NEW YEAR IN U.S.A.
APPARENT SOBRIETY. . .; NEW YORK, January 2. The New Year has opened auspiciously. Only one instance of death by liquor poisoning has been reported.- This occurred in Chicago. Otherwise there have been relatively few cases of alcoholism. Only 35 persons were arrested for intoxication in New York on New Year's Eve, and the hospitals of the city report no new alcoholic patients.
Nevertheless, it is generally conceded that despite the vigilance of hundreds of prohibition officials there "' was more drinking than last New Year's Eve, but the drinkers apparently have learned discretion. Evening convivialities took place in homes or private dining .rooms in hotels, the management of which were temporarily oblivious to what was being served. Successful celebrants are jubilant over their own canr.y preparations, and declare the liquor.-was never.more easily available nor of better quality.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.), , " J
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 2, 3 January 1924, Page 5
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