KING COUNTRY LIQUOR LICENSES,
deputation; to jbms PREMIER. fPiiu Pniiss AssAcfAtioN.l WELLINGTON, Dec. 9. The holders of wholesale liquor licenses recently granted in the King Country waited- on the Premier _ tonight in reference to intended legislation affecting their licenses. They asked'that the. licenses_o'B exist until the next election, when the voice of the' people could be taken on the subject. Sir Joseph Ward said that the position was a difficult owe. The Government was of opinion that the licenses should not have been granted, as it was against the intention of Parliament 'thav there should be licenses in the King Country. He sympathised with the proposal that a vote should be taken. The Government would lay the matter before Parliament.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2681, 10 December 1909, Page 3
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120KING COUNTRY LIQUOR LICENSES, Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2681, 10 December 1909, Page 3
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