WORKING OF NO-LICENSE
VISITOR'S STATEMENTS DENIED. By Telegraph.—Press Association, Dunedin, Lust Night. In May a telegram, published in tilt New Zealand press, stated tluit Mr Ijcsiua, a member of the Queensland Assembly, lntd found no-license in .Sen Zealand a failure. Air. Nicholls (agenl for the no-license party here) lias hand ed to the Daily Times a statement sign ed by the mayors, members of l'arlia ment, etc., jh the no-license districts u Otago contradicting the statement? made by Lesina. Tile ell'eet of tneii statements is that sly grog-selling exist? on a very small scale -in no-license districts, that drunkenness is not increas ing, but is comparatively rare in nolicense areas; that it is utterly false t:i say that perjury and corruption is ally worse in no-license than in license districts; that it is the height of absurdity to say lunacy has increased because of no-license; that there Is 110 evidence tj)at iii.troduc.tion of drink into no-license areas Is increasing, and they believe it to lie untrue; that the charge lint blackmail, terrorism and boycott arc nourishing is without foundation.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 152, 23 July 1909, Page 2
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179WORKING OF NO-LICENSE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 152, 23 July 1909, Page 2
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