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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 404, 27 August 1918, Page 1

Face the Facts! The Million a Year Revenue received from drink is more than outweighed by the heavy burden of taxation, the reduced national efficiency and moral wreckage it causes. Money sptn! on cl:ink is a direct less The Liquor Trade practically lays: —it is an expenditure !or which no —"Give us £5,0 O.CO .1 year and tangible mtls 1 email.?. The same j we'll give you £1,000,000 back to amount spent on public woiks would I h-lp pay your taxation!" provide permanent assets and valuable I . . . . , X 1 „ adjunct!for develoning I'ie Dominion. ! "J, of , R co ' , l .° sa * : -pi . 1 ' 111 —No thank vou! We refuse to T , • 1*" one ,ru . e sland " r<l »' ' pa V vou fi ve mi || ions a >ear , and wh.ch public expenditure can be , huj we lha „ haV£ , esj fo . judged—the value ot the public »er- \ | axa |j on j" vice it provides. Viewed under ; eitheriWar or Peace conditions money > It woulu b • just as fooiis'i to d nible spent in drink is unprofitable and un- the drink iiill in order to double t!ijustifiable—its ill effects far outweigh revei.uc as it is to s;>ead £5.000,000 any revenue received from it. to get £I,OOO/(00 amua! icvrme. The Truth About the Revenue If but two-thirds of the money now spent on liquor were spent on imports bearing 201 duty,' the customs revenue would profit by £635,000. This would still leave free for investment within the Dominion the remaining one-third of the present Drink Bill, while a probable annual saving of at least £750,000 would be effected in the proportionately reduced charges for Prisons, Hospitals, etc. The total amount of liquor revenue, plus the £225,008 required to provide interest and sinking fund on the proposed amount of compensation to "The Trade," can thus easily be made up from legitimate trade channels. Drink is the Enemy of Efficiency Drive drink from the Dominion and you increase t!ie efficiency of the people. This is the positive c.msiJ< ration which must be remembered. It means many millions more pounds to the credit of the National Exchequer. The impartial verdict of the National j The National Efficiency Board found Efficiency Beard is that "the people will be better able to provide the necessary amount of taxation if the in< ffi iency at present created by the effects of alcohol is removed." A'so that cost of compensation "would be recouped by increased National Efficiency." also "th.it the lv/ 3 chief factors in the continuance of the The Liquor Trade are public custom, and the financial interes's involved." The Bcaid wa; Mt'sfied furt'.cr "t!iat the g*atest efficiency W 'uld be altainrrj both fcr the nation and ihe individual by a state of Complete Prohibition." The People Should Decide The ordinary Licensing poll having been denied to us we are urging Parliament to grant a poll this year to decide the continuance or the abolition of the Liquor Traffic. Sign the Alliance Monster Petition To-day! fN Z A. Efficiency —sa

Papakura Hotel (Papakura) The commodious new bui'ding erected in place of premises destroyed by fire is now in use. First-class Accommodation. All Modern Conveniences. The house has been re-furnished throughout and is thoroughly up-to-date. Old and new customers welcomed. Only best brands of liquor stocked J. RYAN, - PROPRIETOR T. J. CORIN MANUREWA. A MODERN GENTLEMAN'S RESIDENCE Suit Retired Farmer. Five Acres and 7-roomed bungalow with every modern convenience, Motor Oarage, Electric Light throughout. Only about 1-5 minutts from Train, in high position. Oround laid out in Lawns, Tennis Court, and Fruit Trees. Price £2500 Gash Deposit £SOO, balance at 6 p.c Would take Mortgage or War Bonds in lieu of cash. T. J. CORIN, Land Agent, Manurewa