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CATMNTiT has I icon considering a proposal for a referendum on the issues of (.1) total prohibition with compensation; (2) Glale eontroljnider Commissioners, and (3) continuance, but (he inure liio Ministers discuss (he mailer, so it is reported, (lie less nearer becomes the likelihood of agreement. Ministers are divided, and a strong argument put up against the raising of such issues at (lie moment is the risk of further serious Jinancial dislocation, when Government lias, by liberalised pension and allowance schemes, gone well beyond its estimated expenditure for the current year. The general opinion at the moment is that Ministers will lie unable to compromise upon • opposing views within their own ranks, and consequently the bill will not "make its appearance this session.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1736, 2 October 1917, Page 2
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127NO LIKELIHOOD OF REFERENDUM. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1736, 2 October 1917, Page 2
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