LICENSING LAWS.
BARE MAJORITY QUESTION
(From Oob Own Correspondent.)
WELLINGTON, July 18. _ The demands of the prohibition deputation yesterday are being freely discussed by members of Parliament to-day. 1 /'lt is absurd," said one, "that the prohibitionists should speak of patriotism and humanity when their demands, if granted, would mean the loss of £900,000 of the country's revenue, as the Prime Minister pointed out, and the loss of employment to 11,000 workers. Things are bad enough without such losses, and how are they to be made good. No-license advocates claim that tho majority of the House is pledged to the bare majority, but this is doubtful. We are elected on the bare majority, but it frequently takes two ballots to find it, and prohibition to have the moral backing of the people must have at least a three-fifths majority in its favour. Sly-grog selling, which is bad enough now in no-license areas, would be rampant tlwujrhout the country if prohibition were carried by a bare majority. The prohibitionists would be reasonable if they suggested carrying nolicenso by a majority of the votes on the rolls."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15821, 21 July 1913, Page 2
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185LICENSING LAWS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 15821, 21 July 1913, Page 2
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