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THE. COST .T-O: THE STATE.
Á;: BRISBANE LIQUOR TRADE'
.vi' ... --VÎEWÎ.'/ . ' ; '
Brisbane, Mày 18.
, Commenting on" the " ¡local '. option
polls," MrVv P. Stephens, t Campaign
DirccTor * for 'the'1 liùuqr. .trade, p-t«jtçd,
that in his opinion "Ure Couritry 'should'
noj bc called úboii. "to-.'hâve' these
periodical polls, fdr prohibition. They
should not.-have had '.three .distinct
decisions by "'the "people"1'in 1920, and
1923, and now ip 1925, ¿nd they clear-
ly shpwpd' that .? Prohibition was not
wanted in" Queensland. The, t Pro-
hibitionists. Were, making thc , people
who;¿were strongly, opposed, to .them
pafy fdr theil1 propaganda, publicity
stunt..,A .' sirtalt ' percentage, namely"110
per cent. of. electors,'.could demand a
poll, aud .these, polls were held at thc
expense ¡,'of".. thc Country^. Thc .Pro-
hibitionists, picked (mt., their, ' strong-
holds pp. this occasion, , and as tticy .had
been . "decisively.. beaten, . the . people
ought folget some considerable relief
from, hpldsig these polls. .
While'/'- tlte ' Pr.pliibitibiiists failed to
secure' thc' necessary ,. three-fifths
majority in thc three, arcas iii which
thc. prohibition vote, was ip thc, ascend-
ancy on Saturday, thc...returns fro iii the
arcas . where. voting tonk place
on .thc .. rcsöliitiori, disclose that
in , .some ' . .nortjjerh areas .ih'p
ueces'sjiry, three-fifths, majority was
secured to 'render' vöfiiig iii' favor of. -
granting new,, licenses,..ef fective. ,
'.'.' . -'." .'. ? Ipswicti^kMay 18.
Thc Rev. Wh'cllctvsta'ted on .Sunday'
night .that the Prohibition Executive
would, be., asked' to. cha'lcngc fiie' pus*
Jtfe'n' Vising, jigom Saturday's PQI|,,.H.C
stated, thá^ the. G6v.criii(K;nt ruled,, that
.yoting' '.jyasicotppufso'ry,', finis drastic- \
ally djetíaring thc clause governing the I
ilS 'per-.cènt...Ultra vires-With,.the- ftSlçc-I
1 tibti , Act,. ...TÍ»Ci..35 . pen . ccïit. Ç'atise.
having. Jliiis. becíí ¡declared'.,uu(l(: .ind
Lyoid,,''4he VflOf per,'; echt;' Çiausç.!. winch
? was diiçctly ;ri-lared to -it should, also:
lia declared, mill,,aod. yojkl<->v; .
'". -Brisbane, May. 18.
. Thc following. rejilriis'. . were ré
.received to-day in ..connection « with
SJiturday's .rpolls.'-r- ?? ^r.'.'v >?!, ;v.
,' Eidsvold,. Division, ..Burnett, , .resolu-
tion "Iv,"' Fori 96; Against, 56.
Collinsville Division, Bowen, résolu-'
tlon, "H," r.For, ¡237;. Against, 20.;
. "Prohibitipii. will, runt bc. enforced at
either" .llpsw.'ch of .Bremer." "This
statement- was made .-'tooday by the
Home, Secretary. Referring to the
suggestion, by.;.Mr. .Wheller,, at ' Ips-
wich,^, suggesting . that a simple
majority:.should,. dcc'dc'.thc , issues jie.
said,. ."The . J-,i'|upr:;, Act expressly, stip-
ulated that 35 |ier cent, of thc,electors
must vote, and 60 per cent, of- thc
votes cast must he in- favor before thc
resolution could be ..carried."
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