THE PROHIBITIONISTS' DEMANDS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 34

THE PROHIBITIONISTS' DEMANDS.

NEW PLYMOUTH, April 11. Mr T. E. Taylor addressed a crowded meeting at the Theatre Royal to-night. The following resolution was unanimously carried: —" That this meeting affirms the absolute necessity, in the interests of the people, of the following reforms, and requests the member for New Plymouth to bring them under the notice of the Government without delay: (1) The right of the people to a vote upon colonial option as well as local option ; (2) the decision of the liquor reform question upon a majority vote; (3) the inclusion of all forms of license under the popular vote; (4) the necessity of the appointment of competent and honourable returning officers in order to insure a clear count of votes; (5) the right of parties represented at the local option poll to appoint scrutineers to watch their interests; (6) the setting apart of the day upon which a poll shall be taken triennially, irrespective of whether a parliamentary election takes place or not; (7) the desirability of introducing legislation to provide that a second offence for sly grog-selling receives the punishment of imprisonment without the option of a fine.

— A French professor is said to be the owner- of a collection of 920 heads, representing the various known races of people on the globe.

— The condition of a chronic laudanumdrinker deprived .of his drink is terrible. Here are some of the things he feels : Neuralgia, fearful cramps in the calves, pains in the stomach, choking, yawning, sneezing, utter restlessness, waves of heat and ccld over Lis entire body and depression of spirits co great that he is o&ly h*lf (dive.