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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17607, 9 November 1922, Page 7

Nothing but a miracle can prevent their extinction at the next poll. Their advertisements show the blue funk they are in. READ THEM, STUDY THEM, ANALYSE THEM. Here are some of the things you are asked to believe: That the revenue from Liquor is £2,500,000, when they know, as you know, from the Government official figures that it is £1,359,856. That taxation will be increased, when they know, and you know, that reduced taxation and a great financial prosperity must follow if the £12,000,000 now spent annually on drink is spent on other things. That Prohibition will cause unemployment, when they know, and you know, that there are always more men out of employment through drink than are given employment by it. . That Prohibition has failed in America, when they know, and you know, that the President and 47 out of 48 State Governors have certified that it has succeeded. SThat Prohibition in Canada has caused increased importation of drugs, when they know, and you know, that they deliberately tried to mislead you by quoting part only of an official return which showed that importation of drugs has decreased enormously under Prohibition. 6 That there is no connection between the Trade and the Moderate League, when they know, and you know, that prominent officials of the Moderate League hold Brewery shares. 7 That the Liquor Revenue is of any benefit to the community, when they biow, and-you know, that every penny of it has to be paid away in Inebriate Homes, Police, Prisons, Hospital and Charitable Aid, Old Age Pensions, Mental Hospitals, etc., in dealing with troubles caused ( by drink. 8 That thle troubles caused by drink are trifling, when they know, and you know, that last year New Zealand had about 8,000 convictions for drunkenness, and that a Christchurch sergeant of police recently stated in the Magistrate's Court:—"A constable is not bound to arrest every drunken man, otherwise the lock-ups woold not be large enough to hold them." . THEIR "BLUFF" HAS BEEN CALLED The Trdderealizethat their contemptible estimate of your citizenship is about to receive,its, (foe.punishment, and that you intend to show them that you value pU fhe home, the safety of our growing boys and girls, and the Inatioinal weU-being generally, above any petty considerations of pence or I Veto Ipf NationalContlnaanoo I Veto for Stat* Piipohnoo and Control I Vote lor National Prohibition 1 2 3 4

£SOO REWARD. J?rJ° U fe the offer of £SOO reward names wrongfully on the roiiß ana for information concerning 5 ■ or wrongful voting? (The advertisement appeared in "The Press," of November 2pd.) Leaflet giving full .particulars sent free on request to Secretary N.Z. Alliance, Box 1079, Wellington. 2686