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Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1919, Page 6

NOW! Prohibition Must be Won NOW! HB To wait for the poll at next General Election with the idea of gaining Prohibition without Compensation would be a course which could only result in disaster, Prohibition must be won now, because the only fair, just and equitable F oll that the great National issue can possibly have, for some years at least, is the poll fixed for Thursday, April 10. Every year under license means yet The suggestion to postpone voting for another year's inefficiency and waste— Prohibition until the General Eleotion is the suggestion of the liquor trade DON'T BE Every year under license means that ' misled bz iti hundreds more of our brightest boys must line up and take drink for the first time- 11 is surely bettet to pay £4,500,000 and CLOSE THE BARS AT ONCE than to go Every year old drinkers are dying off on spending £5,000,000 (our annual drink —new ones must take their places! kill) year after year. Do you realise that the boy of to-day Moreover,'' lt Is almost Impossible tor _;ii t. «. j i j * * National Prohibition to win at next General will be the drunkard of to-morrow if YOU ...... ~ . Election owing to the THREE-ISSUE HANDICAP. allow drink to continue P The liquor trade knows this and seeks The only way to ensure that YOUR boy t0 side . traok your Tote on April 10 . —or the other boys—will not go under ough drink, is to vote liquor out on April io. At next General Election three Issues • wiU be on the baUot paper—National ConSobriety is essential to success in an tinuance, National Ownership and National individual—it is equaUy essential for a Nation. Prohibition without Compensation. Each elector can only vote for ONE issue. New Zealand, to keep pace in the Tta lf ollt 0( 10 6leoto 6 Totß for commercial race, must preserve its manhood, _ ....... „ . „ . ' .. . and maintain its efficiency. Prohibition, 3 for National Ownership and only 2 for Continuance, the liquor trade m , ~ , , wins, though only 2 out of 10 voters desired To hold our own in the days ahead, it> Before Prohibition cail win it mußt g9t waste must be eliminated-production must mo re votes than the two other issues combined, be increased. Brink, the greatest waste—the handicap to industry and the hindrance to This is what the trade asks production—must be banished. electors to wait fori The ..taon is obvious! The one great chance for Prohibition is the Poll on April 10. Don't miss your opportunity of voting for it! REMEMBER: PROHIBITION never had a fair chance in the past because it had to fight the three-fifths handicap. PROHIBITION will not have a fair chance in the future because it will have to fight the three-issue handicap.. PROHIBITION will have its First and Best Chance of a fair run on Thursday, April 10. Therefore be sure you VOTE FOR THE CHILD ON THURSDAY, APRIL 10