The No License Vote

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Image: Pro-continuance kiwi poster

Pro-continuance kiwi poster

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Masterton under no-license - Temperance movement

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Image: Masterton no-license poster

Masterton no-license poster

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NO-LICENSE DISTRICTS. (Marlborough Express, 11 April 1919)

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Newspaper

NO LICENSE. (Observer, 16 December 1905)

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Image: The Empire has rejected Prohibition. Vote Continuance. Strike out the two bottom lines. [1938].

The Empire has rejected Prohibition. Vote Continuance. Strike out the two bottom lines. [1938].

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Image: NO LICENSE. " As it is the custom just now to bump the hotel license, let ua drag tJie publican in and give him a dose ot prohibition." (Observer, 24 October 1908)

NO LICENSE. " As it is the custom just now to bump the hotel license, let ua drag tJie publican in and give him a dose ot prohibition." (Observer,...

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Image: Anti-prohibition poster

Anti-prohibition poster

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Image: Women voting restrictive laws such as No-License or Dominion Prohibition surely stultify themselves and give away not only their liberty of action, but practically admit, that, unlike the women of any other country, the wives and mothers and sisters in our fair Dominion Confess Their lack of Influence through affectionate control over their own household, and over the hearts and minds of their men folk. Assert yourselves and strike out the bottom lines. Coulls, Culling & Co., Ltd, Wellington [1911]

Women voting restrictive laws such as No-License or Dominion Prohibition surely stultify themselves and give away not only their liberty of action,...

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Image: Anti USA-prohibition poster

Anti USA-prohibition poster

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Image: HOW LOCAL OPTION WORKS. Top Liner fas he casts his weary eyes around the convincing ground after the Avondale races): Why, what's this? Empty strona drink bottles every, where, and of all brands. Is this not a no-license area? Bottle Gatherer: Yes; and that's why everybody brings his own hcker. Yer see, no-license is not prohibition. (Observer, 30 September 1911)

HOW LOCAL OPTION WORKS. Top Liner fas he casts his weary eyes around the convincing ground after the Avondale races): Why, what's this? Empty stron...

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Image: [New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Trade] :No-license a great success; Oamaru's happy experience. Printed at the Oamaru Mail Office, Tyne Street, Oamaru. [1922].

[New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Trade] :No-license a great success; Oamaru's happy experience. Printed at the Oamaru Mail Off...

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Image: N.Z. "No! It has failed in America - so I vote for Continuance" / S Westrup. [ca 1922].

N.Z. "No! It has failed in America - so I vote for Continuance" / S Westrup. [ca 1922].

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Image: New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic :The eyes of the world are upon us! Voter! If, at the back of your mind, you have an idea that you will some day join us, and work and vote for No-License, do it now, before it is too late. Strike out the top line on both papers. New Zealand Alliance leaflet no. 21. [1911]

New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic :The eyes of the world are upon us! Voter! If, at the back of your mind, you have an i...

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Image: [New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic] :I vote for national continuance of vice and waste. I vote for state purchase & control of production of crime. I vote for national prohibition of liquor bars. Strike out the two top lines. Wright & Carman Ltd. 177 Vivian St., Wgtn. [1910s-1920s].

[New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic] :I vote for national continuance of vice and waste. I vote for state purchase & cont...

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Image: Prohibition will destroy £1,500,000 voluntary revenue annually. [1919]

Prohibition will destroy £1,500,000 voluntary revenue annually. [1919]

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Image: Election billboard in support of national continuance of liquor licensing laws

Election billboard in support of national continuance of liquor licensing laws

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$Image: NO-LIOENSB VERSUS PROHIBITION. Temperance Advocate: I see you have No-license in your town. How does \t operate? , Colonel Bvmnose ; Miserably. There are spfew hotels that you can't enter one without having to treat a dozen friends; and, there being no competition, thewhtskyts vile. No-licenseis a failure. Give me Prohibition, and plenty of *ly-grog shops. . > .'*-,.�� y (Observer, 05 December 1908)$

NO-LIOENSB VERSUS PROHIBITION. Temperance Advocate: I see you have No-license in your town. How does \t operate? , Colonel Bvmnose ; Miserably. T...

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Image: THE NO-LICENSE MOVEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND: A PROCESSION PASSING THROUGH QUEE-STREET, AUCKLAND, ON THE EVE OF THE POLITICAL ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 14, 1908

THE NO-LICENSE MOVEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND: A PROCESSION PASSING THROUGH QUEE-STREET, AUCKLAND, ON THE EVE OF THE POLITICAL ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 14, 1908

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Image: No-license is carried, to the eatraordmary^joy of the Brethren. But the police nosed out the whisky s till, and the working pm are arrested. (Observer, 23 January 1909)

No-license is carried, to the eatraordmary^joy of the Brethren. But the police nosed out the whisky s till, and the working pm are arrested. (Obs...

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Image: NO-LICENSE��TBE SLY-GROG SHOP. Twenty-seven Clergymen (who by personal knowledge and experience knew the effects of No-License, against > twelve clergymen blinded by fanaticism): Kb ; away with sly-grogshops, with their lying, cunning, and deceit, Give US the open bar% under strict surveillance^ and build up a virile, honest, self-reliant people. (Observer, 31 October 1908)

NO-LICENSE��TBE SLY-GROG SHOP. Twenty-seven Clergymen (who by personal knowledge and experience knew the effects of No-License, against > twelve ...

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Image: THE NO-LICENSE MOVEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND: A PORTION OF THE CROWD ATTENDING THE DEMONSTRATION HELD IN AUCKLAND IN CONNECTION WITH THE GENERAL ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 14, 1908

THE NO-LICENSE MOVEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND: A PORTION OF THE CROWD ATTENDING THE DEMONSTRATION HELD IN AUCKLAND IN CONNECTION WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION...

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Image: [Gilmour, John Henry], 1892-1951 :Your private affairs. Ha, ha! With this authority in my pocket I can poke my nose in anywhere. [1925]

[Gilmour, John Henry], 1892-1951 :Your private affairs. Ha, ha! With this authority in my pocket I can poke my nose in anywhere. [1925]

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