DRINKING IN CAMPS
RUMOURS FROM KAIKOURA MAGISTRATE’S SUGGESTION TO POLICE. [ Per Press Association. ] BLENHEIM, March 10. Reports of excessive drinking at Kaikoura by men employed on the Public Works camps was referred to at a meeting of the Wairau Licensing Committee by the chairman, Mr. Maunsell. S.M. He said that rumours had reached his ears that complaints had been made by travellers that excessive drinking by Public Works men was taking place at Kaikoura. He suggested that Sergeant Smyth, Blenheim, instruct the Kaikoura police to keep the matter under observation and report to the annual meeting of the committee whether excessive drinking was being permitted. If that was so the committee would consider what steps would be necessary.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 59, 11 March 1937, Page 8
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