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Fair Play, Volume I, Issue 20, 17 March 1894, Page 16

THE LICENSING ELECTION. MEN AND WOMEN OF WELLINGTON. How long will you be deceived by tbe Prohibitionist Party ? What a farce is their pretention and their hypocrisy. They publicly cry out for a fourth-reduction of the houses, and the regulation of the traffic. In secret they say we will sweep away the whole of the hotels, breweries, and all belonging to them — Without a moment’s hesitation. Without; an instant’s thought The Prohibitionists Avould ruin every licensee and every owner of the hotels of Wellington. They would cost this city “ £(>000 ANXUAr,r,v” in license fees and jatos. Ratepayers would have to p ly an additional rate of Sd. in the £. They would turn one thousand people out of employment. They would ruin Wellington as the commercial entrepot- of the colony. o Let us be Honest. Let us be True. Let us be Faithful. The new Act gives the Committee power to close hotels if they think necessary. Leave the administration of the Act to the Committee. Electa Committee of Honest, Impartial, .Tndge-like men. Avoid, like the plagues, the Howling U’anatics who would ruin your oily. Remember —To vote for a reduction is the beginning of Prohibition. Prohibition means : No wine for the sick. No stimulants for the weary. Why should you be dictated as to your Drink, Food, or Thought P New Zealanders are tlio most sober people in the world. Why should they be branded as drunkards, and as vile in the extreme P Who are these Traitors in the land who, as Prohibitionists, villify their fcllowmen P Examine their antecedents. Are they are all moral upright men ? What claims have such characters on the confidence of the public ? VOTE, THEREFORE, for an Honest, "Upright, Committee—Men of sound, moderate views. VOTE, THEREFORE, for NO REDUCTION of LICENSES. Leave the question to the Committee, Who can, if they think it wise or prudent, close every house iu this city. REMEMBER —No Act of Parliament ever made men sober oi righteous. Reforms that are Sure are Slow. PROHIBITION SS REVOLUTION. REVOLUTION IS ANARCHY.