LOCAL OPTION IN VICTORIA.
MR. BENT ON "GOOD GROG."
By Telegraph— Association.—Copyright. . Us ■ I Melbourne, July 27. |j| A deputation, a thousand strong, reprev || smiting the liquor trade, waited on the Pre- j| mier yesterday to protest against- legislation n providing for complete local option on |tj New Zealand's lines, with a time limit, in :j| lieu of compensation as proposed by the J|| temperance bodies. The speakers urged that' : New Zealand's legislation had not reduced j| the consumption of liquor, or lessened f|| crime. j'| Mi. Bent promised consideration 'of the i| views of both sides. He said he had always || favoured "good grog." That sold in some || of the hotels would kill at 10 yards.. If they, | kept good grog they would not have the j'l trouble on the question they now I had, -• , ml ■i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12930, 28 July 1905, Page 5
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