NO LICENSE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 66, 27 June 1910, Page 5

NO LICENSE.

SPECIAL VOTE FOR DOMINION PROHIBITION. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Interviewed by a newspaper representative, Mr. A. S. Adams, of Dunedin, expresident of the N.Z. Alliance, explained what exactly are the demands that will be made by the Alliance as a result of the convention in Wellington. "The resolutions finally arrived at by the convention," said Mr. Adams, "do not revive Mr. Laurenson's Bill, as had been erroneously assumed in some quarters, but are a new presentation of the platform and policy of the Alliance. They were arrived at after a full discussion of the so-called "compact," and with substantial unanimity by the largest convention ever held in the Dominion. In effect the resolutions formulated a demand for a special vote on Dominion prohibition on the day of the next general election. If carried, this will have full effect, but the demand does not include successive polls. By this I mean that the demand is for one poll only, to be taken at next election, leaving future polls to be the subject of future legislation if desired. The vote is to be taken on separate papers and counted entirely apart from the local option poll. The required majority is to be ascertained by reference to the total number of. effective votes recorded on the Dominion prohibition issue alone. The party reaffirms its demand for a settlement, of both local option and Dominion prohibition issiies by a bare majority, and the 'passing of all the amendments dealing with the local option law which were affirmed at the last annual convention in Ohristchurch in June 1909. These include the abolition of bottle licenses, the suppression of the locker system, beer depots and the various other evasions of the law, which have crept in in nolicense districts. The executive of the Alliance, together with a consultative committee consisting of leaders in every part of the Dominion, are to draft a Bill to give effect to the above de- | inands and take the necessary steps to secure their passage or to oiganise the 1 party in anticipation of next election. "The most gratifying feature of the convention," Mr. Adams concluded, "have been the splendid loyalty of the representatives, which 'has finally cleared away all possibility of trouble within the ranks of the party itself."