BREWERIES AND N O-LI CENSE DISTRICTS.
STATEMENT BY SIR J. G. WARD. WELLINGTON, December 2. In reference to the protests against tb« proposed election of a brewery just outside the No-license district of Ashburton, Sir Joseph Ward has replied that whatever the law requires the Government will carry out. j The Prime Minister has intimated his. opinion that whoever is responsible for -the proposal- is acting unwisely. He is~ ■ satisfied that it was never contemplated, where the people had decided jn favour of no-license, that practically a defij ance of the law should take place. It ! is evident, says Sir Joseph, that such a | brewery can be legally erected, but he ! has no hesitation in saying that it ought I not to be done. He is determined that the will of the people shall be respected, and if a brewery is erected on the Dorder of Ashburton Parliament will be asked to legislate to prohibit such a thing.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 34
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158BREWERIES AND NO-LICENSE DISTRICTS. Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 34
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