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Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1918, Page 4

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SUGGESTED LIQUOR POLL. AUCKLAND, July 8

The Hon. G. W. Russell, in an interview, said:—“The leaders of the liquor trade and the executive of the New Zealand Alliance appear to have come to an agreement on Ilu> proposal to take a poll on the subject of national prohibition, and apparently they will a scree, if they have not already agreed to Parliament being asked during the coming session to legislate on the lines of the •Efficiency Hoard’s recommendation, which provides compensation estimated a.t 4,'500,000. fPossibly the. amount would require to fie taken out.of. the Consolidated Revenue. without any special fund being provided for interest and sinking fund. Whether those who contributed to direct taxation in land and income tax will accept the proposal remains to be seen.” Under national prohibition, -Mr Russell added, tin* manufacture and side of alcoholic liquors would cease. His opinion was that complete proposals should be discussed by Parliament and a referendum taken to finally decide whether the Hill should become law.

ACCIDENTS. WADTATE, July fi. Arthur Jones, aged 1?-, son of ll'* . S. .Tones, of Hook, trod on a doe and fell against a glass door last night He was conveyed to the hospital, where ho is recovering from severe cuts and loss of blood. Archie Bell, on final leave from camp, was out shooting wallabies a day or two ago, when he blew tile big toe off.liis right foot. The injury was attended to and Hell will not be unfit for soldiering.