"THEY ACTED HONESTLY."
- - ■'}{'■: 'LICENSING • COMPACT..f [»t ; T^.EGRATH.— ASSOCIATION.] I .■...-iw'; - Eltkam, Tuesday. ! fttd Egmont. No-license Council has ! passnd 'the following resolutions : —"That '"this I 'council, while of opinion that the adject of Dominion prohibition would ;.'> .hive been' considerably hastened by the \ii'.-'\'ti into law of the proposed com'rrhmi»oL on the Licensing Bill, is of opinj ion tl'.jt the representative convention of nn iitm«? delegates held recently in Wei- ' lii,;ton acted honestly on -the two issues j of no-license and Dominion prohibition i being kept, separate, as it would be wronj; t<>'.conp*l' ; a voter who believed in nolirense, but not in Dominion prohibition, Of vice ■ versa, to vote for what, he did ! not, want in order to secure the measure he desire.'." (2) "Thai this council heartily approves of the action of the Parliamentary Committee in eliminating the provision for sale of intoxicants from the Defence Bill, and trusts that in the interests of the, youth of the Dominion Parliament will see fit to ratify this de. cision."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14244, 15 December 1909, Page 7
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