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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 55, 13 September 1928, Page 13

who, while opposed to Prohibition, are desirous of expressing a definite demand for reform. (2) That this conference of the Associated Clubs of New Zealand strongly endorses the proposal of the_ Now Zealand Licensing Keform Association that, in the event of the issue on the ballot paper being confined to two, the ballot paper be framed in the following form of question and answer: "Are you in favour of National Prohibition? with the lines "I vote Yes" and "I vote No." The elector to strike out tho answer for which ho does not-wish to vote. (3) That to ensure stability the majority required to carry Prohibition should not be less than 60 per cent, of the valid votes cast. (4) That this conference of the Associated Clubs of Now Zealand respectfully points out to the Prime Minister that tho provision of Clause 37 of tho Bill does not meet the requirements of the clubs ill regard to their social evenings, and would urge that this be amended along tho lines of tho report of the Special Parliamentary Licensing Committee of 1924. (5). That this conference of tho Associated Clubs of New Zealand strongly resents the intrusion of the New Zealand Allianco into matters affecting tho private affairs of our established institutions and calls attention to tho fact that the opposition to the moderate provisions of: clause 37 a saffecting tho .social life of clubs is an act of absolute intolerance.