" There a single village in New Zealand that anyone would call a thing of be-iuty," said Mr S. Hurst-Seager in tho course of a lecture on town-pluming in Wellington on Friday evening. A substantial penalty has been inflicted at Kawhia by Mr E. Rawson, S.M., in a case in which a Maori was charged with selling liquor and with stealing a £5 note. Constable H. Smith brought evidence to eliow that; tho accused was selling brokendown whisky, probably methylated spirit, for £1 per bottle. ' Accused was convicted and fined £SO, or three months' hard labour. Duncan Clark, a was fined £3 for supplying liquor to Maoris.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3313, 12 September 1917, Page 37
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106Page 37 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Witness, Issue 3313, 12 September 1917, Page 37
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