SECOND EDITION. Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] MONDAY, MARCH 19,1894. VOTING THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4673, 19 March 1894, Page 2

SECOND EDITION. Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] MONDAY, MARCH 19,1894. VOTING THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

On Wednesday next voters .-will, be .supplied with two voting papers at tho Maßterton Licensing Polls, ono on whiph they will scratch off the names 6t 'those jerta'B .for whom they do not desire to vote, and the second on Which they;, have .to. dotermine the number of licences to be granted in (be district, As the voting paper ho. 2 is a little complicated we give it below in full:— "THE ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS SALE COMOL AO'l'i 1893," THian SOHBDUIiK, - IOBM OF OBHEBAL VOraO PAtBB, IN BKBPECI OF rUBUCASB 1 UCESSES, I vole that the number of publicans' licenses continue as at present, ' I vote that the number of-publicans' licenses be reduced. ', I vote that no publicans' licenses be 'granted. ... IK MBPECr OF ACCOMMODATION LICENSES, I vote that the number of accommodation licenses continue as at present. . ."' . I vote ttiatjbe number of accommodation lioensesbereduced,.-" ■ ' : -"..■'• I vote that no accommodation lioenses be gtanted,j ""-. •""... IN RSSPJHIT OF BOITta moenses, I veto that tho nunibur of bottle licenses continue as at present. I vote that the number of bottle licenses be reduced, I vote that no bottle licenses ho granted, DffiECIIONS, In each of the foregoing cases the voter is to strike out the proposes for which he does not vote by drawing lines through the same with a pencil.

He must be careful net to leave uncancelled more than one proposal In each case; otherwise the vote in suoh case will bo void in respect of that particular proposal, The ballot-paper so marked by or for the voter is to be dropped by Mm in the ballotbox, Tho voter is not allowed to take his ballotpaper out of the polling-booth,

It will be aeen that the voting paper consists of three sets of proposals, the first dealing with publicans license. l ), the second with aoooiumpdation 1 ioenses, t he third with bottle licenses. If the first set be properly filled in it matters very little about the second and third as the aocommodntion and bottle lioense business is not conducted hi this district.' The important thing to do is to ovobs out two out of the first three lines on the voting paper which constitute the first set, It is not very material tojMfirst proposal whether the • second.- -and..third sets are orossedas. each■ ofv,the; three '■ Bets is separate and distinct/. If tho first be properly scratched it will stand, even, if the second and third are left untouched, We 'should reoommend thatthe first line "1 vote that the number of publioaus licenses continue, as at present " should be struck out beoanee the length and breadth of the licensing district-there are said to - be onei or two unsatisfactory'houses which have not been well conducted in the past and cannot be' expeoted to he well conducted in' the future, We do dot assert that there are objectionable houses in the distriot, for we do not even know enough' about 'them to go as far aB this, but in'■lhe-eve'ruVof such being the case, we certainly think the new Licensing Committee should be encouraged by the vote of the people to prune down a little the number of licensed, houses..',; We"; never, yet heard people complain that there were too few hotels in the district; and-we do not believe that any serious consequences will happen ;if there; be a small refaction. ■ We do nut advocate voting because this appears to us to be an absurdity! We" "A'ot "professes"to regulate;'the traffic; and' if (here are to be no liceoses we dqnot need the Act at allj for ; ihere ?■ would .'• be. ;np;,traffic£to regulate.:'Vßyvbtingfora reduotion in" the number: of licenp, the.Gom-; mittte is not compelled to reduce one fourth of the:hbuses%fithiri;the;diß' triot,;it 'mftjr : I smgle;;' : olqeottonable ; lioiue;v: b~n't';:' a:rredadtion^or^veti : pn4' ■*: bottße of doubtful cani 'of'tb9'disttict,i;an^pgTO«rilly

the tie j :tho^handß;jqf;t|ieJo6mm Qp'iSniittle'lp^ disbfettohf and jiidg-ment^Bj-vqtingifgra reuuciion ia. the riumbe-r of give them;a: chanoe'to "use : tHeiir' discfetion. -; r Leaviiig• uneoratolled the; publioan's licenses be reduced,'' seems iiiean that ;thb)e : people ; wbo' desire: tp;6ee' ihrliqiior .traffic &■: .trolled, say to the Liibeiiaihg miUee '':Vye wantypdlOßhiitupone' or two houses jwhicli bear ah indifiereutcharaoter.". ;If : this then there ia but a poor obance: of the new committee proving, a success, 'lf it bas not the power to deai.vigorously v with .an uhßatiafaotory housed and is '■-. not, actually encouraged to exercise this power, the.new Act will' be a failure. •.■".