GLAD REDUCTION HAS GONE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14525, 12 November 1910, Page 8

GLAD REDUCTION HAS GONE.

A NO-LICENSE OPINION. [BY TKIEGRAFH. —I BESS ASSOCIATION.] DcjfKDix, Friday. Interviewed to-day, Mr. G. B. Nicholls, provincial organiser of the no-license party, who assisted in the recent New South Wales no-license campaign, said that to his mind the acceptance of the retention of the three-fifths majority as the price of separate ballot papers, as had evidently been done, was entriely at a loss to the no-license cause. He recognised, however, that this matter was largely speculation, and even the party itself was divided on the point. Personally, he was glad, also, that the reduction issue had been deleted- It was never popular, and had been growing less popular at every poll. The placing of the Dominion vote* on the Statute Book was a great advance, and the no-license parly would be forced now, by the exigencies of the position, to make an effort to completely educate the people on the utter uselessness of alcoholic liquor. New- Zealand was undoubtedly the most favourably situated country in the world to try the experiment. " Absolute Dominion prohibition, if carried and made a success, would mean much to the Empire. There was nothing impossible in obtaining the necessary three-fifths majority for Dominion prohibition in New Zealand, and Mr. Nicholls anticipates his party entering on the fight with a good heart. He is certain, however, that they will not be content to rest on the present basis, and it may almost be taken for granted that the bare majority at local and Dominion polls will be a keen issue at the next political fight.