WET v. DRY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3882, 7 August 1928, Page 7

WET v. DRY.

PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN.

N.S.W. AND FEDERAL TERRITORY.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SYDNEY, July 26.

The prohibition campaign is now in full swing, not only throughout the whole of “ wet” New South Wales, but also in “ dry ” Federal Capital territory. The anti-prohibitionists are in full cry after their natural enemies. Throughout the State posters and other signs are eloquent witness to the intensive campaign of the “ wets.” The question: What will happen if the Federal Capital goes “ wet,” which it is almost certain to do, and New South Wales goes “ dry,” has given a piquant touch to the campaign, since Canberra is in what was originally New South Wales territory. If this position should arise, although it is hardly likely to do so, as far as the New South Wales purely State vote is concerned, one can picture Canberra leaping into unprecedented popularity as a week-end tourist resort. A remarkable change will certainly be wrought at Canberra if the “ wets ” win the day in that now totally “ dry ” territory, for the customary practice at present is to make a trek from there whenever the opportunity offers to the nearest New South- Wales town, Queanbeyan, only a few miles off. The position is a farce, but is almost certain to be altered when the people of Canberra make articulate their views through the ballot box.