LICENSE AND NO-LICENSE.
INTERESTING FIGUBES., The- No-License party evidently-.. con» siders that they have. some excellent! ammunition /in the . figures supplied' to the Legislative Council on Wednesday by the Hon.: Dr. Findlay relating to theconsumption cf liquor in License and' NoLicense districts. Mr. T. E.: Taylor complained in the House yesterday, however, that there wereso many, figures that, the real result might be' obscured from, the public.: Boiled down, the return meant that the consumption was 2 point 13 gallons per head'per annum in No-License distyCts, against 12 gallons (vide, official figures) in .License districts;. He asked that the Prime Minister should have the return placed on the table of the House at the earliest possible date,' and that these figures should be brought out. •;■;■.';' Prime Minister said ne would.ba' glad to have'the return tabled, and al ; though. he. did not know if the "figures could be set.out in the way Mr. Taylor had quoted he would look into ;that as-: pect:of the. matter.'.-. \h .'■'■"■'.■"'.'
Mr. Malcolm (Clutha) said the •figures were ■of great .importance, and time was a consideration. :He asked if the figures could/not. be'supplied the following day. The Prime Minister said. they, would be if possible.. ••'.'.,-.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 4
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199LICENSE AND NO-LICENSE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 4
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