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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 160, 1 April 1919, Page 3

THE PROHIBITION POLL. From every quarter tomes tho refreshing assurance that die Merchant Service is daily having returned to it the ships commandeered by the Imperial Government for war service. New Zealanders will not soon forget the war-lime scarcity of shipping, nor will they soon forget that while mcnt nftd butler v.-pre in cold storage at this end. and while buildirrr material, fanning implements, essential drugs, ele.. were held up at the otlinr end, the "One Big Monopoly" apparentlv knew how l'i null tho filiinniiii? During the first four months of 1018 a lolnll of 472.40, r ) gallons of spirits w;;s i-y----ried to N.H.—vessel aflor vessel carricd liquor as its chiof cargo. This country cannot at any time afford In have overseas shipping space monopolised hv liquor to the exclusion of commerce! Tile very existence of a wave-washed Dominion such as ours depends on untrammelled shipping. Industry must _ lie released from the tentacles of tho liquor octopus. On Thursday, April 10, strike out tfie top line!—Advt.