NO LICENSING BILL.
PREMIER'S DECISION. u PARLIAMENT AGAINST IT.' , ADVICE TO N.Z. ALLIANCE. MUST INFLUENCE MORE VOTES. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. In view of the present constitution of the House of Representatives, there will be no Licensing Bill this session, or probably this Parliament, said the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, in replying to a deputation from the New Zealand Alliance to-day. Sir Joseph said he would not bo prepared to foster licensing legislation, because his summing up showed that the feeling of the House was against it. The alliance would have to exercise more influence on the vote of people at the next general election to get them more into line with the alliance's views. He was certain the present House was not in lino with the alliance's views. "It is stronger than the last Parliament," said, Mr. R. T. Edmond, secretary of the alliance. The Prime Minister: It may be strong, but it is not strong enough. Mr. Edmond: It would be as well to test it. ~ *' The Prime Minister: You would not eay that if you were in my position.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 204, 29 August 1929, Page 10
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185NO LICENSING BILL. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 204, 29 August 1929, Page 10
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