NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 269, 6 November 1908, Page 2

NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN.

I labor and no-license. By lclegrayh.—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night, ilic Otago Trades and Labor Council Has received returns from alliliated unions in regard to the voting on Dm resolution of the Trades Conference regarding no-license. THe replies were received from nineteen unions. Five unions, wit/ii a membership of (Ml). decided in favor of the resolution, and live, with a membership of 433, against it. Nine unions, with a membership of o-s, took no action further than expressing the Opinion-- that the 'ballot box was the proper place to settle the quetion. .twelve unions did not reply. Confirmation of the resolution by tile Council was subject to a majority nl the alliliated unions fuvoriag it. and therefore the; Council cannot adopt it.

THE jIJUSTIIIUUTION OF LITERATURE. Christchurch, Last Night, file Rev. L. il. Isitt has received a telegram from the Prime Minister stating that the complaint that the Licensed \ietuallers Association has attempted to make unfair use of the Tost Office in order to get its literature in circulation near the date of the licensing poll will ' be carefully enquired into. The Po«t Oilice authorities stale that thev will send out the Nil-eased VietnallerV Ass Delation's circulars tomorrow (litli Noin accordance with the agreement. there are about one hundred thousand of them. A communication was received from the head office in, Wellington to-day stating that there! could be no objection to making arran »e----ments for delivering large numbers "of circulars on a date in advance 0 f the day on wliii-ii tliey are sent, to the ollicc. Hie authorities a lso slate that it would '' inipussiMe to witli one huadivd thousand circulars in one day, and lli.tl it it is desired to deliver them on a certain date, they tnlist l»e forwarded to th« oilice some days previously. Tiie stamping. sorting, and other work take* up a grout deal id' lime. It is the ensto adopt the course that j* now being followed.

Wellington. East Xighl. In letereiice to a complaint liv the Hcv. li. M. Isitt that tiic post, ollices arc bcin» used to store matter antagonistic o the Xo-lieeiise Party, the I'ostmas-cr-General has replied as follows:-], 4 • Js,tt - >-s«|. Christelmrch.—ln referenda, your telegram of the 4th. I have iia ituted inquiries into the matter and hud that provided circulars do no relate ' o gambling or olher matter prohibited by Hie Post Utliee Act, the post otiicc accepts them when in large nUe* t advance of Hie date on which they arc to be delivered. This is done lor the purpose Of facilitating the work of the post oil,ec. For instance, within the hist few weeks in Wellington not re ferrmg to either political elections or licensing matters one hundred thousand dicular.-i wore scut lo llio nosL oI)irv» >veek ahead on condit ion' that Hiey should not be delivered before a certain date, and this is,] find a practice wher<*ht it has been asked, and exactly the same course would be followed for the Xo-lic-eusc Association.