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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2322, 15 October 1908, Page 3

NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN. PATUTAHI HALL. TO-NIGHT. AT 7.30. ADDRESSES. ON NO-LICENSE By R EV -W.O RANT AND M". JQARTON. MR. T. E. TAYLOR, OF CHRISTCHURCH, .WILL SPEAK ON THE no-license'' QUESTION IN H s M AJESTY ’S THEATRE. NEXT WEEK, ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY. GISBORNE In 1907 PENT IN DUTY ON SPIRITS I ALONE £16,070. This represents over 20,000 GALLONS of SPIRITS (and nearly 5,000 GALLONS of WINE must be added to flu's), brought into the town in one year, to be consumed in town and 'district. THE AMOUNT OF BEER FOR THE SAME PERIOD WAS: ENGLISH BEERCOLONIAL BEERGALS. 11,810 62,157 LOCAL BREWED BEER--106,978 , 180,945

If Gisborne lms been prosperous in spite of the wasteful expenditure which the above figures show, what may we not expect, if by carrying nolicense, the amount- of liquor consumed is reduced to the proportion con-i sutned in any No-License districts in New Zealand. ■ THE PARLIAMENTARY REI URN SHOWS THAT THE AMOUNT OF LIQUOR THAT WENT INTO IHE NO-LICENSE AREAS SINCE NO- - LICENSE WAS CARRIED ONLY AVERAGED THE FOLLOWING YEARLY AMOUNTS:— r ASHBURTON 3,626 SPIRITS and 'VVINK--90 DEER- " INVERCARGILL 4,222 fipIRITS aiid WINE--57,753 BEER - O AMARU 4 842 s p i ßPP ® and wine. 14*334 BEER. COMPARE THESE, FIGURES WITH GISBORNE OR ANY OTHER LICENSED DISTRICT, AND SAY -WHETHER OR NOT NO-LICENSE DECREASES DRUNKENNESS. IN SPITE OF ALL THE ASSERTIONS OF THE TRADE, DRINKING AND DRUNKENNESS HAVE GREATLY DECREASED IN ALL THE NO-LICENSE AREAS, AS FACTS AND FIGURES SHOW CONCLUSIVELY,-