ENGLISH LICENSING BILL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2144, 20 March 1908, Page 3

ENGLISH LICENSING BILL.

OPPOSITION RESIST THE BILL.

United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, Alarch 18. Tlie Central Council of the Church of England Temperance Society, presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and attended by many bishops, endorsed the Licensing Bill, but undertook to support the extension of the time limit, if a period of 14 years was insufficient to prevent an unreasonable strain on trade. Tho Times says that while the Goverufnent are willing to materially extend the statutory period, the Opposition appear determined to resist the Bill to the utmost.

SEVERE CONDEMNATION.

United Press Association —Copyright "ratecoived /March 19, 10.9 p.m.) •LONDON. March 19. A crowded meeting, representing a hundred thousand brewery debenture holders, held in London, and presided over by Lords 'Rothschild and Faber, unanimously condemned the Licensing Bill as not promoting temperance, but confiscation of properties acquired under the sanction of the State and reliance on the protection of the law. Lord Rothschild stated that the Bill would injure millions of insurance shareholders and policy-holders. The extension of the time, limit to 21 years was no compromise. If the Biill was passed, the question of the insufficiency of the gold reserves would be reopened. He warned the Government that the City had always made its voice heard in the long run. , ■ Mr. Walter Long and Lords Halsbury and Avebury also condemned J^TE'e'measure.