BRITISH LICENSING BILL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8051, 3 August 1904, Page 3

BRITISH LICENSING BILL.

»- STATEMENT BY MR BALFOUR. 1- l . 11 ' 'I [PRtSS ASSOCIATION.] ! (Received August 3, 8.11 a.m.) ; I , LONDON, August 2. „ J Mr Balfour, replying to a correspon0 dent, eulogises the Licensing Bill, and declares it to be a measure for reducing the number of public-douses and bettering b their condition. It does nob preclude fur1: ther legislative changes. Many reformers 1 are irreconcilable because they adhere to 313 1 some vast impracticable ideal, while others ' j transfer to sellers of drink sentiments of J moral reprobation which might more pro- ' perly be reserved for the immoderate con1 I Burner. All lovers of justice and tem7 1 perance should support the present practical bill, ensuring more in' the direction ' I of licensing reform than Parliament had * heretofore Deen able to accomplish.