Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-01
NOVA SCOTIA VOTES
:: :: :: !: FOR LIQUOR SALE
s..
PIehisCite Expected to Put
End to Prohibition
j in Province.
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HALIFAX, N. S., November l.
Alter plebiscite in which government
sale Of liquor received greater popular
approval than prohibition, leaders OF
various factions today were convinced
that the result would be an end to pro-
hibition In Nova Scotia.
- There were two questions, as follows:
Are you in favor of continuing the
Nova Scotia temperance act?
Are you in favor of the sale Of alco-
holic LIQUOR under a government con-
Question, but the vote for government
control exceeded by more than $4,000
the number who voted for retention OF
the prohibition.
Leaders of both factions agreed that
the result indicated approval of gov
eminent sale of liquor, but Premier E..
". Rhodes said he would await more
complete information before announc-
ing an official Interpretation.
:. The vote with only Is small polls
missing out of total of 1887 was:
For the temperance act, 6l,202;
against 56,361.
{. For government control, se,o7s;
against, 41,189.
x Island Alone Dry.
Abandonment Of prohibition by Nova
Scotia would leave the small Province
81 Prince Edward Island alone in the
dry column Of Canadian provinces. The
Nova Scotia temperance act, which per-
nlitted sale of liquor by licensed vend-
.ers only on physicians prescriptions,
was adopted in 1920 by a majority of
10000. Under government control con-
sumption of intoxicantS would be per-
nnitted in homes and hotel rooms.
s. During the four weeks campaign
preceding the plebiscite, opponents OF
sti1e temperance act asserted 1t was
Violated persiStently, that speakeasieS
were numerous and that bootlegging
gas rampant and impossible OF sup
preston.
- On the side of government control
disc were nearly all the outstanding
supporters of the present government,
.Eho asserted the government needed
the revenues from the liquor business.
The government was forced to report
- deficit for the last fiscal year and
Premier Rhodes pointed out that prov
inces boaSting of SURPRISES had large
revenues from the liquor business.
Z. Sober Island Report!
s. BY a coincidence, one Of the first
districts reporting on the vote was
}sSOQer WI1kCLA NOJCO 2AT AOA SSf~
eminent control and only 6 for pro-
Hibition.
DR.. II. r. Grant, who led the pro-
Iibition forces, issued the following
statement:
: : "The verdict means that temperance
'fbrces Of the province will now have to
fight against the, license system. In
the not distant future electors may
again have an opportunity to record
their conviction that business which
results in moral, social and economic
las should not have the sanction Of
law or the protection Of the govern
nent.
- 1--WE look forward with confidence to
the. time when not only Nova Scotia,
but Canada as a whole, will, under
Dominion-wide legislation, suppress the
liquor traffic" ~ - e.
j. II. Winfield, president Of the Tenn
rerance Reform Association, which led
the movement for government control.
said an Interpretation Of the results of
the vote clearly indicates that the cleo
tors by an overwhelming majority have
condemned the Nova Scotia temperance
act and have expressed their approval
f the policy Of government control.