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Waipa Post, Volume II, Issue 67, 5 December 1911, Page 4

MORE LIQUOR LIES EXPOSED! THE LIQUOR PARTY all over the Dominion have for a long time lied about the results of No-license in Masterton. At last the bubble has burst. No-liccnse in Masterton is vindicated! Messrs W. J. B. Trewin, barrister and ex-mayor, and H. M. Mclntyre, M.A., L.L.8., were appointed adjudicators in the contention referred to in the attached newspaper extract. On Wednesday last they gave judgment which indicated the Trade had deliberately and persistently falsified and misrepresented the -position re bankruptcies, closed premises, and sport. Masterton is vindicated and Mr McManaway, the President of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association, who accepted responsibility for the statements and tried to bluff.it through with a backing of £25, is now proven to be wrong, and has to pay up. The Masterton Borongh Council have passed a resolution condemning the Liquor Trade’s representations. THE LIQUOR QUESTION I I——■■■! ■!—■■■ NO-LICE.NSE IN MASTERTON A CHALLENGE DECIDED. [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] FEILDING, Wednesday. Recently the- Rev. Hammond, no-license lecturer, speaking in Feilding, said that a pictorial advertisement qf empty shops, etc., in Masterton, was misleading. Mr H, McManaway, president of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association, challenged Mr Hammond and said he would give £25 to the hospital if the matter for the advertisement was false. Two adjudicators were appointed, Messrs W. J. B. Trewin, barrister and ex-Mayor, and H. M. Mclntyre, M.A., L.L.8., and they proceeded to Masterton on Saturday, and gave their judgment to-day. They held that one of the premises was photographed twice, and was made to appear like two shops. The occupier of one had moved to darger premises. In another instance the premises were empty, but the occupier had removed to a larger shop. A s for the Temple Chambers, they had never been empty. A statement of bankruptcies included those from outside the electoral district. A statement to the effect that the Caledonian Society lost £6l was not correct, as they had made a £6l profit. A statement to the effect that people had lost faith in Masterton had no foundation. Mr Hammond therefore wins. AN EXAMPLE FOR CARTERTON. By Telegraph —Press Association Carterton, Wednesday. A public meeting on the licensing question was held here last night, at which several Masterton business men spoke of the good effect of no-license in Masterton. At the close of the meeting the following resolution was put: — “ That this large and representative audience of Carterton citizens, having heard the convincing statements of Masterton business men in regard to the good effects of no-license in Masterton, decides its intention of supporting no-license at the coming poll.” The motion was carried unanimously. Hotels in ilastertora. All the hotels in Masterton are now used as private hotels or shops—except two owned by Staples & Co., brewers, and these stand empty possibly in anticipation of licenses being restored. Crime almost Abolished in Masterton. Sittings of Criminal-'.Court reduced from 119 in six months 1908 under License, to 39 in six months IQH... under No-license. ‘ j Police convictions reduced from 474 annually-to-@6 under No-license. , • - '??v No Liquor andjlittle Crime. W Deposits in Masterton P.O. Savings Bank have increased £IOOO a month under No-licence t ’ AV|||yv.. Bankruptcies in Masterton have Decreased bh'der No-License. . . •• / .v. ' T ■!. •*, . ■ ■ ■ . t' H v-A • V'.-'vf' Bankruptcies. Liabilities. 1908—Under License- - ' .19 £8755 1:909 —Half License and Half No-License 13 £4953 joxo—Under SMo-l-ici©E*is© il £3973 The faked figures, Liquor Party, include the lasterton district outsid&thet No-License area. Less Empty Housesgin Masterton. June 30th, 1909, when Licenses ended, there were 0 empty houses. At tije Cenius this year there were 52* . MOY6 buildingjfcfrmits than under License. Inn rease in population. - * -A', Death otMasterton Dorcas Society. . A -V' •£ , nfcdNv)-Tjicerise-there ihas been no work .for the § ; Society. They,have sent? their stock of cloth, rments to Wellington Orphanages and gone out ness, ;• . •