LIQUOR REFERENDUM
KING COUNTRY BEQUEST MINISTER'S HELP SOUGHT , MR. ARMSTRONG SYMPATHETIC [BY TELEGB.APH—OWX CORRESPOXDEVT ! TE KUITI, Wednesday A sympathetic hearing was given b; the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, Minister o* Housing. last evening "to represents tions made to him by the Mayor of TV Kuiti. Mr. H. T. Morton, on the liquor licensing question. The Mayor said tin . present system was doing far more harm than good and asked the Minister if he could do anything in support of s licensing referendum for the King Country. • Mr. Armstrong said he jfas personally sympathetic to the request and realised the necessity for a redistribution, of licences in the Dominion. He could not see any reason for licences not granted at the Waitomo Hostel or at the Chateau, and also in the towns of the King Country.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23355, 25 May 1939, Page 10
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135LIQUOR REFERENDUM New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23355, 25 May 1939, Page 10
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