OH, THE PITY OF IT!
TO THE EDITOR, Sir, —What an indictment of our vaunted civilisation in the words quoted by you as falling from the lips of Mr Ngatn, " civilisation must come, and ivhat is the concomitant ? liquor." Air. Editor, can you give us any good •enson why lhese two things should be nseparable ? Can we not, at least so 'nr as the King Country is concerned, ' et the one come minus the other ? ' tVhy should the boasted liberty of the ' vhite man prove the curse of his ' mtive brother ? We are on the horns if a dilen.ma, I grant you, and though agically, it may be, the King Country labitanl; has the right to vote on this s on other questions, yet the probable onsequences of the steps now proposed re so disastrous, we ought to hesitate of ore we lightl j enter on new legisla- J ion,—lam, etc,, & Soucmuu, &
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 189, 1 August 1900, Page 2
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