Speaking at a. iio-licens* mating, ax Wooiston Mr, 0. Lauraison, M.l 1 map, tioned that- the movement was more than half a century old in New Zealand. • Some years ago an assistant librarian .in . the I louse of Representatives showed him ~» a curiosity a petition signed by 132. r«sidents of Wanganui, and dat/d Oa&ittwy 13, 1856. The petitioners stated that they deeply deplored the progress of the vi« of drinking, and prayed that a law f.i the lines or the Maine liquor law should be introduced, 'giving them a right to vote upon the local abolition of the traffic. Those who signed the petition, sii;i Mr. Latuyn.sun, wire now probably Mi their graves. ' ,; ' ° ~ '.■■■' 'i, -'•:'■.« g 'i ' ""." ■';■■ ■■'.■■■ ■':<'■'■ ?
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13673, 14 February 1908, Page 7
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