THE COMMONWEALTH.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16694, 1 December 1919, Page 8

THE COMMONWEALTH.

LIQUOR ACT AMENDMENT. \ (Bv Cable—Prow* A**oci»t:nr —r<npyncht,l Australian and X.Z. Cable A«9o:i«tif>r..) SYDNEY, November 121 V A mooting of the New South \\nles Alliance pnssrd n resolution absolutely refusing to accept tho comivnsntion cl si uses '*> the new Liquor Amendmont B 11. declitrinf: them illoTicnl and financially impossible, mid making prohibition* absolutely impossible. [The Bill proposes to extend 6 o'clock closinp, suspend local option, nnd reduce the number cf licenses in a similar manner to the Victorian scheme, including compensation for dispossessed lirenstvs provided by tho publicans themselves, and n referendum on tho question of Prohibition.J CHILD MAINTENANCE BILL. SYT>XKY. Novemlx>r 20. Sir Holmnn is cbacrrined at the Council strangling the Child Maintenance l'(i tlij>t it 'S "1 tbwartin.Br of tho GovernTnent'R poliev, which tKe Government will not quietly sit undor. It means nn immense increase in the price of commodities, wholly due to an increase in unties, whieh* wru'.d have boon reduretl by half if tho Maintenance Bill had been carried. AUSTRALIAN CANTEEN PROFITS. (Received November -SOth, 11 p.m.) TX)NTK)N, November Tho Australian canteens in the various theatres of war resulted in n net profit of £300.000, which will probibly I>e devoted to assisting disabled soldiers not covered by other funds.