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    South Australia - Social Matters

    Temperance and Allied Matters

    Local Options

    Also see Politics. Local options are discussed in the Observer,
    21 August 1880, page 309a,
    "The Founder of Local Option" on
    15 October 1904, page 25.

    A meeting called to form a political association "with a view of ultimately gaining local option principles in the liquor traffic throughout the colony" is reported in the Register, 11 June 1883, page 6b.

    Local option polls are discussed in the Register,
    27 November 1883, pages 4e-4g-6c,
    5, 6, 10, 12 and 13 December 1883, pages 4d-6d, 6d, 7a, 2f (supp.) and 2a (supp.),
    5 January 1884, page 6e,
    1 April 1884, page 6f,
    1 March 1886, page 4g,
    9 March 1886, page 7h.

    Also see Register,
    3 and 4 February 1887, pages 4d and 7d,
    21 and 28 August 1888, pages 4f and 4f,
    21 August 1889, page 4h,
    Advertiser,
    22 November 1889, page 4b,
    Register,
    1 March 1890, page 7f,
    27 and 29 September 1890, pages 4f and 6h,
    6 October 1890, page 7h,
    23 and 26 March 1891, pages 6g and 6d,
    30 October 1891, page 4e,
    6 November 1891, page 4f.

    "A Blow to Teetotallers - Local Option Polls Invalid" is in the Register,
    28 and 29 January 1904, pages 5c and 4c.

    Also see Advertiser,
    2, 3 and 24 February 1904, pages 4d, 6e and 4d-7e,
    Register,
    24 and 27 February 1904, pages 6e and 9h,
    Express,
    1 and 24 February 1904, pages 4c and 2c,
    15 March 1904, page 4f,
    Advertiser,
    28 June 1904, page 4d,
    Observer,
    15 October 1904, page 25,
    Register,
    19 April 1905, page 4e,
    15, 18 and 19 May 1905, pages 6f, 6i and 3e.

    Also see Advertiser,
    29 August 1905, page 4b,
    Register,
    15 September 1905, page 6d,
    12, 24, 25 and 26 October 1905, pages 4e, 6e, 3f and 3h,
    Advertiser,
    13 October 1905, page 6c,
    Register,
    6 and 17 November 1905, pages 3e and 6g.

    Also see Register,
    10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23 and 26 February 1906, pages 3g, 4i, 4c-6e, 3f-6c, 3a, 4a-6e, 5i, 4d-6b, 6c and 5b,
    Advertiser,
    15 and 19 February 1906, pages 4b and 7g,
    Register,
    28 August 1906, pages 4c-7b,
    8 and 20 December 1906, pages 11b and 6c,
    Advertiser,
    25 April 1907, page 6d,
    11 and 13 December 1907, pages 11e and 6c,
    Register,
    24 and 27 April 1908, pages 7c and 9g,
    1 and 25 May 1908, pages 4c and 7g.

    "Local Option in SA - Privy Council Decisions" is in the Register,
    25 August 1908, page 7g.

    "Thirty-seven Hotels Close Today" is in the Advertiser,
    25 and 26 March 1909, pages 6f and 9h.
    "Hotels and Local Option" is in the Register,
    13 August 1910, page 3d.
    Also see Adelaide - Hotels.

    Also see Register,
    31 August 1909, page 9a,
    22 February 1910, page 8e,
    1, 26, 28, 29 and 30 March 1910, pages 7e, 12d, 11b, 3g and 10e,
    2, 5 and 11 April 1910, pages 5f, 8f and 11c,
    21 March 1927, page 12g.

    "Liquor and Local Option" is in the Register,
    27 August 1904, page 9f,
    "Local Option Laws - Differences in the States" on
    25 and 26 March 1914, pages 11c-12a and 6c-f-7a,
    "The Founder of Local Option", David Nock, on
    8 October 1904, page 4a;
    his obituary appears on
    17 June 1909, page 5a.

    "Is Local Option Fair?" is in the Observer,
    28 March 1914, page 36b.

    "Local Options and Soldiers" is in the Observer,
    26 August 1922, page 19d,
    23 September 1922, page 34d.

    The subject is commented upon in the Advertiser,
    2 April 1927, page 21c.

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