NO-LICENSE ACTIVITY.
A No-license Convention, which is being held a<t Palmer-ston ; North, has decided that the time has arrived when further-political action is nec- t essrary for the repear of the fchreefiftths majority, line Convention does not £-ta,to, however, whether it wants the reduction in regard to local option; 1 or National Prohibition, or in regard to Both. If it desires a bare i majority in the local issue, we arc ! afraid that it is doomed to disappointment. On the • national issue, however, there is a, very 'strong feeling that the democratic principle' should be introduced-, and that- the period between the polls should be extended-. Indeed, the interest in • all future campaigns will surround the national, an<L>not tihe local issue. The 'latter, for all practical purposes, is dead. Pecple eihojved clearly, at the last polls, that they wanted the whole i or nothing.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10602, 8 April 1912, Page 4
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144NO-LICENSE ACTIVITY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10602, 8 April 1912, Page 4
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