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No valid or Bound argument hftj • been adduced as to why tte electors Wv N.Z. should not voice their rouuona on the National Efficiency Board s proposals for National Prohibition. Here is a Board set up by 1 the UovernmenJ to examine the conditions and report as to ways and means of. promoting National Efficiency. Absolutely raw*-, ; tial, this body considered calmly the advantages or otherwise to. theeothmunity of the liquor traffic. It heara • evidence from all sections. f£ a Trade" placed its facts before we Board—6o did the prohibition advowhile the non-party members of the community—farmers, business folk and workers—gave evidence. Toe / Board reported that immediate National Prohibition was essential. Surely ; t/he electors of N.Z. .should have an b>» portunity of recording their voteSfda the Board's proposal. The Alliance Monster Petition asks for a poll—sign it to-day. IS

The cable news in this iuw aco»Att«4 It "The Times" haa appobied in tbet joUtt"' but only wh«e «X2>»saly staled in soch s«_ the editorial opimou of ' The Timei," Oti«, cublo msiisagos, unle« statcJ to th* oonteujv have been received throug'h the AuitniiMC ssd jNsw Sealmd G»bl« jUtooktiM,