THE PROHIBITION POLL. New Zealand must stand firm against anything-that will tend towards reducing employment or towards closing jip nvenues of labour. Critical analysis (if (lie : quor traffic becomes tho'imperative duty of every lnnn and woman. The whole (question narrows down to oue definite issue: <£5,000,000 is now wasted anmmlly on liquor. When spent, otherwise, will it provide more employment than now, or less? .In answering this important question, electors need not ho guided by either the prohibitionists or the'liquor folk. TKo Official Year Book shows that tho liquor business as an employer of labour ia nowhere. The fiftyfivo breweries in N.Z. employ directly only 735 hands. Eighty-three clothing factories provide employment for 3517 hands! J'titliiiK nut fifty-live Jjreweries on April 10 means more factories. That's ivhnt this Dominion wants—Total Prohibition on Thursday, April 10, is the bwt way to get them— Advt.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 159, 31 March 1919, Page 10
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143Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 159, 31 March 1919, Page 10
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