THE “NO-LICENSE”

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVIII, Issue 1060, 30 June 1910, Page 21

THE “NO-LICENSE”

According to Mr. A. S. Adams the resolutions arrived at by the “NoLicense” Convention in Wellington, “formulate a demand tor a special vote on Dominion prohibition on the day of the next general election. “If carried, Mr. Adams says this will have full effect, but the demand does not include successive polls l . By this I mean that the demand is for

one poll o ( nly, to be taken at next election, leaving future polls to be a subject of future legislation if desired. The vote is to be taken on separate papers, and counted entirely apart from the local option poll. The required majority is to be ascertained by a reference to the total number of effective votes recorded on the Dominion prohibition issue alone.

“The party reaffirms 1 its demand for a settlement of both local option and Dominion prohibition issues by a bare majority and the passing of all the amendments dealing with local option laws which were affirmed at the last a,nnual convention in Christchurch in June, 190 9. These include the abilition of bottle licenses, the suppression of the locker system, beer depots l , and the various other evasions of the law which have crept in in no-license districts.

“The executive of the alliance, together with a consultative committee consisting of leaders in every part of the Dominion, are to draft a Bill to give effect to the above demands and take the necessary steps to secure their passage or to organise the party in anticipation of next election.