PROHIBITION IN MANITOBA.
[ REFERENDUM NEXT WEEK A BURNING QUESTION, •' By Cable.—Press Ottawa, March ». The referendum on the prohibitioi \» sue in Manitoba has been «x»d tot March 13th. There is tremendous Interest in the campaign, which is btwg fought on non-partisan lines. Crowd* of orators have been imported ttota other provinces and the United Stalks. The liquor interest are replying ,by is deluge ef posters. The bulk of the daily newspapers support closing the bans, and the majorityare refusing to accept the liqtior party" advertisements. , '' The women's vote in unoperative until the new rolls are compiled, which Will not be in time for the referendum. : A simple majority will suffice to caarjf total prohibition, which would then ks> come ell'ective on thirty-first May. Temperance advocate's are hopeful of victory, and the hotel interests, wljll* hopeful that the measure will be **-, feated, have taken steps to comply WjtV' the strict letter of the law in case efeventualities, and are renting waif*-. houses outside the boundari**, to wHMk' stosks can be removed and disposed,
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1916, Page 5
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171PROHIBITION IN MANITOBA. Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1916, Page 5
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