NO-LICENCE CONVENTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 153, 19 June 1908, Page 2

NO-LICENCE CONVENTION.

By TclegraJ—Press Association. j Wellington, Thursday. | This mominjlie session of the Nolicense c-onfertjc was continued. Mr J. A. D. jlams moved that Pallia- , nicnt be approtad with a view to aliol-1 ishing bottle jeiisc-i.—Carried. Mr. J. G. moved, and it, ins carried, th'U h'lianicnt be iiskcd by the New ZeaJd Alliance to grant no new brewery [eases or permit depots within or oil (-license district borders; also that all cpot permits in such posiI tions be withitwn. Congratulate resolutions were passI cd to the Unijl Kingdom Alliance and I the Anti-Snloij President of America.

It was also j:solvcd l/o frame a set 01 questions to | put to Parliamentary candidates to jsccrtain their views ■ " the no-liceuse jtestion. Governments to be urged to amend the electoral iji-s in order that the rolls may close th£ weeks before the issue of a writ. j The Governfent is also to be requested not to tra| in alcoholic beveragos through its vfieulturalists, the Tourist Derjirtmeut, t otherwise, and all tourist hotel lieeits to be cancelled. The next covcntion is to be held in Christclmrch. Wellington, Last Night. A committal representative of the Dominion, was -t up to consider the question of finanjs and to report at the next confereiie.

A paper onjtlte organisation of the party was rill by Air. Morine, of Palluerston Norl, -and it was decided to print it in tlj Vanguard,

The ijucstii of temperance instruction in the pjlic schools was left in the hands of the 'iliaiico executive.

Mr. G. li. Niholls moved, on behalf of the Awarusi eJctorate, that the Alliance approach Payment asking that lie provision forjhe Jialf-poil necessary in contested chvions he deleted from the Slratutc I3ooli

The Convc|ion decided to convey its congratulation to Dr. Chappie on' 'lis election to Tnpeka. .Several speakers commented o the fact that Dr. Cliapolo had always |'pn a supporter of nolieense. !

(.ongratulajons were ordered to be sent to Rev. [r. Crump on his attaining Ins eightieth fear. At the amkl meeting of (lie \>w Zealand Alliaee, Mr. A. S. Adaim wis in the chair, i The report and balance!sheet were aiptod. The following ;eBOlutjon was ).ssed:--"Tliat the annual meeting of tlsNow Zealand Alliance assembled in WHlington, June 18th, 1008 expresses its bep rogrol land indignation that in lfcponse to the request of? the British C, -ernmenl. fo,- information respecting thojvorking of i ooa i option Jn the Dommionjthe Minister for Justice failed to give ny adequate response to that request"! The following offici-3 were elected Mr. Wesley *Ve S " vice-presidents', Messrs. A. S. jdams and D. M. Cameron, with vice-residents already elected. The revision ojthc list of vice-presidents was left in Unhands of a committee to report on to nxt Convention