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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 35, 9 August 1918, Page 2

SPECIAL NOTICE! SPECIAL NOTICE! IN RESPONSE TO GENERAL REQUEST SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR TO-MORROW ' (SATURDAY) FOUil FAREWELL SCREENINGS Of ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP. SESSIONS COMMENCE AT 10 a.m., 12 (noon), 2 and 3.50 p.m. Prices of Admission as during the week. Reserved Seats, 2s. 'Phono 3255, TO-MORROW EVENING, AT 6 o'clock, AN ENTIRELY NEW PROGRAMME A BRILLIANT MODERN SOCIETY DRAMA, THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER '" . Based on the Celebrated Npvel "LA GIACONDA " by GABRIELLE D'ANNUNZIO, Featuring - Featuring THE DA BAR A, THEDA BAIIA, The Greatest Tragedienne of the Cinema. THE QUEEN'S THEATRE. Ordinary Pricoß. Reserved Seats, 'Phone Z255, BE S8 U E lAYAIAWA In lIDDEJf PEARLS At THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE, A Magnificent Feature. COMMENCING SATURDAY, 2 p,m> •Phon© 977. WHO WILL HAVE -TO" PAY? THE PROHIBITIONISTS GENEROUSLY ADVOCATE COMPENSATION AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE. The HON. G. W. RUSSELL (Minister of Internal Affairs), stated in Dunedin on 29th July that there would bo "A TOTAL INCREASE OF FINANCIAL BURDEN UPON THE COUNTRY OF ABOUT £1,300.000 PER YEAR IF NATIONAL PROHIBITION GOMES' INTO FORGE UNDER THE EFFIUIENCY BOARD'SSCHEME." £1,300,000 PER YEAR TO BE THROWN AWAY! T'TTTSS SJTTTVT w°uld pay for the total present JL-0L1.C9 taSJiVJi ANNUAL LIABILITY FOR WAR PENSIONS, OR THE TOTAL ANNUAL COST OF THE STATE SYSTEM OF PRIMARY EDUCATION IN NEW ZEALAND. SHOULD IT BE THROWN AWAY ? If the Prohibitionists havo their way THE PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO PAY MATERIALLY: £1,300,000 per annum. MORALLY: By the Sacrifice of that Personal Liberty which ranks as one of tho greatest traditions of tho British Race. If, as tho Prohibitionists must admit, this money will have to be found, ask them WHAT WILL BE TAXED NEXT? BUT HERE IS ANOTHER PROPOSAL that will not involve the people in the loss of either public revenue or personal liberty—THAT THE PEOPLE should have tho Right to Vote on the Question pf "NATIONAL OWNERSHIP." The System of State Purchase and Control now advpeated as a practical solution of the Liquor Problem by Mr. Llloyd Gqorgo (Prime Minister of Groat Britain), Sir T. P. Whittaker, M.P. (a Vjoo-Prcsident of tho United Kingdom Alliance), and other prominent Temperanoo reformers. The system now being carried into practical effect in .certain districts by the British Central Control Board. THE N.Z. MODERATE LEAGUE IS PREPARING TO ORGANISE TO SECURE FOR THE GREAT THIRD PARTY THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON NATIONAL OWNERSHIP AT THE POLLS ASSIST THE CAMPAIGN OF REASON. JOIN THE LEAGUE FUNDS ARE WANTED. Send your donations, largo or small, to THE SECRETARY, N.Z. MODERATE LEAGUE, P.O. Box 708, Wellington. v RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION iuCHRK REQUIRED. A PROGRESSIVE Euchre-Tournament A PAETMENTS, or small FURNISH- -•*- will be hold at tho Burlington Toa -JL ED FLAT, with or without attend- Rooms, Willis-street, on SATURDAY, ance, or a small HOUSE, in central 10th AUGUST, commencing at 8 p.m. location, required for considerable period sharp. by lady, nurse, and child; Hill-street or Subscription 2s. Proceeds in Aid of one of the Terraces preferred. Rep.ly, Furnishing a Stall at tho Bazaar in Aid with full particulars of accommodation o f St. Mary's Church Rebuilding Fund. and terms, to _____ . , _ _— OFFICER, J MAKE Keys and mend Keys, sell Care Charles Haines Advertising Agency, •■• Keys, and lend Keys, and fit Keys to Tho Dulsrcty Puildin., \V«lfin_t»n. tt»y Wychorloy, under No, 1, Willis. street. 'Fho&o 668.