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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 153, 24 March 1919, Page 7

THE PROHIBITION'POLL.. Reconstruction needs two things— population ami capital. Obviously both will gravitate where luxation is lowest. 'Chat being so, can N.Z. nft'oro' to.cavry on, and yearly increase, an avoidable burden of taxation?, Obviously No! It is admitted that 55 per cp'iit. of the expenditure on gaols, judiciary, hospitals, police, etc., is directly due to liquor. 'Wins Prohibition'would immediately Ktve ■£B\il,'J3J. The J.\>,()oo,flOfl now spent in liquor will bo expended in other ways, mid it is Kifc to assume will yield the same percentage to revenue- as does the rest of production. Tins will amount (o .t'SO.OOO. liicrMwcd efficiency, will undoubtedly represent n.. further' ,£780,00(1 (it would probably be double that), making a grand total of 'A370,93D.- 1 ,,111 -' 0 "gainst thk the JCI,000,000 loss from liquor revenue, plus .£250,000 sinking fund and interest on the compensation .money, and prohibition gives us a- net gain of over ,-£1,000,000 'per f.nnum. It's up to Ihe people nil right, ami the day is Thursday, April 10. Strike out the ,top lincAdvr. The demand for SIIARLAND'S FLUID JtACi'NlffilA increases every weok. than the imported—inori! economical—always agrcciiblc and pure.—Advt. 'J he pulsation of the nrihon. On a crowded railway slntiois. If you're socking animation, Will supply yiiur want, bo Btire, If yju wish In cuii! bronchitis, Soro llinvil, cough or tonsiliiis, Or thai bnnn of life, gastritis, Piirchaso Woods' Great Peppermint Cure—Advt.