LICENSING BILL
ITS PRESENT PROSPECTS.
'By Telegraph.—Special to Gca.ii.dian)
WELLINGTON, Nov. 19,
Best-informed opinion in regard to the Licensing Bill is that it will again be placed on the order paper for consideration next Tuesday. It will then probably emerge from there without any important c-hange from its present state.
The Legislative Council will then have to deal with the question. The Council, it seems, will he very evenly divided on the major elapses of the Bill, hut it appears certain that the two-issue ballot paper and the three years’ tenure will be retained, while a small majority will oppose the hare majority and support about 52 per cent
to 48 per cent. If this happens it is almost certain that the greater number of the Lower House will not agree to the amendment, and a deadlock may result.
Jt is freely stated that in this ease the Bill will he dropped. Others declare that the Prime Minister may ask for an early appeal to the country. This does not appear to he likely. There is. however, a great tension and much uncertainty about the position.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1927, Page 2
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186LICENSING BILL Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1927, Page 2
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