A CURIOUS PROPOSAL.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 911, 22 August 1907, Page 22

A CURIOUS PROPOSAL.

At the great temperance rally held at the -Town Hall, Sydney, Mr. Frank Lock asked the chairman (Canon Boyce) the following questions:—“lf I lay before you a plan which will ' enabel you to close up every liquor bar in this State within four and a-half years, without costing those who do not drink a single shilling, and w'-hout doing any harm to any member of the community, will you consider that plan with a view to its adoption by your party, if the plan is found feasible?” Canon Boyce replied, “Yes.” It now transpires that Mr. Loch has submitted to Canon Boyce the basis of three plans. The first provides for the closing of all retail bars; the second for total prohibition; and the third for the continuance of the present Liquor Act, provided the forfeiture of license is expunged, and the principle of compensation from revenue derived from the trade is conceded. Mr. Lock undertakes to obtain the consent of the trade to either of the. propositions if the Temperance Alliance will agree to adopt one of them. The proposals are now under consideration.