WELLINGTON NO-LICENSE LEAGUE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 1 October 1909, Page 5

WELLINGTON NO-LICENSE LEAGUE.

•'. A- general • meeting; of. the, Wellington No-Licenso-League was held'last mght'in.the'New: Zealand Alliance Roonis, when it was arranged th'at'in future one league should represent the five 1 city electorates, and ,the following' were elected . members/ .of the new' exeputiTe':—President,' Rev. -W. J. Comrie; secretary, Mr. G. Pqthe'rick; nsfislant-secretafy, Mr. W. M'Goldrick; treasurer,- Mr. A. 'J; Bennett'i:and committee, Rev. A. Dcwdney .and Mr.' P. I..o'Connoil (representing 1 Wellington South),' Rev.' W: J. Williams hnd Mr.W. J.' Helyer. (Wellington East), ; Mr, .R. A;; Wright, M.P., and Rcvr J. Dawson (Wellington Central), Rev.' T.Fee and Mr. A.'-'R. -Atkinson (Wellington North),; Mr. H. Chisholm and (Wellington' Suburbs). ■ . . Votes of thankp were carried to the R-ev.-W.-J. Williams,'who has been president of Jhe Council for .the past year; to Mr. Geo. Petherick," the secretary; to Mr. W. J. Helyer, the treasurers and to 1 Messrs. Hoaro and H. Chisholm, agents, '" ''■ ' .. The following; resolution : was carried tention having been called'to> a movement in the north in'favour of an extension of facilities for. the sal* of New Zealand 'wines, meeting hereby .protests against such a movement,-; as experience in ; Australia . and ■ elsewhere. shows that, it would be the' opening of the door to many serious abuses."