EXPERIMENT IN LOCAL OPTION.
Local option is now on its trial at one of the seaport towns of England. The Earl of Zetland, who has a feudal right as proprietor of Grangemouth to close all the places for the sale of intoxicants in that port has (says the Alliance News) left the decision as to the liquor traffic to the inhabitants themselves. Six of the police Commissioners, as representatives of the ratepayers, forwarded a memorial requesting his Lordship to allow matters to remain as they arc. A few days before, however, a memorial was forwarded to Lord Zetland by the Chief Magistrate, signed by 1374 individuals of all classes, from sixteen years of ago and upwards, including all the clergymen of the town, and at least four-fifths of the householders and parents. These memorialists stated that in their opinion the proposed prohibition would “ tend greatly to advance the welfare of the town, and add very much to the comfort aud peace of the community.” Lord Zetland has now decided to be guided by the expressed wish of the bulk of the inhabitants. Many will regret to hear that the gifted J. K. Emmet has been committed to an asylum for inebriates for a term of three months.
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Patea Mail, 21 September 1880, Page 3
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207EXPERIMENT IN LOCAL OPTION. Patea Mail, 21 September 1880, Page 3
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