THE NO-LICENSE PARTY.
and THE A MEMBEE'I OPINION. (By Telegraph,—Frm Association.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. The demands of the prohibition deputation yesterday are :being freely discussed by members to-day. "It is absurd," said one, "that the prohibitionists should speak of patriotism and! humanity wih-en their demands, if granted, would mean tlr loss of. £900,000 of the country's revenue, .as the Premier pointed out, anc the loss of employment to 11,000 workers. Things are bad enough, without such losses, and how are they to be made good? The No-license advocates claim that a majority of the House is pledged to a bare majority, but that is doubtful. Wtf are elected on the • bare majority, but it frequently takes two ballots to find it out, and prohibition, to have" tbejmoral backing of thrpeople, must haye at least a. threefifths majority favour. Otherwise, sly-grog selling, bad enough now in would bp rampant throughout ther Country if prohibition werer' carried by ai bare majority. Prohibtion is, and would be, reasonable, if they suggested carrying No-license on a .majority of the votes on the roll."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 19 July 1913, Page 5
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179THE NO-LICENSE PARTY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 19 July 1913, Page 5
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