THE LICENSING ACT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10188, 14 March 1911, Page 5

THE LICENSING ACT.

AND MR HORNSBY

"In answer to.a question at the conclusion of his speech in Masterton' last, evehingj, as to whether he was in favour'of the three-—-s majority, beinsg retained in the Licensing Act, Mr J. T. M. Hornsby pointed to the great reforms which had been effected by the legislation passed last session. In the first place j the barmaids were being abolished, j Then the locker system was., being I done away; with. It. was impossible! for youths under twenty-one years of age to procure liquor. And, most important of all, an opportunity Was afforded the people of expressing an, opinion on the. national, proh'bition. He thought the Act as amended chould bo given a fair trial. He favoured the three-fiftns majority bocause he believed it made for stability. He had been informed, that if a baij'e majority fr-as given \ the licenses wouldi be restored in. Mastertoo. (Voices': They would.) They had: been restored in Ashburr/ ton on. the present vote. He thought it would be much better to' have •things secure rather than" havo them' like a see-saw;;-« !•'••■ •>..".' ;