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Evening Star, Issue 17226, 16 December 1919, Page 9

LATE ADVERTISEMENT DOCTOKS AND PROHIBITION THE FOLLOWING SPEAKS FOE ITSELF: - 200 Willis street, Wellington, 15/12/19. Rev. R. S. Gray, Wellington. Dear Sir,—l am instructed by the Council of the N.Z. Branch of the B.M.A. to write to you as follows: At a meeting of .the Council held on December 12th it was resolved unanimously: That any inquirers should be Informed that the results o£ the referendum on the alcoholic questian will not be published; that members of the Council themselves do not know the results; and that the statement made by the Rev. Mr Gray that the results show a majority in favor of Prohibition is purely an assumption. Yours faithfully, (Signed) E. W. GIESEN. 16th December, 1919. Dr Giesen, Chairman of the Council of the British Medical Association, Wellington. . Dear Sir, —I beg to acknowledge receipt of yours dated 15th Inst., concerning the referendum on Prohibltioi. I desire to call your attention to the report in the 'New Zealand Medical Journal ' of October, in which it is stated (on page 270) that "the votes had been counted and the results were now available." It is quite clear, therefore, that your statement that "members of the Council themselves do not know the results " is accurate only in the sense that all the members of the Council do not know the results. The subsequent action of members of the Council known to be interested in the Liquor Traffic in opposing the publication proves that the result was certainly known to them. Why else did they threaten to leave the Association if the results were published? You say that my statement " that the results show a majority in favor of Prohibition is purely an assumption." You are careful not to say that it is untrue. You ars aware, of course, that very many assumptions are absolutely according to fact. I am prepared to stand by the statement which I ha7e made, which the scrutineers appointed must know is absolutely accurate: and I challenge the Medical Association to disprove thev fact that the vote is " overwhelmingly :n favor of Prohibition." This is known in quite a number of the divisional sections of the Association, and, indeed, is a matter of common knowledge. The action of the Medical Association in allowing'itself to be practically coerced by a minority representing the liquor trade is exceedingly difficult to understand. sincerely, s - GEAY, Dominion Organiser. P.S.—The following telegram has just been received:—" Christcburch, December 15th. Men's meting to-night crowded. Enthusiastic. Fourteen doctors on platform. Seven spoke; ten others sent apologies. FOR PRIVATE SALE, 6 -BOOMED MODERN HOUSE, two dooTS off Highgate; scullery, pantry, bathroom, linen piess, bookshelves and cupboard in dining room, built-in wardrobe, electric lights, high-pressure boiler, drained; built ctilv few yeaTs; sunny aspect; good locality. Terms arranged. Possession early new year. "Phone 3,315 for particulars. ELECTION NOTICES. DUNEDIN SOUTH. i T. K. SIDBY, M.P., Will Address the Electors - ■ • ■ In the SOUTH DUNEDIN TOWN HALL, TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY), DECEMBER. 16. Central Committee Room Telephone, No. 3,416. DUNEDIN CENTRAL ELECTORATE. ■ Will ADDRESS the ELECTORS as under: MORNINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HALL, TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY), DECEMBER 16, At 8 o'clock. CENTRAL COMMITTEE ROOMS, corner Manse and Princes streets (above Messrs Barton and Trengrove's). Electoral Rolls available for inspection. Tel. 2,272. Tel. 2,272. SOUTH DUNEDIN': Cargill road (close to Cargill'a Corner). Tel.-3,313: Tel. 3,313. NORTH DUNEDIN ELECTORATE. rR A. WALKER will ADDRESS ELECL . ' TORS in the TOWN HALL, NORTH-EAST VALLEY, TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY), alt 8 o'clock. Ladies Cordially Invited. j' OH N A. BROWN, THE LABOR CANDIDATE, Will ADDRESS the ELECTORS of DUNEDIN WEST In the MISSION HALL, RUSSELL STREET, THI9 (TUESDAY) EVENING, At 8 o'clock. ELECTORATE OF CHALMERS. B DUNCAN OOLQUHOTJN, J THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE, Will Address the Electors as under:— WARRINGTON (Mr Cargill's Boarding-house).—TO-NIGHT (Tuesday), 16th, at 8 o'clock. CHALMERS ELECTORATE. '■ R JOHN GILCH* IB LABOR CANDIDATE, Will ADDRESS tie ELECTORS! TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY). DEBORAH BAY, 7 o'clock. FINALRALLY, Town EMI, PORT CHALMERS, 8.15. Come and Hear the Main Speech. Ladies are Earnestly Invited to Attend. CHALMERS ELECTORATE. MR J. M. DICKSON, M.P., will AT>DRESS the ELECTORS of CHAL MERS on the under-mentioned date: DEBORAH BAY SCHOOLROOM, TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY), -16Kb DECEMBER, 8 o'clock. DUNEDIN SOUTH. ■R J. T. PAUL (the Labor Candidate) - - - Invites Electors to bo Present at his FINAL RALLY, CORONATION HALL, ST. KILDA, THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING, At 8 o'clock. Chairman: His Worship the Mayor (A. D. Edgar, Esq.). LADIES SPECIALLY INVITED. Personal Telephone, I,Blos.