THE LICENSING PROPOSALS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2670, 27 November 1909, Page 5

THE LICENSING PROPOSALS.

A CIRCULAR LETTER.

A circular letter has ben sent to the various Prohibition Leagues of the dominion by tho Dunedin United anco Reform Council, embodying a resolution passed by the Council on No- | veniber 9, as follows: —"Ibis Council desires to express its gratification that the New Zealand Government is at § resent teaching the public school clulren (see ‘School Journal,’ October, . y 1909, parts 5 and 6), that ‘alcohol is * a poison only t<> he compared to opium ; .vj also that the ‘Otago Daily Times” has made the , following important state- ,|| inent, viz.: ‘Even scientists aro com- b moncing to emphasise the/ fact that j alcohol is one of the few deadly racial j poisons transmissible from generation to generation.’ In view of these import- gj ant facts, which are. now generally re- p cognised bv the medical profession, this 1 yj Council is of opinion that the claim of :• tlie no-licenso party that an early opportunity on fair terms should be givMi" f to the people to banish tho sale of this drug for leverage purposes from the dominion is much strengthened and .1 cannot longer he resisted by those wlio-pf have tho best interests ox the domiit- § ion at heart.” The circular also con-”,, | tains a number of extracts from an 11 article in the “ Wairarapa Daily Times,' of November 3, stating the benefits oi||g 110-license to Alasterton. . Yigij