NO-LICENSE COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 170, 11 April 1908, Page 6

NO-LICENSE COUNCIL.

LIQUOR ADVERTISEMENTS' ON TRAM' :;v TICKETS. ' A''meeting of' the' No-license '■ Council.for Wellington City and Suburbs was; held ; last evening, Rev. W. J. Williams: being in the chair.' ...... -.'i.. .■; ;. . ■ -.Satisfactioil was shown! at. tho .reply of ' .tho.-.Minister" for. Justice to the • Auckland ' Lioensecl.Victuallers,' and tho'hopo Was 'cx-,pressed-that; this would.be the last-heard of these-attempts..to. interfere with .the police in the, cxccutioqof their duty., ' ..." '-. Tho secretary was instructed to communicato with, both candidates. for Wellington mayoral honours, to ascertain whether they w.oi-o in-favour of preventing tho practicc of advertising liquor on tram tickets on the expiry of the . present contract. . : . It was also resolved—I I .That this Council expresses its high appreciation of the enterprise and fairness , of The Dominion newspaper in collecting and publishing tho opinions of sea captains and merchants on tho advantages 'from' a business point' of view which' Lyttelton -wbuld t .derive from tho .carrying 'of no-liceiise, and ' 'respentfull.v recommends to the New Zealand Alliance that theso striking testimonies, obtained from men who are non'prohibitionists by a non-prohibitionist jour-' nal, should be summarised in leaflet form for - special distribution, among business men."