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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 28 August 1917, Page 8

The _ 'Frisco correspondent of the Dunedin Star states that another signal victory for the Prohibition party was gained on May 22, when Governor Whitman appended his signature to the Hill-Wheeler Local Option Bill, under which the City of New York will once in every five years and in other cities once in every three years have the right to determine by referendum whether their localities shall remain "wet" or go "dry." To enable the machinery of Local Option to .be set in motion a petition to that effect must be signed by not less than 25 per cent, of the voters on the roll. The advocates of i temperance reform have been fighting for years to defeat the machinations and power of Tammany, and have succeeded at last. The pens with which the Governor signed this so-called "advanced" legislation were presented respectively to his wife, the two framers of the Bill, and to the president of the Anti-Saloon League of New York. CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM. If you ...are ever troubled with aches, pains or soreness of the muscles, you will appreciate the good qualities of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Many sufferers from rheumatism and sciatica have used it with the best results. It is especially valuable for lumbago and lame bac> Sold everywhere.—Advt. '