NO LICENSE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 554, 8 July 1909, Page 5

NO LICENSE.

■'■■; ■}/■'• THE '■WELLINGTON ;COUNCIL. • ' A : " iqecting 'of :the. Wellington Counoil of the fio-Lieenso Convention was held yesterday afternoon,, in the .Trinity Methodist Chnroh, The chaliraaa; Rev,.-; A. stated that the'-pnrpose:. of the meeting to express their sense of thankfulness at the: closing of the ho tela in Neff town and Wellington euburhe. The; Rev. W.; .Comfie gave a 'resunie: of proceeoings ftt-thp annual Dominion: conference,' in the course pf vhioh;he pointed out thnt legislation;should be intradupoi}--whiph would give the Maoris the' mht to say whether tho dietriots ..which they lived 'in should - havalicenses or not,' ■■ : .'......,.'..•..: ' :. ■The ohairnjan introdnced thp Rev, J, BawEon, , : general sporetary -:pf the nllinnco,'. who was; to , Bpeak on ,f Lessone from. No-Liopnsd Districts.". He stated that- the opinions of trademen, magistrates,' and the police, wore that .No-LiceriE© was. a succees ,• ;bnt there was still a necessity, for introducing Inws • that would abolish,' not only the sale of liquor but nlso the mannfactiira' of it fpr. and to do (iivay brewerips in No-Llc'ehse''districts.-' , A'.-.niiprv.:hy ,AfVv ; A. 11. ■'■Atkinson was thim fpi\(l |)y Jlv, Dp*(ln.-\v., on "Afilitary Cnntcena." [Die. writer s-.'t, forth that t)iq isbuing of perinita v for theao. canteens should cither bo in the hands oftheLicenpinß Committee, and not i\t the discretion of: the 'commanding officer of the ■ district, or else not granted at nil..-. V Mrs.'Boxall, president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, gavo a shprt'nd-' dross on "PledßO Signing," which was followed by ,a ptiper by Mr. G., S. Hoare, on ''Finance," , ,'■■■■. . ..... Other addresEOs were given by tlie Revs. Colo (Melbourne), .Williams, and fee,' those aildrDSfes bearing wference to the subject under discussion. . , . . ; !