THE NO-LICENSE MOVEMENT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9097, 25 May 1908, Page 3

THE NO-LICENSE MOVEMENT.

AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT^ B? TELBSBAPH —PEEBS ASSOCIATION. OAMARU, May 23. The Mayor of Oamaru having answered a series of questions sent from Timaru in regard to the condition of the town under no-license, the letter was laid bufore business and professional men, and one hundred signed the statement that they consider the Mayor's answers correct. The letter stated:—(l) That statements asserting that no-license ha I hindered progress and that the to.vn was financially bad because of it, are contrary to fact. (2). Proparty had advanced in value. (?>).' Rnte3 had been reduced 3d owing to th.3 increase irr revenue from all sources. (4). Business decreased in 1907 owing to the drought, but quick-' ly recovered, and was now very guod. (5). Mora houses had been erected last year than in any recent year. (6).' Crim.9 had decreased greatly, the convictions being 442 and 142 for the eighteen-monthly periods preceding and following no-license, respectively. (7). Drunkenness is rare in the streets and at public gatherings. The signatories include all doctors, headmasters of schools, most builders, president and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and representatives of all classes of business.