THE EFFECT OF A NO LICENSE VOTE ON BREWERIES.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12397, 12 November 1908, Page 1

THE EFFECT OF A NO LICENSE VOTE ON BREWERIES.

So muoh misconception is abroad as to tho effect of carrying No .Liewiso tliat it seems desirable to set out the facts clearly. • ; It is quite usual to hear people say that if No License is carried they will be able to obtain beer direct from the breweries, and wine and spirits from the merchants and storekeepers. This is a great mistake. Should No License be carried in Nelson it will be impossible, legally, to purchas liquor in the city at all. The vote applies not only to the open bar but to every imaginable license for the sale of liquor, wholesale or retail, and neither merchants, storekeepers, nor brewers will bo allowed to sell. -

In order to obtain liquor in a No Liconso area it is necessary to order it from a LICENSED DISTRICT, and even then notice of the.transaction must be sent to the clerk of thoCourt, who must enter a record in a book kept- for the purpose, which is at all times open to the inspection, of tlie police. It is also clear tha the cost of beer etc., obtained from outside a No License District will be greater than it is at present under License. It cannot be too widely known 'that every consumer of liquor in a No License" district is ipsb facto ft suspect and if the police deem the quantity supplied him too largo for his own use they can search his .house, and confiscate all liquor found. When charged before the Court, the onus is placed on the consumer of proving, that the liquor was not kept for sale, an almost impossible task. • This is No License. 4G27