ENGLISH LICENSING BILL
LONDON, March 3. The London Central Board, representing 13,000 license-holders, has decided to open the campaign against the Licensing Bill with a mass meeting in the Queen'a Hall on the 10th inst. March 8. A maps meeting, which was marked by great enthusiasm, was held at Burton-on-Trent to consider the Licensing Hill. Lord Burton declared that the bill would entail absolute ruin to Burton and other towns in connection -with their breweries. His own firm stood to lose two millions sterling invested in licensed houses upon mortgage. The creation of a sinking fund would mean no dividends in future. March 9. A memorial, signed by 50 members of the Stock Exchange, has been presented to Mr Asquith protesting against the Licensing Bill, which the memorial declares is so confiscatory as to deprive investors of a laTge part of the security for brewery debentures and shares, bringing ruinous loss upon vast numbers of innocent holders and creating a precedent for similarly dealing with other classes of property.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 11 March 1908, Page 27
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169ENGLISH LICENSING BILL Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 11 March 1908, Page 27
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