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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2323, 16 October 1908, Page 3

NO-LICENSE "CAMPAIGN. GISBORNE In. 1907 PENT IN DUTY ON SPIRITS > ALONE £16,070. This represents over 20,000 GALLONS of SPIRITS (and nearly 5,000 GALLONS of WINE must be added to this), brought into the town in one year, to be consumed in town and district. THE AMOUNT OE BEER FOB THE SAME PERIOD AVAS: ENGLISH BEER— LtAJjS.. COLONIAL BEER--11,810 62,157 LOCAL BREWED BEER—--106,978 180,945 If Gisborne has been prosperous in spite of the wasteful expenditure which the above figures show, what may .wc not expect, if by carrying nolicense, the amount of liqpor consumed is reduced to the proportion consumed in’ any No-Liceusc districts ill Now Zealand. THE PARLIAMENTARY RETURN SHOWS THAT THE AMOUNT OF LIQUOR THAT AVENT INTO THE NO-LICENSE AREAS SINCE NOLICENSE AVAS CARRIED ONLY AVERAGED THE FOLLOAVING NEARLY AMOUNTS:—

ASHBURTON 3,626 srmiTS and WINE--90 BEER. ~ INVERCARGILL 4,222 SPIIIITS and WINE--57,753 BEEROAMARU 4,842 SPIIIITS and WINE--14,334 BEERCOWARE THESE FIGURES WITH GISBORNE OR ANY OTHER LICENSED DISTRICT, AND SAY WHETHER OR NOT NO-LICENSE DECREASES DRUNKENNESS. IN SPITE OF ALL THE ASSERTIONS OF THE TRADE, DRINKING AND DRUNKENNESS HAVE GREATLY DECREASED IN ALL THE NO-LICENSE AREAS, AS FACTS AND FIGURES SHOW CONCLUSIVELY.