WHY THE “DRYS” LOST
MRS. COWIE EXPLAINS The remarkable energy and enthusiasm which attended the holding of the recent liquor referendum in Victoria were described by Mrs. Bessie I>e Cowie in an address last night before the Auckland Council of the Xew Zealand Alliance. A three-fifths majority was required to carry no-licence, and voting was compulsory, she said. Had victory been achieved, only a small amount of reform was possible. T-i question was one of state-wide Jieenc but hotels which had made certain improvements were exempt, together with breweries and distilleries. These conditions were considered to be very unsatisfactory by the Temperance party.
Huge attendances were at the ©per - ing meetings, of the Temperance party, Mrs. Cowie said. From merit Church of England clergymen, including the Archbishop of Victoria, addressed the meetings. Heavy polling resulted. Though they did not get victory the Temperance party was delighted with the no-licence vote of more than 400,000.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 977, 21 May 1930, Page 11
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