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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14712, 18 September 1918, Page 5

■YVHafc; does the elector as* if he signs the Liquor- Trade's Petition? Ostensibly: , he requests a. poll on ''three issliea-^-National O&ntimiancs,' National Ownership, a«d NsitionaUProhibitloti. But^^ead i; tbi 3 L:quor Trade's Potit!c.n carefully and .? 'it Mill be .found that it asks that these/ issues are not; only to fi c decided on ».. bar© majority vote, but the elector is' to : yo'to for ©no issuo only, . aaid, 'still moro imports nit, -.that no issue is to ba earned: unless it. secures A ro'ajority^of the total voifA cast <mi the it^ree-' issues. Jxtst, ;,' whafc this del.iightfulJy undemocratic/ measure "involves' is best seen, by noting how it might work out . at c a,iv ""election. Suppose >>aa.;on-.il Continuance •■ secures a majority. i\rho wins;* The Trade,\as will be. cleanly seeni wjluen its price visv jnadte .-> known, liut- suppose 'none „pf the three ■■i.' issues secures a. majority,' uvho wins? >' 'lire Trade once mox-e scoi^es, fox* them/ would be 110 change. In short» . idqHor demands a three-to-one chamo^ « (^^Jbt >, hnc} odcls, is it?— fcr Liqnojv Contl\ast ' > this Avitli the Alliamce l*otitio«. Tlio Xation.ml l^ffic^ncy Board investigftteci th<!. Liquor Traffic ivitli impairtij^ity. Afta'r hovu-ing the iirgaments of' ail sides and 1 classes, it came to the conclusion; that ifh<i X,iquc-r Traffic .is onei of. New. 2;eala.nd v a greatest enemies t<* e^oi«nGy. Tn the interests of ! th a peop'e it thesrefov^ • l»voposed to secure National Prohibition at oiuld— provided ft majority- of etectws' yore iiv fayoy of that course. . The Aliiarc* Monster Petition .isks JP^iPliamenb ,to grariit a prtll on the. fcasfe of .the ]Uifird's report. \ , .. . ■• .Sign tlie N.Z. AUknce Petition, andl refuse to si-gft. t-hat on behalf of liqti.oi\ If you hav^;, signed "the .latter- ttneter a misappirelieiusion, ask your M.P. to have your iiame l-emoved, 'or se*rd' «:ord to the X.Z, AHiance ; at : orce.* ■'•■.■■