The Licensing Question
(per united press association.) London, June 14. Mr Acland's amendment to the effect that the snrplus be expended on education instead of granting compensation to publicans, was rejected by 31. The defeat of Mr Acland's amendment to expend the surplus on education instead of compensation to publicans, secures the main objection to the Licensing Objection Bill, and the Government will appoint a commission next session to consider the licensing laws and the question of granting •compensation to publicans. Sydney, June 14. - A most disorderly meeting took place last night over the compensation question. It was called in the first instance by the Sydney Licensed Victuallers for the purpose of protesting against the non-payment of compensation to publicans, but the local optionists turned up in foioe, took possession of the meetings, and passed an amendment in favour of local option with no compensation. Mat* ters become so serious at one time that the police bad to form a cordon to separate the two parties.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 1, 17 June 1890, Page 3
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