Mr Isitt on the Licensing Bill.
The Rev. F. W. Isitt, secretary of the New Zealand Alliance, speaking on the Licensing Bill, said he was not greatly surprised at the result. It had been exceedingly difficult for -outsiders to accurately gauge the position. "As to being satisfied with the result," said Mr Isitt, "we should indeed be an unreasonable lot if we were not more than satisfied and in exuberant spirits." He contrasted the position 'between 1900 and 1903, pointing out how greatly the no-license movement had progressed since the former year, and went on to say that with ' the victory of 1902, the tactics of "the trade" revealed, and the menaces of the Premier falling on the ears of the people, the party was kept in a quiver of intense expectation, and was filled with an earnest purpose. The interest in the licensing question had not dropped one iota since November, 1902, and was keener now than ever it was in thp hjslory of the movement. "The Immediate future is full of hope to. us ejrid menace to ' the trade,' " concluded Mr Isitt,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 246, 16 November 1903, Page 3
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184Mr Isitt on the Licensing Bill. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 246, 16 November 1903, Page 3
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