THE PROHIBITION ISSUE.
4 WHAT THE ALLIANCE DEMANDS. The demands that arc to be made by tho New Zealand Alliance as the result of the convention in Wellington were explained to a reporter on Saturday night by Mr. A. S. Adams, of Duncdin, ex-president of tho Alliance. "The resolutions finally arrived at by tho convention," said iir. Adams, "do not revive in Mr. Laurenson's Bill, as had been erroneously assumed in some quarters, but are a new presentation, of the platform and policy of the Alliance, '.they were arrived at after a full discussion of tho so-called compact, and wifih substantial unanimity by tho largest convention ever held in tho Doininion. In etfect, the resolutions formulate a demand for a special vote on Dominion prohibition on the day of the next general ejection. If carried, this will i have, lull effect, but tho demand does not include successive polls. By this, I , mean, that the demand is for one poll i only, to be taken at next election, leay- , ing future polls to be a subject of [ future legislation if desired. ; "The vote is to he taken on separate ! papors, and counted entirely apart from . the local optica poll. The required majority is to be ascertained by a re- > ference to tho total number of effective [ votes recorded on tho Dominion pra- ■ hibition issue alone. Tho party reaffirms . its demand for a settlement of both j local option and Dominion prohibition. . issues by a bare majority, and the ; passing of all the amendments dealing ; with local option law which were affirmed at the last annual convention in Christolrarch in June, 1909. These include the abolition of bottle licenses, the suppression of the locker system, beer depots, and tie various other evasions of tho law which have crept in in No-License districts. Tho Executive of the Alliance, together with a ' consultative committee, consisting of leaders in every part of the Dominion, • arc to draft a Bill to give effect to , the above demands, and take tie neces- . sary steps to secure their passage or to organise the party in anticipation, of next election. The most gratifying feature of the convention," Mr. Adams I concluded, "has been the splendid loy- " alty of the representatives, which has ' finally cleared away all possibility of i trouble within tie ranks of the party f itself."
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 853, 27 June 1910, Page 6
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390THE PROHIBITION ISSUE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 853, 27 June 1910, Page 6
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