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Kōrero: Liquor laws

Castle Hill Hotel, 1879

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Castle Hill Hotel, 1879

This is the Castle Hill Hotel on the West Coast Road (State Highway 73), which connects Christchurch and the West Coast, in 1879. A sign above the door says the proprietor, Thomas Douglas (second from right), was licensed to retail fermented and spirituous liquors.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-061303-F

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Paul Christoffel, Liquor laws – Early liquor laws, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37607/castle-hill-hotel-1879 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Christoffel, i tāngia i te 14 November 2012, updated 1 December 2014.