NEW DEFINITION.
"DRUNKENNESS" MADE EASY. LONDON". February 20. "If I called nt the station to see whether a man wa« drunk. I'd ask him t«« read the B.M.A. Committee's definition of drunkenness," said a prominent divisional surgeon. He added that if he could, he would certainly not be drunk. "If I was asked for a comprehensive, definition of drunkenness, I would sar when a man makes himself a general nuisance. "The motorist i* chiefly concerned in this business. becatiMS the penalty in England is invariably three month*' goal and his license suspended for a Tear. "It seems practically impossible to generalise. A man once drove me over the most difficult rood in war-time with the most perfect skill. On the following morning he knew so little of what happened that he went to the garage in his pyjamas to see if his was there."
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 43, 21 February 1927, Page 7
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144NEW DEFINITION. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 43, 21 February 1927, Page 7
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