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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10515, 29 November 1899, Page 1

PUBLIC NOTICES. LOCAL OPTION POLL. • . ' v - TO THE ELECTORS. gEFORE RECORDING carefully consider the EPPECT OP "NO LICENSE AND "BBDUCTION." « NO LICENSE MEANS PROHIBITION. PBOHrBITION MEANS That no Penan will be allowed to SELL, M-NUFACTUBE, or IMPORT BEER, WINES or SPIRITS. PROHIBITION MEANS Thai you wiH NOT BE FEBILTTTED TO ENJOY A GLASS OF BEER, WDE-V OR WHISKEY, Either in your own house, or in the house - of a friend. BBITTSHEBS, AMERICANS and GERMANS i DRINK BEEB, WINE and WHISKEY, And j HAVE DONE SO FOB OEITrTJRIES, And they THRIVE ON IT, And H__Hl_B_*NT THE THREE D9MINANT NATIONS OP THE WOBLD. « : 1 The T-rij. he* been a PROHIBITIONIST for Centuries. DO TOU WISH TO ;RESEIteLE THE j BRITISHER OR THE TURK? ( REDUCTION MEANS That you can - ■ ■ CLOSE TEN HOTELS IN CHRISTCHURCH. j | YOU CAN RUIN TEN OP YOUR 1 FELLOW-CITIZENS, j But by so doing you ADD FIFTY PER CENT. ON TO THE VALUE OF THB REMAINING HOTELS, And ■ INCREASE THEIR BUSINESS ENORMOUSLY. Yon build up a Magnificent Monopoly lor the Remaining Hotelkeepers. REDUCTION' ia, if possible, more' absurd and unjust than No License, for if hotels i ore necessary, THERE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT AT v PRESENT IN CHRISTCHURCH TO ACCOMMODATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC ; . ■ ' t I *—" I | . .". . - ■ I I ' ' I DO NOT COMMIT AN INJUSTICE By ROBBING ONE MAN TO ENRICH ANOTHER. Therefore, DON'T VOTE FOR REDUCTION. ' HIS LORDSHIP BISHOP JULIUS, In his speech at the Choral Hall,'said he I COULD NOT ADVOCATE REDUCTION, 1 Nor would he vote for it, therefore ] i DO NOT TOUCH THE TOP LINE, ] But STRIKE OUT THE TWO BOTTOM LINES. «86 ] ► I'