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TiVBTP. T>Tnn^TTTJIPQ WITT TPICTQTTTT T1? » FRIDAY EVENING-TO-MORROW Alice Brady in Then I'll Come Back to You A powerful out door story from the famous novel by Larry Evans Do you like to see—Life in a Lumber Camp, a rickety, reckless, mountain railroad whose cars overhang the precipice going round corners Also 'Human Flotsam. The 6th Episode of the stirriDg serial The Secret Kingdom SATURDAY EVENING NEXT This a&tpiincent Metro shows how injustice realeased The Hidden Spring In the heart of a young lawyer and reveals how he fought graft and corruption .: The late Harold Lockwood is the lead in this great story. •TUESDAY EVENING NEXT Frank Kcenan in the brightest and most original tale about a fast horse ever written The Thoroughbred One of the best racing scenes ever filmed The story of a fine old Colonel who loves racing, and who has a pretty daughter Big supporting programme and a good Keystone Comedy Grand Supporting Programme, WEDNESDAY EVENING The winning story of Triangle's great Photoplay contest Betty takes a Hand Featuring Olive Thomas A bright, breezy, spicy splendi.l play of love aud life and laughter Big supporting programme Admission: Circle Is (including tax), Stalls 6d, Children half price fjjf NOTE—In order to minimise the delay at the Ticket Office patrons are requested to tender the correct amount of Admission Kemcmber N.Z. Picture Supplies Programmes are exclusive to our Theatre. ! prohibition rays! | That Prohibition will pay New Zealand is proved by the : \ following, which is a conservative estimate of the financial I gain that will be made by the Dominion. El | Tlas Source of our Public Revenue i«)D-« J..-4l An I The basis of the National Wealth iijirOUUCllOll f V¥ SihOlli rrOdUCllOn j there can be no wealth. 1 The Estimated Value of the Annual Production of the 1 Dominion is ... ... ... ... £100.000,<x:<> 't } The Dominion Revenue for year ending 31st March, | 1918 (takhiy net, and not gross, returns from Rail- | wiiys and Post Office), was ... ... ... £1ii.012,21» | (This means fiat 10.G% of Production went to the Public Revenue) 1 When Prohibition is passed on April 10th, Com pen- • I sation not exceeding £4,500,000 will be paid the S . liquor trade including brewers, hotelkeepers, whole- | sale merchants, clubs, wine-makers, and employees. I What will be lost: | Liquor Duty (approximately) ...... ... £1,000,000 | Intel-cat, including Sinking Fund on;,,the 1 £4,500,000 ... ... ■■"■'■-■ ■■■v-\.. -JoO.OOO £1,160,000 What will be Gained by Prohibition: I (1) The £5,000,000 now expended in liquor, if not spent on this, will be expended in some other way. It \ . is safe to assume that its expenditure will assist \ revenue to the same extent aa the rest of Prodnc- = tion, viz., 15.6%. Tliis will amount to ... ... £780,OOi) | (2) The cessation of the liquor traflic will mean.an ultii mate saving on Police, Industrial Schools, Old Age j Pensions, Charitable Aid, HospitaU, etc. The cxl penditme on these items for year ending 31st I March, 1917, was £1,474,428. Experts agree that 70% to 80% of this expenditure is caused by drink. but for safety, call it 55% This means a saving of £SMJ.I .i;^ Total g1,890,91» « This will pay the whole loss and leave £340,935 i per annum to the good. | But this is only the beginning of the saving. j The loss through inefficiency caused^by drink is gener- : ally estimated at 10% to 20%. Few put it under j 10%, but even calculate it as 5%. I On £100,000,000 Production— 5% increased efficiency is £5,000,000 j 10% increased efficiency ia £10,000,000 £5,000,000 increased production will add 15.6% to Public Revenue or ... ... ... ... £780,000 £10,000,000 increased . production will add 15.6% to Public Kevenue or ... ... ... 1,500,000 Totals Gained by Prohibition: r»r» hnRiH '(Being the amount of Hevenuedcriv-) ;£ 11 20,935 Un &'° Daßls. Ed from increased production, plus , oon oor On 10% basis ( thebalanco of £340,U35, as abore. } 1,»0U,WJ6 This is only the Public Revenue viewpoint. A much more important point of view is that of the people themselves. To them Prohibition will mean— Anything from £10,000,000 to £15,000,000, being the laving of waste on drink added to the consequent increased production. | This money will be available for raising the standard of living, | and will represent anything from £10 to £15 per head of the | population, or £50 to £75 per family.' ' The Revenue problem is soloed. Prohibition will, at it V"—- has doiittfeUt&hcre— Reduce Taxation Lessen the cost of Living I Increase the Standard of Comfort

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