NO-LICENSE LEAGUE.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 29 November 1911, Page 4

NO-LICENSE LEAGUE.

£ay! What about Maine

Oh, Maine is alright. , She has J again cast a majority vote against Liquor and in favour of continued constitutional Prohibition. The Liquor crowd crowed too early. But in any case we are fighting the battte on New Zealand's experiment, - not on -what has happened in America. STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE. '; ARE YOTX A BANKRUPT?» Of course not. but the Liquor Traffic advocates must be bankrupc for argument or they would not refer to the Masterton Bankruptcy cases. They say thero Avere 11 cases of bankruptcy in 1907, 27 in 1&09, and 10 the first tbree months of l&ll. But what about 1908 and ] 910? Why are these two years omitted? Why, legalise 1908 was the lastyeai of License, and the bankruptcies rose to 25, but in 1910, the first complete year of no^lieense, they dropped to 22. The Liquor advocates also forget to say, Ist. That there were only 12 during the first six months of this year. 2nd. That these bankruptcies are the results of bad financing under License. 3rd and most important of all: These cases did not all take place in the town of Masteiton or in the*electorate, Masterton is the registering bankruptcy Court for a large district. For instance, in 1909 out of 27 cases 15 cccurred in \ license districts, ■ STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE. HOlS'lto" BY THEIR OWN PE~ TARD is the experience the Trade is now getting. They said that the Caledonian JSecipty in Masterton lost £61, but the Society by resolution declared this was not true. They said the town was in a bad way financially tmt the Council said by resolution that tlie Town had never been sounder. The Mayor of Waihi declared that the Town had received neither moral nor material benefit from No-Lieease, but the Council by 6 vctes to thiee resolved: That the opinion of the j ; Mayor does not represent the opinion I of the Council which considers that No-License has not had an injurious effect, either financially, morally, or socially j on the well-being of the town. STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE. FOOLING THE PSOPLE is-what tho busy organisers are attempting to do. For instance they knew "at least three weeks ago that Maine had carried prohibition again. and yet during the last few days thousands of cartoons have been cir> culated saying that prohibition was defeated Strike Out The Tor LIKE OXLY. THE TRICK EXPOSED. We point out theso glaring mac curacies, not to use a stronger term because we want to say that the Trades arguments are not reliable. We in* diet the Trade if making a deliberate misrepresentation of facts and contortion of figures, to serve their own evil purposes. We ask the Electors to gave, to such methods the treatment they deserve on Polling Day, Stkike Out The Tor Like Only. .DO YOU KNOW THAT Last year 11,100 separate persons were; arrested' m New Zealand last year for drunkenness. That of these 7,310 were persons not known to have been I previously convicted, which mtans that they represent a new crop of drunkards. That at the present moment there are 54 names on the prohibition* list at Daigaville and about a dozen at Helenaville. ' Strike Out The Top Line. These tacis ought to startle YOU and help you to determine to vote the curse out, Tne Liquor Traffic is the'clinging curse of the Century. It stands condemned by science and by experience. It ought to go, it must STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE. A Striking Contrast is found in the experience of the No-License Districts as compared with the License areas. For instance. There has been only 7 arrests in the Clutha Electorate for three years. It has .a population of 10,000 and has had No-license for 17 years. Taihape under License and with, a population of only 1.554 had l4>-arrtstrs for drunkenness in the j .--"first.6 .months of this year. Strike' Out The Top Line. ,'■ What Shall We Do With Our Gbap'es ? Is a question that is being constantly asked. Well now that's quite easy to answer. They can be made into unfermented wine, or raisins. Turned-into jams, jellies or pickles. Grape honey can also be made from them. It is delicious. Tinegar and verjuice are also procurable. Why dear, me, say you, I thought they were only good for wine makinp purposes. Don't you believe it. That's the wrong use to put them to. Use thPin aright. • Stkike Out The Top -Xin-E. , ! The Liquor Traffic wants Your Boy. Can you spare him ? Do you ; know that you can no more run a public house without new customers, ' than you can a sawmill without logs. Have jou a boy or a girl to spare. Are you training a fuinre husband? The Liquor Trade watche&,with greedy eyes the daily development; of your children.' He wants them N^r his business. Protect your own J^^by voting out the drunkard ivak^^^^^l chine., S-bie oui' TiE Tjj^^^H TOTE FOR BOTH NJ^^^^J AND -NATIONAL Pi|^^^^H Both aie good. 'ij^^^^^^^M

it is a success. This is proved by the' fact that they always vote for it, and the longer they have No-license the better they like it, and the morei successful it.'is, ■■SO KEEP YOUR, EYE ON THE TOP LINE OF BOTH BALLOT PAPERS I AND STRIKE THEM OUT.