Keywords: Local Option Evening News Sydney 14 July 1897.png Local Option published in the now defunct Sydney newspaper The Evening News The article describes the Local Option League of New South Wales' request that the Minister for Lands move an amendment to the proposed Federal Constitution which would permit States to regulate imported alcohol The amendment was eventually accepted as Section 113 of the Constitution of Australia 14 July 1897 http //trove nla gov au/ndp/del/page/11909694 The Evening News PD-Australia Law of Australia Temperance movement The Evening News Sydney |