PROHIBITION PROSPECTS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1107, 29 June 1911, Page 22

PROHIBITION PROSPECTS.

MR A. S- ADAMS’S OPINION. A very optimistic view of the prospects of the Prohibition cause was expressed by Mr A. S. Adams on Friday, in an interview with a representative of the Dunedin “Star.” He described the convention as one of the finest and most successful in his experience. "The party,” he said, “have shown themselves to be more united and enthusiastic than ever, in spite of the risk of cleavage which seemed to emerge during the last twelve or eighteen months from the North Cape to the- Bluff. The party are bent upon a strenuous campaign, and reports indicate that there are great hopes of success everywhere. The most significant feature of to-day is the new movement called “the women’s crus„de,” which was inaugurated in Dunedin by Mrs H. H. Driver, and has caught on’ to a remarkable degree, fi’hursday night’s meeting in the Wellington Town Hall Coucert Chamber is an indication of how this thing is likely to lift the movement forward.” “How do you think the National Prohibition issue is regarded by the voter?” “Rapid l ;/ gaining in popularity,” was the reply, “while the vote for Nolicense does not appear to have lost any of its favor owing to the second issue. The elimination of the Reduction vote promises to be a blessing in disguise- While that vote remained on the ballot paper it furnished a resting-place for the weary traveller on his way from Continuance to Nolicense. The voter who was in process of conviction, but had not reached a definite conclusion in favor of Nolicense was able to satisfy himself by voting Reduction. The halfway house to-day is local No-license. The Reduction vote has become practically a negligible quantity.