ABOLITION OF LIQUOR
OBJECTIVE OF ALLIANCE
The first witness called before the Royal Commission on Licensing yesterday on behalf of the New Zealand Alliance was its general superintendent, the Rev. H. W. Milner, a qualified electrical engineer and former farmer, who said he had been engaged in church, mission, and temperance work in England. The witness said he had held his present position since 1937% Discussing the aims and objects of the alliance, he said that its members ultimately wished to see the total abolition of the liquor traffic by the expressed will of the people, and to obtain from Parliament such legislation as would give the people absolute control of the trade. The alliance had not for the past 25 or 30 years attempted to obtain direct political representation, but it did endeavour to secure a clear statement from candidates as to his or her views on the liquor question. Mr. Milner was reading Press extracts as to lack of accommodation anti the need for increased facilities at hotels, the redistribution of licences, and convictions of unauthorised persons on licensed premises, when the" Commission adjourned until today.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 96, 24 April 1945, Page 5
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188ABOLITION OF LIQUOR Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 96, 24 April 1945, Page 5
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