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A tP~sis presented in partial
fulfi1~8P: of the requirement~ ~or the degree o:!:· Master of Arts
in Histo.cy at Massey University
Andrew Keith Bu.ctt.
1973.
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ACKI'!CWLEDGEMENTS
I wish to acknowledge my gr~titude to my supervisor Professor W.H. Oliver for his initial suggestion of the broad topic from whj~h this thesis developed and also for ui§. useful advice and influence both on the research and the subsequent drafts. I a1so wish to express my grateJ~ul thanks to the staffs of the General Assembly Library, the Alexander Turnbu)l Library, the Waneanui Public Library .:md the Mascey University Library f~r their very able a:::;sistance and willingness to supply and obtain c..ny material tna.t was required. Special ackncwledgement is also Clue t-..> t.he .staff of th.=: Wanganui Court House for allowin~ me access to their early recor~s and for ~roviding
me with facilities for work on them. My thanks illust also go to Vu- D. Cimino, the curator of the Wangc...."'1ui Museum, for· his assistance and also to several friends for their helpful anJ cf'Cen timely suggestions. Finally I must acknowledge the capable wor:t: of my t~pist Mrs. Helen Burt.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements iii
Table of Contents iv
List of Figures
Abbreviations vi
I Introduction 1
II The Legal Framework and
Drunkenness ConY lction3 1 '+
III Criminal Drunk.:~nness iio Wanganui · 30 IV The Strength of the Prohibition
Movement in Wanganui
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~onclusion
Bibliography
laps bhowing Electoral Districts are
.ttached to the endpaper.
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Graph C
Graph B
Graph A
Table II
Table III
Table IV
Graph Showing Total Convictions for Drunkenness per Thousand of the -Population.
Graph Showing Total Convictions for Drunkenness in New Zealand.
Graph Showing Total Cotlvictions for Drunkenness w;_thin Wang,mui.
Voting on Liquor Issues
1894
to1919.
The Wanganui No-License Vote as a Percentage of the Total on the Roll.
T.1e Wanganui No-License Vote as a Percentage of the Total Vote Cast.
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ABEREVIATIONS
~10.i~::;s to the Journals of the House of Representatives.
The Statutes of New Zealand.
The Wanganui Chronicle.
The Wanganui Herald.
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