Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1894. THE LICENSING ELECTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4639, 5 February 1894, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1894. THE LICENSING ELECTION.

BKCOND EDITION

Early in March, possibly within the first w?ek of that month, the licensing polls undf-r the new Act ure to tube place, and the public are ejected to express an interest in ibem which they do n<4 "8 yet feel. Rtill the interest rnay bp worked up and the Government' would like, no doubt, to see a good poll in every district' to show that their licensing handiwork is not quite so blaok as it Las been painted, The poll will very much resemble the poll taken at the late general election. Everybody, whether man or woman, who is on the electoral, roll or takes the trouble to be put on will bo able to yote, but probably the interest taken-in the ajjdirwijl not bp enfijciently stimulating' to cause lpgal enthusiasts \o engage trips afid buggies'for the oonreyaime of el£ptfira o jo s,e poll. Under the new Aot publicans have got a fairly seoure tenure and they may rest and be thankful. The temperance party lias got very little and is disgusted with the whole affair, It has no o'bance of winning all along the line .under the "new measure, and it will ftordly pare to figlit' a losing battle. In ijjis district,.'too,' the |eninerance party is prg. tpy. uncjer a clfliid ( if ft be not altogether disbanded. As yet we hardly soe the materials out of whip!) a reasonable degree of interest in the coming poll can be worked up, The prinoipal obj"ct to be gained, in our opinion, would be to elect men of good ftnndjpg as .a committee, men who be Jikely to kwp hotels up to the mark as houses of accomodation for tjje trayelliig pubjio." the traflic '■ ha.s not bjen b# regulated under f)ie old Act, and if it caii' bp 's'i|cien'tly controlled uoder the new onp.we sjjall not grudge licensed vjctualjers tjie: improved tenure, which they haye seemed. The looal option polling, which takes place wmiltaMously with the eledion of committees, is, we con* Bjder. a forogona conclusion; as a reduction 'iji'Jtiie nujojei; oi licenses is unlikely to becarriodi fhfi're'al will bo centred in the election of tho committee.