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PUBLIC NOTICES. A PROHIBITION CATECHISM. COMPENSATION TO LIQUOR TRADE. IS IT A GOOD BUSINESS DEAL FOR THE COUNTRY? Question: What wilt bo tlio actual cost Q. What are the advantages expected of Compensation, living all GAINS from Prohibition in return for this small . annual charge? through Prohibition out of account? Ans. Careful estimates put reduced ■, „ • 11 it, • taxation at anything from JCI to JE2 per Ans. Even assuming that the maximum annum per head of the population. If compensation of .£4,000,000 has to be paid, American experience is repeated here, it it will be met by a charge of i.a 0,000 a w jn much more than this. In ad: ccv< j ln f '"tcrest and sinking fund, dition *o this the income of the comAt the end ot 39 years the whole amount munity be increased by £10 to «£lo will be \uped out by the sinking fund per al)num p er bead of the population, and nothing more will have to be paid. Q. Is the position then (1) that we risk an animal payment of 4s. Gd. per head, Q. What does this cost per ■ head of falling to about 2s. per head of populate tion in 3D years, and after that have P I nothing more to pay? and that (2) in Ans. On our present population it ! ot ; 1TU "P 601 > l )er head means an anniial charge of 4s. Gd. per 111' 10 ! taxation, and (3) that we gam head. Before the end of the 39 years t° o T reaSed lncome our population will have doubled. The eacll year for all iime? annual charge per head will therefore Ans. Yes, that states the true position, gradually fall until it reaches probably It looks like the soundest business deal 2s. per head before the end of the 39 that has ever been put before the conn, years, try. Q. Who will get the Compensation? Ans. Compensation is limited to M,500,C00. It cannot exceed this amount. Indeed, it is estimated that it will not exevxd ; but to be. on the 6afe sidii it is better to assume that the maximum amount has to be paid. Supposing that it does, it amounts to ,£4,500.000. A careful estimate shows that it will be distributed as follows:— 1200 Hotels and their Employees .£3,080,000 _55 Breweries and their Employees 590,C00 Wholesale, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Winemakers, Maltsters, Hop Kilns, Vineyards, and their Employees... 230,000 . =£4,500,000 STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 10, For further information on Compensation see last two issues of this paper. NOTE,—if you require any information regarding Prohibition, or if there is any question you would like answered, write or wire "Abolition," Box 95, G.P.0., Wellington. . 6

TBURIBT REBOFITB. HOTEL (Nearly Opposite Railway Station), DUNEDIN, THE FAVOURITE HOUSE With the Travelling Public. Electric Light in Every Bedroom. Hot Baths can be had at all hours Free of Charge to Visitors and Boarders. MODERATE CHARGES. Country visitors aire reminded that if only in Town for the Day they can obtain a Good Lunch from 12 to 2. Fire Escapee Throughout the Building Night and Day Porters. All communicatioßs to JAMES CONNOR, Telephone 67. P.O. Box 112. HOTEL GRAND CENTRAL, 107 Cuba Street, Wellington (Few doors above Royal Oak)Tho most convenient, commodious, and comfortable Private Hotel in the city. Ideally situated, Id. section from railway station and wharves; right in the centre nf the shopping area. Eight modern bathrooms, electric light throughout, electrio fire alarm; fireproof building. TERMS—Bs. 6d. per day; 455. per week, Permanent Guests by nrrangem«nt. . S. EDILSON, 'Phone 3019. Proprietor. CAEGEN HOTEL, AUCKLAND. RECOGNISED as one of the Leading Hotels in Australasia. Specialty: Suites of Rooms, with private Bathroom, etc., Ballroom, Orchestra. Tariff: 10s. 6d. to 15s. per day. Special terms for lengthened periods. Bedroom and Breakfast from 6s. Other meal 6 optional. Full particulars from Thos. Cool: and Son, or Government Tourist Bureaux. Telegrams: "Cargen," Auckland. E. F. Black. Prop. PALMERSTON NORTH. 0 Y A L HOT E L.' Modern Brick Building, Electric Light Throughout. Box 203. 'Phono 94. A, E. HAYWOOD, Proprietor. WHERE TO STAY IN CHRIST- - CHURCH. HOTEL federal, Victoria Square, Christchurch. D. COLLINS Proprietor. (Late Clarendon Hotel.) All communications receive prompt attention. Box 532. Telephones, 1040. 2279. COMMERCIAL HOTEL, The Square, PALMERSTON NORTH. • Handy to Station. T. CHILDS, Proprietor. PAEKAKARIKI HOTEL. rE place to spend a week-end. Good beach, tennis court, and golf, links. Excellent cuisine. Only best liquors stocked. First-class accommodation. Enclose stamped envelope. TARIFF, Bs. 6d. ner dav; .£2 10s. weekTHOS. S. M'GUIRE. Proprietor.

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