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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. A PROHIBITION CATECHISM. PROHIBITION AND TAXATION. .1 QUESTION: "WILL PROHIBITION REDUCE OR INCREASE TAXATION? j ANSWER: IT WILL REDUCE TAXATION. 'iT IS SIMPLY A QUESTION OF COMPARING THE LOSSES WITH THE GAINS AND SEEING WHICH COMES TO THE LARGEST SUM. mHE following statement shows the position : — GAINS THROUGH PROHIBITION. £ The £5,000,000 now spent on liquor, 6pent in other directions will contribute to Stat© Revenue 780,000 Five per cont. increased efficiency will mean another addition to State Revenue of .. •• 780,000 Savings of money now epent in , • dealing with the result of drink 810,000 £2,370.000 LOSSES THROUGH PROHIBITION. Liquor Revenue .. 1,000,000 Interest and SinkingFund on Compensation. 250,000 .— 1,250,000 Net gain through Prohibition .. 1,120,000 If increased Efficiency is Ten per cent, there will be a gain of another • • • • • • 780,000 Making a total gain of .. 1,900,000 Which will be available for reduced taxation or increased State services. Proof of the above statement "will appear in .this space in an early issue of this paper, paper. , STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE ON . THURSDAY, 10th APRIL. 047 CLIFFORD'S STUDIOS, 162 CASHEL STREET. MY PORTRAITS evidence a just regard for that individualistic simplicity which ia the final expression of ARTISTRY. H. H. CLIFFORD, Principal. TELEPHONE 1096. C26700L