THE LICENSING ISSUE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19433, 19 October 1925, Page 11

THE LICENSING ISSUE

(To the Editor). Sir.—l understand that you would only allow correspondence on the above I subject which broke new ground. Mr Aitken’s tirade is the old story—grossly exaggerated in every detail. It is no argument to call a man a bachelor; there may bo sufficient reasons ; for him being so. In any case, others make up the deficiency in that direction in conformity with the law of averages. I have no connection with the L.V.A. in any way, being a humble citizen who has seen much more of life and human nature in all its aspects than Mr Aitken has ever done, and who yields to no man in his respect for women and family life. I should like to ask Mr Aitken to answer the questions I put to him in my last letter. He has not done so. With regard to his statement that one department of the next world had gone dry, I would remind him of a certain saying of Christ, that “He would drink wine with his disciples in His Father’s Kingdom.” Mr Aitken is, therefore, logically bound to find himself in the dry area to which he refers. We shall therefore not meet there.—l am, etc., J.D.