THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
THE THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY.
Per Press Association,
Christchurch, Last Night.. ! •On Saturday afternoon, Mr. (i. W. Russell, M.P., received a deputation of twenty members who waited,on him to Enlist his support as member for, Avon* in abolishing the three-fifths majority on the liquor question. The deputation was introduced by Miss Roberts, who put forward several arguments in favour of abolishing the three-fiftlys' majority. She said that the Democratic League, which was being formed, pjedged.itself to vote for iio'one but the bare majority candidates fpr Parliament. Mr. Russell, in, reply, said that he was pledged to the electors of Avon to uphold the threefifths' majority, and he could not break his pledge, .
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 13, 16 June 1913, Page 5
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113THE LIQUOR QUESTION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 13, 16 June 1913, Page 5
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