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: t • 6 \ •' I • S | You have to face a Special Referendum on April 10th HENCE THE QUESTION- . zamMMMmmsßmmiWMm . In nrrW frn Vidn vnn in qhlvp tL'e WHAT HAS HAPPEN3 ">. THE FACTS ABE | 111 oraer 10 neip you 10 SOlve UllS, Those . n {avour rf the Rotentjon ofUquorarestin in tho maioHty) are That State Purchase and Control would cost under Ten Fj fPTYIPrnKpy till!" Pit" thf* newt Cif*nPY'al only divided in their opinion as to the best method of control, whether **» Millions, and the State would get tangible revenue-pro* 1 I uiai ai uic UCAI vrcuuai present system or a system of 9tate Control~and as the object of the Poll has dicing Assets lor every Shilling paid. [j I PlPptirkn in FlPPPTmnpy iQIQ been to ascertain whether Alcoholic Liquor is to be abolished or not, it must ' I; UCLIIOu, ill L/CLCiiiUCI. I/1 7 5 follow that so long as the Abolitionists remain in the minority, the sale, manu- ■ | , mmmmmmmßaamnamm facturc, and consumption of Alcoholic Liquor within the Dominion should Hence tfid OueStiOtt* ' i TPTf'WP TVrnwrWf TTFTTm? 6 continue under the present system or under a system of State control! * w ] v ii -<r *• • -i* m cuaiiir »i cm am 9 Why should YOB pay the 14,500,000 ? j. i You will, if Continuance is carried m Why SHOULD you pay the £4,800,000? ' -— *' | April, have an opportunity or CaSting a n. State, k tie event of prohibition being carried on April 10, mow when by I I vote under the Fairest Ballot Paper that iZriS^SX^tr-tSl^" VOTING FOR CONTINUANCE I I has yet been conceived. NOTEINO ' AttheßeterendlimonAp^ i j YOU CAN I Thetoue.wuibe- fa the Poll in December, If yoa are in favour of the Abolition of I : 1. National Continuance. w • i c \ ! | , 2. state Purchase and control. EIGHT MONTHS HENCE, LiQnr, save the payment or that siim j 3, National Prohibition without Compensation. if CONTINUANCE is carried) the whole of the Assets remain by VOtillg for " Prohibition Without 1 in the possession of their present owners, and for their pr »* , ,1 rj 11 • r\ l " 1 \ One vote to each elector. That Issue having a majority of present use, and the State pays nothing. VX)mpeilßatlOn at lm I Oil 111 UQCtmDtl j I the votes cast at the Poll to be carried. •»«** *' '"" v 1 If PROHIBITION is carried, the whole of the Assets remain UcXl. | The Prohibitionists and Efficiency Leaguers shriek in their dismay at this "in the possession of their present owners, but must be ""**"** OR, YOTT OAST, I : jnst Ballot Paper, and say that they cannot win. That if WKBbrim vote uged gQme other than or mgm _ - | at the Poll, and 250,000 of these vote Prohibition, tbey still cannot win, but £ r ~, 0 , , -«*vi„„ «* o # # .4 «i - . • ,<> oven if it ha, o„. ? 100,000 vote, ■* for it, wto. facture of alcoholic liquors, and the State pays nothing. If JOtt are Ml faVOUr Of th« HetOtttlOn Of j ! • nSEZtiZ&i trtS rad -* If SSS^ Li4«or, but under the ownership of the I— "CONTINUANCE" continues, , ™ n ? r and the State carries .on the busi- . State* Save the payment or that amount I I ness either in whole' or in part, as if thinks best, and m , , .. r J » i f fj S AND why not? the interests of the people. without receiving any tangible asset ror h 1 250,000 Votes hare been cast for Retention of Liquor. » \ * * C f II f s»,oo» • Abolition « liquor. the payment, by voting in favour ot | ■I . Mda»»oi»,«c ta , rKe,ed a M * rity of vo. M , the eii * B .we oi to What Will State Purchase and Control Cost? " State Purchase and Control" at the 1 I ii j mm i .ii,... ii i i The Prohibitionists and the Efficiency Leaguers say; December Poll and thllS assure tlfp iI 1 | NOW FALLOW ON. ii At least £15,000,000, and it may be £20,000,000!" , UfXCUIUCI I Vll \ 011U UIUS J*»MIC Ult J 1 Take the figures for the M National Prohibition Poll . . guide. .This statement is Utterly False, AND THEY KNOW IV State the pOSSeSSIOn Ot tangible ffllMK- j I they were- r producing assets for any sum paid by it. I Fop the Retention of Alpoholic Utquor, 257,442 votes. WHY IS IT FALSE* § 3 For tho Retention of Alpoholic Lfquop, 257,442 votes. nnixo**. -» . « I- For the Abolition of Alcoholic Liquor, 247,217 votes. The Compensation to be paid to the Licensed Hotel Trade under the ™> *"U VAX, | | ror Me auvuhvu v <* , December Poll for State Purchase and Control is the same as at the April fj \ \ Clear Majority far Retention Of 10,225 YOleS. Referendum, with the sole exception that the State, instead of paying up to If VAlf fa ! ft %VMit *f f1 * D A A A An A # | SO per cent., and in some cases 70 per cent., of the Capital Value of the pro- II JVUI OIK 111 ill VOW 01 IM llSiKllllOll Oil | Now, foUowing upon the lines laid down by the Prohibitionists and perties owned by Mi use in the Licensed Hotel Trade, and for the deprecia- | J- MAr 1 ,1 A . AM i I **„„ i Efficiency Leaguers, we will divide this vote into three parts, to bring it into tion on the plants and furniture, and getting nothing in return, pays the full irlqUVI iMQcr llie piCSeni LjlCenSulg U I accord with the Three-issue Ballot Paper. Not being prophets, we will divide va ] ue 0 { these prpperties, plants, and furniture, and gets full possession of -Q '■ ' • IJ' tOr | the vote for Retention equally between Continuance and State Purchase and and thfl whole busineS3) as a going concern , It is within the knowledge KeSulCllOnS, inClUCling Demanent DIX \i ! Control, and generously give the whole number of votes cast for Abolition t* o{ the p ro hibitioni»tß, and of the Efficiency Leaguers, that the value of these 9 1 1 Pi * J.L £ i | * the Prohibitionists. properties, plants, and furniture is approximately £6,500,000; also, that at Q ClOCfc \JOSin2) SSV6 106 payment Ol , I ! least £2,500,000 of this is included in the Compensation provided for under the % P . 11l \ WE THEN GET- Referendum to be taken on April 10, and that the payn.eat of a further SUCH SUOI, and itS attendant 10SS6S. bV ' I £4,000,000 is sufficient to purchase outright the whole business—properties and 7 • i IV N t ' J . 1. National Continuance ... -.-.-? 128,721 VOteS. all. The Prohibitionists and the Efficiency Leaguers know that eight and a- VOtlßSf 101 COlltiftttJillCl &t thfi DCCEADSf I I WE THEN GET- 10Q»T01 millions is approximately the 10, and that will bfi required, and further SUCO. $UHI, atlCl itS attClldailt IOSSES, DV ' 1 £4,000,000 is sufficient to purchase outright the whole busmess—properties and # ' g * J h 1. National Continuance ... «■? 128,721 VOteS. all. The Prohibitionists and the Efficiency Leaguers know that eight and a- VOtlß2flOr vOfitllltt&ACt St tu2 MCSfflfef M n , , ioq»toi half millions is approximately the amount that will he required, and Parlia- O . .. jj I 2. State Purchase and Control ... 1£6,i1l „ raent knew ; t when it provided in the Act for the /aismg of £10.000,000 to |) ft IJ 1 I 3. National Prohibition ~, ».,: 247,217 M purchase the whole business. £0U» j.! SURELY— S l | * You will, upon reflection, decide to | • '.■ 1*

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17125, 2 April 1919, Page 15

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Page 15 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17125, 2 April 1919, Page 15

Page 15 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17125, 2 April 1919, Page 15