LIQUOR REFERENDUM
' DISCUSSED BY ANGLICAN CHURCH. i By Telegraph—Press Association. • Christchurch, October 16. At the Anglican Synod to-day the Rev. J. R. Hewland moved: "That the Synod adopt the platform of the • Labour Party, demanding a referendum on the.liquor question 'on'four points —(1) National continuance; (2) immediate national prohibition with compensation; (3) immediate national prohibition without compensation; and (4) national ownership, those issues to he decided by preferential voting, with a single transferable vote." The Rev. H. H. Mathias moved that ' the National Efficiency Board's recommendation he adopted by Synod. ' Both motions were takon together. In the discussion which followed opinion leaned towards the Efficiency Board's recommendations, but the debate was not concluded when Synod adjourned. Bishop Julius said he want*! pro,hibition, with or without compensation. If the country was ready to give, com--pensation, he would prefer it. '
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 19, 17 October 1918, Page 6
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138LIQUOR REFERENDUM Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 19, 17 October 1918, Page 6
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