KEPT LIQUOR FOR SALE
UNEMPLOYED MAN FINED I | MA GJ STU AT ITS It l< MAUKS I Per Press Association. I INVER' ARG ILL, Sept. 26. For keeping liquor fOr sale in a no licence area Robert Ross was fined £lO. 'The police said that men were seen coming out of Ross’ place with l»ag< of liquor. \ search of lhe premises was made and 67 bottles of beer were found in a bedroom and 6o empties in a w ashhouse. Ross was li \ ing apart, from his wife and was nn employed. ‘‘The position in Invercargill isomewhat peculiar,” commented the magistrate (Mr. freeman . ‘‘The people voted prohibition 30 years ago. but there does not appear to be any prohibition. If you want to get a of beer, instead of going to an hotel, you've got to go to a brewery and get two gallons. That’s not prohibition; it’s purely no-liceuce, which is not no licence at. all, but it's the law. Il opens the way to this ela.s of offcrn.e
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 227, 27 September 1935, Page 6
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170KEPT LIQUOR FOR SALE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 227, 27 September 1935, Page 6
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