Govt 'gnoring rights on liquor issues’
■ PA Wellington The New Zealand Temj perance Alliance says the ! Government would be ' “blatantly ignoring the ■j rights of electors” if two :| proposals before Parliai ment were passed into law. The alliance said it viewed with alarm clause four of the Liquor Amendment Bill, which would allow the granting of booth licences for cricket matches in nolicence districts, and clause two of the Eden Park Trust Amendment Bill, which would allow' the Eden Park I Trust Board to apply for I liquor licences. The statement quoted ■ figures from the Chief Elec-
tora! Office, showing the provisional final results of the no-licence vote in the four “dry” districts The figures showed a total of 57 per cent in favour of the status quo. In view of this, the statement said, “we consider it the duty of every member of Parliament to respect and uphold the rights of the 66,647 voters in the four no-licence districts.” The alliance also asserted that the granting of a liquor licence at the Hutt Recreation Ground for a cricket match in January, 1978, had heralded the beginning of a campaign to open hotel and tavern bars on Sundays.
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Press, 11 October 1979, Page 11
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