LIQUOR IN KING COUNTRY.
OPEN TRADING ALLEGED. METHODIST CHURCH PROTEST. [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] HAMILTON, Thursday. The alleged prevalence of "sly-grog-ging" in the King Country was attacked by tho Rev. G. H. Goodman, of Ohura, at the synod of the South Auckland district of the Methodist Church, in Hamilton to-dav. Mr. Goodman said although the sale of alcoholic liquor at Ohura was illegal, it was sold openly. An advertisement had recently been published announcing that the Ohura Bootleggers' Association had, owing to tho increased tariff on spirits, raised the price of whisky from 25s to 30s a bottle. In spite of this public announcement, no action had been taken by the authorities, continued Mr. Goodman. There were in the town five bookmakers who carried on their illegal business openly. He understood there was a movement afoot among the business men of the town to suppress the traffic iri liquor, and any resolution synod could pass would doubtless encourage them. A resolution protesting at (lie "growing disregard for law and order in the Ohura and surrounding districts," was passed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20727, 21 November 1930, Page 13
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177LIQUOR IN KING COUNTRY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20727, 21 November 1930, Page 13
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