LIQUOR IN KING COUNTRY.
;-- x/ -.v : v'C:"''v* r~ ~**"~ .' —""'*.' ■ ' PROTEST IN WELLINGTON.,. SIR ROBERT STOUT; ON PACT. [BI : ■ TEI,EGRAI>H.-*-:PRESS ASSOCIATION'. 1 ' • •;■:■,!» ',/_ /\ WELLINGTON, '.Thaisdatf. v' : / Sir Robert ; Stout ' this evening delivered an address on the 'history of tho Government's .'negotiations Y with the Maoris ;of the King ■[ Country'- on the subject of prohibiting the sale ..of liquor :jn that district. The; meeting, ■which ,was convened-, by the ministers of various churches, ' was* ' intended as a ; protest against the proposal '. to take a local option vote in the King Country. .',.'';..,,..,'', ■-...:'..,, ... ; ,;" >, , Sir Robert ; Stout ; spoke of the early negotiations and the promise made to the Maoris in : the presence, before - ; . Parliament, of Wahanui,} the famous ' Ngatimaniapoto chief,.-■•'«.'; 1884. : Ho -referred? also to the proclamation issued 'then; prohibiting the sale of liquor in the district and claimed that to cancel the agreement now- would be an immoral act, *; ; ■-.-'•■ ', Resolutions in. favour ■of the ■ ■ pact and against corporate control -were carried.. .-<".
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 10
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155LIQUOR IN KING COUNTRY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 10
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