The Licensing Question.
Fully 8000 people attended a Direct Veto meeting in Christchurch Cathedral square on Saturday. Some organised opposition was made. The speakers were pelted with eggs, but the following resolutions were carried, not more than 40 dissenting : — ' That this meeting of Christchurch electors emphatically protest against the unseemly haste exhibited by the Government in rushing its Licensing Bill through the House.' • That this meeting is strongly of opinion that the principles embodied in the Bill are anti-Democratic, and calculated to render all efforts for temperance reform futile for many yeai'3. It urges the Government to abandon
the Bill, and refer the question to the people for then* decision at the A approaching elections '
Un Sunday evening the Tnam street Hall was packed, chiefly with men, and the two resolutions were submitted and carried unanimously with: great enthusiasm. Strong emphasis was laid on the fact that if the two years' renewal cf license cl.anje passed, it would give a vested interest that could not be revoked by I chase. 1 .
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Manawatu Herald, 31 August 1893, Page 3
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171The Licensing Question. Manawatu Herald, 31 August 1893, Page 3
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