page 4
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173LIQUOR TRAFFIC. Northern Advocate, 26 July 1923, Page 4
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