Page 8 Advertisements Column 3

Southland Times, Issue 20633, 3 November 1928, Page 8

YOU! WANT YOUR TOWN TO PROGRESS! VOTE RESTORATION VOTE RESTORATION LOCAL NO-LICENSE IS NOT PROHIBITION. VOTE RESTORATION VOTE RESTORATION Wanganui (Licensed) has 7,000 more population, and £3,500,000 more Capital value than Invercargill. (1906 the position was reversed). VOTE RESTORATION VOTE RESTORATION HOTELS ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT TO 22 YEARS AGO. Shorter hours; stricter Management ; and you elect YOUR OWN Licensing Committee. VOTE RESTORATION VOTE RESTORATION TTTE have had submitted to us a list of representative Business Men who are supporting the movement for Local Restoration in Invercargill. We can certify that this list contains no evidence of support from the Liquor interests, and furthermore, cannot find any evidence of financial support from other quarters than our resident tradespeople. The number of local business men on the list totals 171. The Finance and Publicity Committee consist of men of proved business integrity—EDlTOß, The Southland Times. VOTE RESTORATION VOTE RESTORATION BUILDING PERMITS FOR FIVE NO-LICENSE TOWNS FOR LAST YEAR. Amount. Population. £ Gore 20,728 3,970 Masterton .... 71,661 8,315 Ashburton .... 21,488 5,155 Oamaru 61,774 7,245 Invercargill . . . 155,303 19,920 Totals . . •. £330,954 44,605 Therefore the average building permits per head of the population of the five NoLicense towns is approximately £7 10/per head. Invercargill’s building permits work out at approximately £7 5/- per head. BUILDING PERMITS FOR FIVE LICENSE TOWNS. Amount. Population. £ Dunedin . . . 653,515 65,480 New Plymouth . 153,605 14,570 Wanganui . . . 249,808 24,420 Timaru .... 135,055 15,635 Palmerston N. . 261,302 18,838 Totals . . £1,453,285 138,940 Therefore the average building permits per head of the population of the five License towns is approximately £lO 10/per bead. Dunedin figures show £lO per head, against Invercargill’s £7 5/-

BETTER HOTEL ACCOMMODATION MEANS MORE VISITORS AND TOURISTS VOTE RESTORATION VOTE RESTORATION The return of Licensed Houses means Work for the Unemployed in re-building them. VOTE RESTORATION VOTE RESTORATION The Local Issue does not affect the National one. VOTE RESTORATION VOTE RESTORATION REMEMBER RESTORATION MEANS PROGRESS AND PROGRESS MEANS WEALTH TO YOU AND YOUR CITY. VOTE RESTORATION VOTE RESTORATION