PROHIBITION ISSUE.
COMPENSATION QUESTION.
.SPLIT IN NEW SOUTH WALES
[FROM OTJR OWN correspondent.] SYDNEY. March 15. The question of compensation is said to have caused a serious split in the prohibition movement in New South Wales. The break-away section stoically proclaimed that such an outrage as the compensation proposal had never been perpetrated by any Legislature in the world, and that the only time New Zealand gave a substantial majority in favour of prohibition was when there was no monetary compensation involved. The Rev. R. B. S. Hammond stated that he did not accept an Act which provided for compensation, but it was forced upon the alliance, which had never accepted compensation clauses as being just or t fair. During the last election campaign 65 members who were returned had promised. to vote for a Bill to secure an immediate referendum, and during the next session of Parliament they would have the opportunity. It is estimated that the total cost of compensation in this State, including that for employees, will amount to £15,000,000, with an additional £15,000,000 for interest, spread over a period of 15 years.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18354, 21 March 1923, Page 10
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186PROHIBITION ISSUE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18354, 21 March 1923, Page 10
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