FALSE PROPHETS
Prior to the General Election m 1928, a great many prophecies were made by the New Zealand Alliance. The following are typical: Prohibition in America has come to stay, “America is too shrewd a nation to tolerate a failure,” “Prohibition will never be repealed,” etc. A stimulated optimism has always been a trait Ot the local “prohibs.” Fanaticism is another. Knowing full well that prohibition has now been thrown out or America and discarded by every country that has tried it., and knowfug full well that New Zealand will have nothing to do with it, these strange people still advocate compulsorv total abstinence in one or the most sober countries in the world. Fanaticism is the only explanation that can be given. Let us have temperance, by all means, but do not let us confuse the virtue of temperance with the farce of prohibition. Let New Zealand continue to progress along the path of sobriety and true temperance by voting Continuance. Strike out the two bottom lines.— (Advt.)
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 26, 12 November 1935, Page 3
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