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Observer, Volume XVIII, Issue 1093, 9 December 1899, Page 22

I^l pi F%frj I y $ Every Briton's priceless heritage, JL^i JL/^^l. l^ j 9 pf* Strike out LAST TWO LINES on Local Option Ballot Paper. FFFFOT Official figures show Maine, nearly fifty years a Prohibition State, to have a ratio of paupers of population greater than the Non-Prohibition State, New York. \J» In America, seventeen States have tried Prohibition ; only seven now retain it. I^RinbH I RnrilfllVl The Prohibitionists dare not attempt to disprove the fact that there is more crime, vice, and disease in ■ m m.^& 111 OBo' 188 Bw ■ x *- the Moslem countries, which have had Prohibition for twelve centuries, than in New Zealand. If Prohibition were carried in Auckland .... there would be an immediate and direct ANNUAL LOSS OF AT LEAST <£4,500 to the City revenue in License Fees, Depreciated Property, Assessment Rates, Water Rates, etc., which would mean AN ADDITIONAL RATE OF MORE THAN 4d. IN THE £ «n Local Revenue alone. In Auckland City alone the WAGES PAID ANNUALLY by Brewers and Wine and Spirit Merchants, and Hotelkeepers, amount to no less a sum than FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS PER YEAR, which is distributed AMONG SHOPKEEPERS AND TRADESPEOPLE. JW* OLD AGE PENSIONS WOULD BE ABOLISHED. Local authority has power to INCREASE RATES ln case of loss of Revenue when reduction or PROHIBITION is carried, NOTWITHSTANDING THE PRESENT ACT LIMITING THE RATE TO BE LEVIED TO NOT MORE THAN 2s. IN THE £. Strike Out LAST TWO LINES on Local Option Ballot Paper, thus : FORM OP VOTING PAPER. INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO VOTE. Scratch out the Last Two Lines, thus : I vote that the Number of Licenses existing in the district continue. 4^e-Ait tfio, Number of LiGcnocG ojustingm the district bfrrediicetfg l vote that no uconoco b,iLg,rantetf in- tho district.- ■■*'