NEW ZEALAND LICENSING LAWS.
ENCOURAGE SLY GROG SELLING.
BLACKMAIL, BOYCOTT AND TER-
RORISM FLOURISHING.
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Mr Lesnia, a momber of the Assembly, lias returned from a visit to New Zealand. Interviewed, he declared the New Zealand liquor laws encouraged sly grog selling and drunkenness; they were increasing perjury and corruption also in a remarkable way. Lunacy had developed to an alarming extent. There was a general disrespect of the law itself. The introduction of liquor into “dry”'districts was steadily increasing. Blackmail, terrorism, and boycott wore flourishing.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2500, 13 May 1909, Page 5
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88NEW ZEALAND LICENSING LAWS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2500, 13 May 1909, Page 5
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