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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 44, 17 September 1918, Page 4

It is necessary to nail several rumours which the supporters of the Liquor Trade’s counter Petition hav® assiduously circulated of late. The N.Z. Alliance Petition has not been withdrawn;—it is gaining thousands of new supporters every day al- . though it still needs yours if you have not already signed it. The Liquor Trade’s Petition is not a Government Petition. It is a Trade Petition pure and simple--whereas the Alliance Petition ask&, for a poll on the recommendation-; an absolutely impartial body, set up by the Government itself to investigate and report on measures necessary to secure increased National Efficiency. The Trade’s Petition is neither “fair,” “just” nor “reasonable.” It gives the Liquor Trade a three-to-pne chance of winning. It would scour* Continuance even if out of 600,010 voters 250,000 were in favour of ’National Prohibition and 150,000 in fav our of National Ownership. If the votes were thus cast the 100 000 would win although 100,000 against Continuance. Sign the N.Z. Alliance Petition and refuse to *i— "hat on behalf of Liquor If von W* *->ncd the latter und(v- a misapprehension, ask i vour M.P. to have vonr name rej moved nr send word to the N.Z Alliance representative at once, y 1 2Q