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THE LIQUOR POLL

— I PBOHIBITIONIbT'S LECTUBE. Iu continuation of the "efficiency" campaign, Mr. J. J. Bruntnell, M.L.A., New South AVales, addressed about 100 people in the Methodist Church, Taranaki Street, Inst evening. Mr. B. A. Wright, M.P., presided. Mi 1 . Wright said that if ■ tho Prohibitionists did not win at the poll in April their enuse would be set back years. Mr, Bruntnell explained his presence by saying that lie was there by courtesy of an invitation from tho general secretary of the New Zealand Alliance to take part in what was going to be the ' most memorable campaign in the history of the Dominion. Travelling down from the north, speaking by the way, he had been impressed by the good prospects for the success of the Prohibitionists at the coming poll. 11l New South Wales 6 o'clock closing had been carried by the people, a'nd the worst hours of the trade which had been thus cut out would never be reinstated, so great wore the benefits accruing from tlo curtailment. In the speeches of Messrs. Findluy and Armstrong there was 110 argument; these speakers were merely attempting to confuse the issues awl catch unwary electors. Much good was to be derived from the abolition of the liquor traffic. One of the most important things in this Dominion, as in any other place, was tho home life, and the abolition of the trade would make for tin improvement in flint life, lie had been announced as the soil of a publican, and that was true, but because of that he knew the bettea' of what he was talking. He pleaded with those present to vote i'or the abolition of the liquor trade for the sake of the children—the boys and the girls who were to be the leaders and the teachers of the morrow. It ill became the Moderate League lecturers to talk about an attempt to take away their liberties because of a minority of weaklings. Some people were very anxious that tho Government should continue to get its revenue. The revenue argument was hardly worth while. A person spent £5 in order that the Government might get XI. "For Heaven's sake post £1 to the Government and keep tho oilier ,Q1 in your pocket," e.aid Mr. Bruntnell. The Uev. father Croilin will sneak on the liquor question at the Town Hall on Sunday night at 8.15 o'clock. Father » Cronin has addressed meetings during 'tho last week at'lnvercargill, Dunedin, Oamnru, and Timaru.

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Dominion, 14 March 1919, Page 6

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THE LIQUOR POLL Dominion, 14 March 1919, Page 6

THE LIQUOR POLL Dominion, 14 March 1919, Page 6

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