THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1877.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2632, 15 June 1877, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1877.

The resolutions passed, and memorial adopted at a public meeting held in Dunedin a few days ago to consider the question of Local Optior, we publish in another column today. We also publish amongst our telegraphic items some account of a meeting held at Christchurch last night on the same subject, and one of the resolutions carried, which is identical with the third of the resolutions carried at the Dunedin meeting. A correspondent the other day asked for some information regarding Local Option : he will find it to-day. Local Option is the permissive principle under another name. It proposes to give to the inhabitants of any district, town, or ward of a borough, or any other sub-division of a town or city, power to say whether the sale of alcoholic liquors sha \ be permitted in such district, ward, &c. A Bill was introduced in the House of Representatives by Mr Robert Stout last session, but owing to the haste with which business was despatched at the end of the session the Bill was not passed. Mr Stout is again the leader of the movement, having taken an active part in the meetings at Dunedin and Christchurch. The principle is one which nearly everybody admits to be sound and practicable, but what its opponents contend for is that when legislation gives the principle the sanction of law, it ought in justice to provide for compensation to those whose "vested interests "will be interfered with. We , would suggest that the advocates of the principle and its opponents take an early opportunity of discussing the question.