LIQUOR VOTE URGED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21844, 5 July 1934, Page 13

LIQUOR VOTE URGED

KING COUNTRY RESIDENTS RIGHT TO DECIDE ISSUE MR. BROADFOOT'S ADVOCACY [BY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON, Wednesday The right of the King Country to determine its own destiny on the licensing question was claimed by Mr. W. J. Broadfoot (Government —Waitomo) when speaking in the Address-in-.Reply debate in the House of Representatives to-night. Mr. Broadfoot said that conditions in the King Country were different today from what they were years ago when the district was declared a dry area." To-day Europeans predominated, but although they were allowed to vote on the national licensing issue, they were deprived of voting on the local issue. The European community of the King Country should be entitled to exercise its vote in the same way as people living in other parts of New Zealand. It was an insult to tho people of his electorate that they should not bo allowed to decide their own destiny. The sooner licences were restored in tho King Country the better, for there was too much use of the sly-grog shop and adulterated liquor. Mr. Broadfoot suggested that the King Country provided a good opportunity to try State control, and if it worked well there, it might be tried in other parts of New Zealand.

COURT REPORTS BILL FOR REGULATION BAN ON CERTAIN DETAILS [BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON. Wednesday The attempt made in Parliament last year to regulate the publication of indecent matter relating to Court proceedings, and to make illegal the publication without consent of photographs and caricatures of persons involved in such cases, is to be renewed this session. The Minister of Justice, the Hon. J. G. Cobbe, gave notice in the House of Representatives this afternoon of his intention to introduce the Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Bill, which, it is understood, is similar in intent and structure to the bill which was previously before the House. The bill was not proceeded with last year because insufficient time was left at the end of the session to frame final amendments, and the Statutes Revision Committee reported to the House on December 21 that it should be put through at the very earliest opportunity this year. The measure is mainly intended to regulate the publication of reports of judicial proceedings and to prevent injury to public morals. Under its provisions, it will be unlawful to publish any indecent medical or physiological details in relation to any Court proceedings.

in cases dealing with dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, judicial separation, restitution of conjugal rights, or the making of an affiliation order, maintenance order or guardianship order, no particulars must be published other than the following:—The names, addresses and descriptions of the parties, witnesses and counsel, a concise statement of the charges, defences and counter-charges in support of which evidence has been given, submissions on any point of law arising in Court and the decision of the Court thereon, the summing-up of the Judge and the finding of the jury, the judgment of the Court and observations made by the Judge or magistrate in giving judgment. Another important" section of the bill states it shall not be lawful to publish any photograph, drawing, caricature or other representation of any person who is a party to the proceedings, or who is a witness in a case, except with the authority of the person concerned.

Any person acting in contravention of these provisions shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months, or to a fine not exceeding £250.