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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 83, 8 April 1919, Page 4

QUESTION". —Why pay £4,500,000 to the Liquor Trade? ANSWER: I—To1 —To prevent the country from having to pay the “Trade” £6,000,000 for Goodwill and an additional £9,000,000 for the properties should State Purchase and Control ho carried at the General Elections. (There is no limit in the Act to the amount to be paid to the Trade for State Purchase.) 2 To prevent the payment of £5,000,000 every year to the “Trade” if Continuance should be carried* 3 To save the £5,000,000 to £10,000,000 a year loss through inefficiency caused by liquor. 4To save the thousands of convictions for drunkenness every year. STo save the shame and humiliation to the families of those convicted. 6To save the incalculable loss to- the country caused by the “Trade” in crime, poverty, lunacy, sickness, and general moral degradation. . 7—To save thousands of children of whom the “Trade” will make its finished products—drunkards. QUESTION.—What does £4,500,000 mean? ANSWER. —One penny per week per head of our population will provide a sum sufficient to pay interest and establish a sinking fund to pay off the principal. QUESTION. —Would any voter grudge one penny per week to obtain for our country the least of the above savings? ANSWER.—Let each voter’s conscience dictate the reply. THEREFORE, VOTE FOR THE CHILD AND THE NATION ON THURSDAY NEXT.

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