NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN.
THKEK-FIFT MAJORITY. 'A MExrn.-r; was held in the Leys Institute last even in support of a campaign against the three-fifths majority necessary to secure total prohibition. Mr. Robert Laidlaw was in the chair, and introduced - the Hot:, George Fowl (is, who .«pnke. evi'lonciii" ht.itisiically the enormous handicap to no-Jieeni-c- voters, entailed under existing conditions, and advocated the adopi tion of the pledge before the meeting, as folio v.'':—'' 1 hereby give my pledge that, r*2u HP. ess of party, 1 will not. ;-l the Best el<*. : on, vote for any candidate for - I'arliam-ji who will not undertake, it elected, *■> <!,-> his utmost to remove, or • at least verr substantially reduce, the pie- . '-'Sent unfair 'handicap en both the issues of WSlicen.-e and nation;;.! prohibition." Mr. 8. French, the Rev. A. C. " La.wry. and 'r.Bev. J. Dawson addressed the meeting in . *qpport of the* previous speakers, and •a. fhnw of h»nds vaulted in unanimous support.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15125, 16 October 1912, Page 9
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