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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1617, 2 December 1905, Page 3

CHANGES FOLLOWING NO-LICENSE. Revenue ' produced by sale of liquor would have to be raised on land, food and clothing. eawfcui ; i ' i Districts like the East Coast will require a Coastguard Service to prevent grog landing in all the Bays, and the rugged back country is an ideal corner for illicit stilling.

Sly-grog Selling and Pri~ vate Family Drinking. Read Mataura Ensign, re the effect produced in Mataura, curtailing local revenue thereby placing Increased Bates on Property-holders. The closing of the hotels would change the ordinary business routine of the whole district, and would be a serious Inconvenience to the Travelling Public and Visit” ing Strangers, who always show a marked preference for Hotels.

Prohibitionists, Read the Following. REDUCTION Reduction is a cruel and unfair vote. It does . not abolish that which is held by the No-license party as objectionable ; it only reduces the percentage of the Rouses, and must therefore abnormally improve the prospects of the remainder.

What is wanted is an increased effort to meet the wants of, and provide proper accommodation for, our growing population. The Prohibition party, however, insist on reduction as an additional weapon to serve their end, and seem determined to use anything unfair or illegitimate with which to down their opponents. The Licensing law of to-day, by a series of enactments, has been brought to an extreme state of reform, drastic and exacting in its power, the trend being to satisfy every reasonable demand of the public in the way of improvement. There is no probability of any further legislation for some time.

THE TRADE is rigidly controlled by the Police and Magistrates and ,has to work under the Closest Public Scrutiny, which, in itself, is bound to produce, and has produced, the Orderly Conduct and Excellent Accommodation provided by the Hotels in this District, which Travellers acknowledge to be equal to any in the country.

REDUCTION means Greater Monopoly* REDUCTION means the destruction of part of the Hotels to fatten the remainder. REDUCTION DOES NOT DEDUCE drinking ; it only concentrates it.