AN ASHBURTON PROTEST.
. ASHBURTON, Monday. • a tl' s'*5 '* b " siness mon and firms in Ashbiirton having had it brought to their notice that the Borough is at present being much maligned throughout New Zealand, desire, in order to preserve the good name of the town anu for accurate information of those at a distance, to state the following facts, which are within their own Knowledge true in every particular, iney do not wish to express any opinion upon the vexed question of Hcnse or no license, but deem it necessary that the exact truth about the condition of the township should bi made pubhc in an authoritative man"•ner Their desire in making the statement is to defend .Ashburton agaiust careless and reckless assertion callulated, if uncontradicted, to do harm to the^progreso and prosperity of the 1902 has been steady and uninterrupted This is shownW the valuations, whfch £lns f°r * S P of £ICO ° in "tcablc value of licensed houses in 1903, have SVY 9 1 £22 ' 613 in 1902 to 2. The number of places occupied as business premises has largely increased,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 April 1907, Page 4
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182AN ASHBURTON PROTEST. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 April 1907, Page 4
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