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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16962, 23 September 1918, Page 7

Voters in this electorate are being asked ( to sign a counter petition to that circa- • lated by the New Zealand Alliance. Before doing bo examine this counter peti- , tion on behalf of the liquor and see just what it asks and what it involves. 11l the first place it claims to ask for a " fair, just and reasonable poll." This is how it proposes to secure it. Every voter is to vote for one issue only, and no issue is to be carried unless it secures a majority i of the total votes cast on the three issues. I These provisions give Liquor a 3 to 11 { chance —long- odds, with a vengeance. I 500 000 electors would probably vote on. | the'issues. Suppose that 250.000 favoured, National Prohibition, 150,000 voted for National Ownership, and 100,000 voted" for National Continuance—what happens'/ , Continuance wins, for no issue has secured 1 a majority of the total votes cast. This is the petition the Trade asks electors to g i ß n Bv extending the issues it uses its old 'method of splitting the votes and secures for itself another lease of life. Remember these facts when you are asked to sign the Liquor Traffic's Petition. Do your part-sign the Alliance Monster Petition for a poll this year on a straight issue-the National Efficiency Boards Recommendation after an impartial invesication which heard evidence from every side and class. If you have signed the Liquor Petition under a misapprehension, ask your M.P. to have your name withdrawn, or send word to the New Zealand Alliance Bepre- ( sentative at once.-(Advt.) >-