A FARCICAL SITUATION.
N.Z. ALLIANCE ADVISE? AGAINST PROHIBITION.
Sonic years ago. when a Bill was submitted to Parliament wit!* tile object of making the possession of liquor a. crime (a cardinal point ot the present prohibition platform 1 the N.Z. Alliance issued a liianilcsto which contained the following; "To make the possession o: liquor a crime, the effective detection ot which would require the correlative right of search in every house would be to establish an odious and inquisitional tyranny entirely foreign to tin- fundamental principles of British law and re tin- whole spirit ot British liberty. ■ The above phase ot prohibition tyranny had full rein in America, where a highly organised system -.1 espionage was created and u hi- a proved one ot the manv factors that brought about such a strong revulsion of feeling against the Kndueenth Amendment. Conditions a «-re crentcd which would lx- ahsolut.e unthinkable m any British community. Every New Zealander will agree with the sentiments express V above. It is because prohibition is suc h “ail odious and inquisitor!.-. ! tyranny" that New Zeals nd will reluso to violate “fundamental principles of British law*’ and will votsolid tor Continuance. 13.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13089, 24 October 1935, Page 4
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195A FARCICAL SITUATION. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13089, 24 October 1935, Page 4
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