THE PROHIBITION POLL.
In t|i§ hearty of many - thousands of electors a fierce" 1 ’ struggle-' is 'proceeding as to what- shall be done with-thi {rao* cltise which democracy has /plsiceih'iß edcry adult’s hahds for- Tb'*raooc<oi[ Tho~ vote must be cast!’’ To '-reffiai» from voting is but to - restore ostrich-like fallacy of placing bhe*» head in the sand. It «- the iSi wfeakling. The Trade holds a mortgage *. oil the Dominion’s future.'" Thetis Sub is' as simple as it is momentoua.A- A vote for Prohibition is a vote-for safety, prosperity, and 1 happinesstbf nthb people. The liquor trade which Jwh hive allowed to grow up we must’ m>r*“ ' seflves pull down, or else, ' like ■"Ftatti ktnstcin’s monster, it will destroy as;Vjote’for the Child and the N&tipu - tomorrow.* ■-*- •» - 3 ■' ' i -- ;
•The '“Trade” tries to put up a cwtain fire cry that the soldiery need the £4,500.000 which it is proposed to p«y in liquor compensation. But since .the fifst ba"'ch of men returned to NVZ; thfc “Trade” ’ has • swallowed owe* £15,000,000! '; Vote for the Child vatal tile* Malioli to-morrow.’ ’ '
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 84, 9 April 1919, Page 5
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176THE PROHIBITION POLL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 84, 9 April 1919, Page 5
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