THE LICENSING QUESTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 181, 22 July 1908, Page 2

THE LICENSING QUESTION.

THE TRADE AS REFORMERS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Duuedin, Tuesday. In the event of Mr. Laurcnson's Bare Majority Bill coming before Parliament, the Otago and Southland censed Victuallers' Association intends to have a new clause proposed, raising the minimum age at which liquor should be supplied to 21; also a clause to provide that, wherever no-license is carried, no liquor be permitted tc4 enter the district, and that, where ill is discovered the persons responsible, bo punishable with a fine and imprison l ttiout,

PROHIBITION IN AMERICA. Wellington, Tuesday. The New Zealand Alliance has deceived a cablegram stating Unit North Carolina has carried prohibition by iit'tythousand votes. LABOR'S HOSTILITY TO PUBLICANS. Wellington, Tuesday, The Trades and Labor Council's Conference had the licensed victuallers and "the trade" generally under review today. A motion was proposed: "That in view of the hostile attitude of the' Licensed Victuallers' Association towards organised labor, the Conference be requested to give on expression of opinion on the liquor traffic." One of the delegates referred to the Licensed Victuallers Association as the best organised, the strongest, and the most unscrupulous organisation in the Dominion. Another speaker asserted that 00 per cent, of tho members of the Cooks/ 1 and Waiters' Union would strike out the top line. Eventually by 24 to 4,,' it was decided to add'the motion to the executive's report.