KAIPARA AND THE LIQUOR LAW.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 224, 1 August 1864, Page 5

KAIPARA AND THE LIQUOR LAW.

To the Editor of the Xk\v Zealand Ukrai.d. sn:, —During tilt: past week I tee that a proclamation Ims been published by the general government inventing the introduction of spirituous liquors iuto the Xaipara, except by permission ot si i'eji(knl magistrate or justice of the peace. This is certainly as it should be, and. would be all right were it possible to linu the resident magistrate, w;io I am told is a very decent person, but I have not yet had the pleasure ot teeing him, as lie is more olten at Wuikato tuan Kaipara,and thoughthe distance may not be far to him, it is a long distance for a settler to go, who wishes to get a case oi wine or >jjirits for his own use. As for a .Justice ot' the Peace that part ot the proclamation might :us well have been lelt out, as we have no such person, down here; I suppose the government cannot get any one willing to undertake mat ojiice. Only tiie other day a vessel came in from Auckland having spirits on board tor several people down here, even the owner of tiie vestel had some ior his own use, but " divii a dluop" "would the custom's ollicer permit to be handed without an order from tiie resilient magistrate, and he as usual was at Waikato. So our mouths will have to water for it, until he comes back. Her Majesty, God blu=s her, does not deny her troops or .seamen their glass ol grog, iheii why should such diiiioultios be placed in the wuy of tiie hard-working settler getting his glass too. I am, Sir, XoIIBLEK.

To the Editor of" the New Zi;ala>l> llekaL-D. fc>ut, —Can you enlighten th(? Italian public as to the cause oi' the fori of Kawhia being opened again (to certain persons) after Lhe oiiieial closure. It now s-ome months, I believe, since the customduMue oilieer here received instructions not to clear out vessels for that port. Some months ago, a Mr. Green obtained permission (in duvet opposition io the wishes oi' the Queen natives ut Kawlua and .Aotea, una contrary to the advice ot the magistrate here) to take a vessel into Kawhia, on the plea that he had u large quantity of goods in thai purt, which lie wished to remove. -Ml*, vireen eouid not lilt tiie but lier cargo was Completed by the-; assistance ot* two other gentlemen. So goods were taken to Aucklanu worth mentioning, and a large portion oi the produce ehippect v.*as bought afte/ tho vessel anchored

in tlic luvrbour. 'J'he bnlunreof Mr. Green's IraJu is now in the hands of a recently converted rebel for sale to his countrymen. A seeoiut '-permission was !granted to tlio same person, for the;' Jixeelsior.- n fortnight or so ago, but the permit was very properly annulled, and the vsesel camc here instead. She .left hero one day last, week fur the 3Vfan:il;au, and novr X see by the papers that slie cleared for Kawhia on tlie l(jyi. I have the means of knowing that Mr. Green is the party iniere.-ted in this trip also. 'Hie lvinj; party have been (perhaps are now) swarmirg at the south side of Kawhia harbour, where Mr. Green's store is. situated, while the number- of Queen natives (new converts included) does not cxcecd. 50; therefore Mr.' GVeen's purchases allowing for arguments, sake, that he brings down nothing to sell, must muny of them bo made from the rebels, if ltis trip is (o pay him. I have hoard it stated that a quantity of contraband articles, (spades tmd axes) were talcen down to Kawhia, some three or four months ago, packed in casks of salt, tho clearance of course, only .shewing so many casks of the latter article. Should these things ho P Settler. Kaglan, July 19, ISG3.