THE SOLDIERS' VOTE.
WHEN DID THE PROHIBITION
PARTY ASK FOR IT.
THE MODERATE LEAGUE says that the New Zealand Alliance (Prohibition Party) did NOT ask that the soldiers' votes should be taken at the April Poll. Read these resolutions taken from the Minutes of the Alliance Council, held in St. John's Lecture Hall, Wellington, on April 3, 1918, and recommended by a Convention held in June, 1917 :
That failing the adoption of the National Efficiency Board's report, the N.Z. Alliance demands that the Licensing Poll be held before the end of the present year, whether the term of Parliament be extended or not.
That in all votes taken on the liquor question, the vote of soldiers on active service be taken also, but under proper safeguard.
Both these decisions were conveyed to the Prime Minister by a deputation BEFORE the Moderate League's meeting was even heldl
[As a proof of the accuracy of this statement, the Minute Book referred to was submitted for examination at the office of the Dominion.] [Published by Arrangement.]
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1702, 16 December 1919, Page 5
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173THE SOLDIERS' VOTE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1702, 16 December 1919, Page 5
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