THE NO-LICENSE MOVEMENT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10470, 7 November 1911, Page 6

THE NO-LICENSE MOVEMENT.

Sir, — As some people are so ompJiatic in stating that Nb-iLicxause is good- for this .town, I would-like to mieuvbion a few . things that may per'haps cause them to study. Since ,1908, when iNo-iliceais© was earned, '' house rent (Las steadiily decreased. I | challenge reifutaitaon of tMs> asser^ tion. Nbwj, what state would. Mas-' ;tarton have been in ithe kisfc twelve : nitanthis if the new Freezing Company j liiad not caused, about £4OO per to be cca'oulated ? Masteirton lias beeai compared l with other townis .that are suffea-ing from, depression. ;Now, I would, like to point out <t«hat 3Basterton slhiouid not be suffering. With such, a large farming ddsitzrict around it, and scores of opetarecl jieopie living hei-e, and money available at suohl low rates of interest, Masiter,ton should have trior© life. Visitors

generally remark Low dead the place seenis. TQie auctioneers between them employ 40 to 50 men, and their money is> made all over the W'airarapa, and spent in Mastoiton, evidently because they (live here. What a fine advertisement for our town to have four second-hand shops, all doing well. It is a pity a photograph was not obtained of the .broken bottles on the Taratahi Road. Are British! men going to be dictated to and have other people's views rammed into tibem ? I say No ! We have always p.rid-ed ouirsetlves on tlie.liberty we possess, and our freedom, and w/hen. this isi taken away we are helping .thiis country into- a state of cjhiaos-. Tlhe No-license' party told us, that there wiould be a less number for the Mental Hospitals' and less police required. The public know now how that predicti-on liar- been fulfiK'od. Can anything be rcore degrading than pjopie invoking tlie aid of the law upon their fellow citizens-. I fancy we will see a. tremendous revulsion of feeling in this electorate next election on Nb-license, and I hope all those men who havei any respect ftor themselves will make a good ,&tand against these fanatics. Wih-at witlh Labour troubles, harassing legislation, "Wowsers," and others, we who believe in absolute freedom .will have to fight for it. The writing is on the wiaJl.—l am, etc., FREEDOM.

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