PROTEST AGAINST THE COMPACT.
PUBLIC MEETING IN AUCKLAND ' [BY TELEGRAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, 15th November. At a public meeting of members of temperance societies and others in the Hibernian Hall to-night, the following motion by Mr. W. Richardson, and seconded by Mr. J. Walsh, was carried : — "That this meeting proteste against the compact recently made with the Liquor Party by the officials of the New Zealand Alliance, on the ground that the prohibition of the liquor traffic is a national question, and the policy of the movement should not bo dictated by a small clique or section of the party, but by a colonial convention representing all sections of the people. Further, it affirms that no legislation will be satisfactory that does not make the issues of both local and Dominion option determinable by a bare majority, to take effect at no longer an interval afterwards than at present obtains, and it appeals to the New Zealand Alliance to make it clear to the Government and Parliament that no compromise .«f the just rights of the people in this respect will be accepted by the No-license Party."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 119, 16 November 1909, Page 3
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