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PUBLIC NOTICES. A PROHIBITION CATECHISIL COMPENSATION TO LIQUOR TRADE. QUESTION: WHY IS IT NECES- Ajt of lust session. This provided for SARY TO PAY THIS?' .tho poll on April 10 on the questiun of NATIONAL CONTINUANCE Versus ANSWER: To explain this it is ncces- NATIONAL PROHIBITION ACCOMsnry to go through the history of Liquor PANIKD BY COMPENSATION TO legislation from tho first National Poll THIi TRADE. on Prohibition provided in tho Licensing This, Compensation is LIMITED to Amendment Act of 1010. . Under this Act .U millions. In the event of Prohibition a 00 per cent, majority was required to being defeated, the Act provides for carry National Prohibition—that is, not three iwues at the next General Elecless than three votes had to be cast for tion. These issues are: Prohibition for ovcry two against it. vficwit mH'Pixrtwsnv Considering that those engaged in the 3 OWNERSIIIP Lin.nor Trade, and their friends and re- AAUUNAL UWAMtbiUI, lurions, would bo included in tho 40 per V ., PTA . I . T TynmiiTUTTrw wtttt ce'.t. who could retain, liquor, it meant NA „™rn™™N that in order to obtain Prohibition three 0U COMPENSATION, out of every four, and probably four Each elector can only vote for one out of every five DISINTERESTED iss:.c. In order to win, Prohibition or VOTERS must vote for Prohibition. National Ownership must get MORE This handicap proved insurmountable. VOTES THAN THE OTHER TWO If National Prohibition was carried, ISSUES COMBINED. Failing that, the "Trade" was to get compensation in Contiminnco wins. tho form of 4J years' extended trading National Ownership moans State pur-riglus-that is, Prohibition was not to chase of tho assets ot the Trade. Unlike, come into force until 4] years after tho compensation, which is LIMITED to 4} date of the poll that carried it. million*, the cost of State purchase is That was the state of tho law when UNLIMITED and might easily amount the National Efliciency Board recom- to FIFTEEN MILLIONS, nwiuled IMMEDIATE PROHIBITION The Licensing Act of last session was accompanied by Reasonable Componsn- th'j result of tho advocates of Prohibition to the Trade. tiou pulling in one direction and the The National Efficiency Board's recom- Liquor Trade pulling in another, and mcodation. therefore, merelv substituted gives the "Trade" a most unfair odCASH COMPENSATION FOR ' TIME vantage in the THREE-ISSIE POLL to COMPENSATION. bo held at next General Election if ProThe next step in the history of the hibition is defeated on April 10. movement wos tho Licensing Amendment THE ONE GREAT CHANCE for Prohibition is the poll on April 10. There is little chance of getting it at the next election. The three-issue handicap is as bad as the old three-fifths handicap. All who want Prohibition must vote for it on April 10. Failure to obtain Prohibition on that day means probably postponing it until a new Act can bo obtained, and that may mean a delay of years. THEREFORE, STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 10. Further facts will appear in this space to-morrow. NOTE.—If you require any informatioi regarding Prohibition, or if there is any question you would like answered, write or wire "Abolition," Box 95, G.P.0., Wellington. {

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