NEW SOUTH WALES LOCAL OPTION.
BILL TO MAKE GOOD THE VOTE FOR ' S REDUCTION. ' BT TEnXGRAnI—riIESS -. ASSOCIATIONT-COPTRIOHT, j : •" Sydney; Decnmbor IS). The Assombly-passed the'third reading of a Bill to amend' the Liquor Act, so as to make clear the ,intention of Parliament that votes cast for', no-license, wbon insufficient to carry no licenso," should bo added to the votes cast for reduction. . j ■ . . ... The: proposal mot; with much opposition on the 1 grounds''that:'.the-Act had not beeii" declared defective, Hnd' that' thoso interested in the:liquor trade had gono to much expense in preparing tojigh't the matter in the law, courts, and should' not : . -be; prevented ■ from having a run for their money by the passage of what was:little, more than panic legislation.' ' -.r- ■■ ■ ■""-■■ •' 1 Eventually a" proviso was inserted' to the effect that the Bill should hot affect litigation ponding in the Supreme ! Court lip to tho:l7th inst. . .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 74, 20 December 1907, Page 7
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147NEW SOUTH WALES LOCAL OPTION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 74, 20 December 1907, Page 7
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