"TRADE" CONFERENCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 608, 11 December 1909, Page 3

"TRADE" CONFERENCE.

TEXT OF RESOLUTIONS

The full text of the resolutions adopted by the conference of the Licensed Liquor Trade of New Zealand has been made known. The resolutions, which were moved by the Hon. C. Louisson, MX C.,- and seconded by Mr Walter Johnston, were as follow : (i) That this meeting of delegates from the brewers, wine and spirit merchants, and licensed victuallers of New Zealand views with surprise and indignation the action of the No-license party in deliberately repudiating an agreement entered into between their official representatives and the representatives of the Trade for the amendment of the licensing laws, and emphasises the fact that, at the date of the meeting of the conference of the No-license delegates at Wellington, at which such repudiation was decided on, the above-mentioned agreement had already been signed by the official representatives of both parties, and the draft of the proposed Bill embodying the agreement had been agreed to by the solicitors of both parties, through the final arbitrament of the Hon. Dr. Findlay, and the suggestion coming from the No-license Conference that an alteration should be made in the terms of the agreement, came too late, and was simply a weak attempt to justify a most ignominious repudiation of a written agreement. (2) That this meeting, and the Trade of the Dominion, will oppose by every proper and legitimate means in their power any attempt to depart from the "threefifths majority" for either "local No-license" or "Dominion prohibition," except on the express condition that the principle .of "one elector one vote" shall be introduced, two issues only to be on the voting paper, viz: — 1. Local Continuance. 2. Local No license and Dominion Prohibition. And that the time limit in case of local No license being carried be not less than two years from the date of the poll, and in the case of Dominion prohibition being carried, be not less than five years from the date of the poll. (3) That this meeting is of opinion that the Right Hon. the Prime Minister should, in the interests and the welfare of the public anS the Dominion, introduce and pass into law, as outlined in his B'inancial Statement, such legislation as will carry out the agreement entered into on November 6 last between the representatives of the New Zealand Alliance and the Trade, and that a copy of this resolution be ■ forwarded to him with a respectful request to give the same effect.