WHERE THERE'S PROHIBITION THERE'S TROUBLE.
"Practically 'every -day's''riews' contains fresh' evidence of'the''havoc' wrought'by prohibition.'" ■'•■' ', '•'';"'' •■ .'?''\.' : ■•'"''" 1 ;,■; Finland is 'the solc-femainhig prohibition country besides'the'United States. The following.cabled report,is illuminating:— •' ' '■'■'' •"■ "''-'''' "- . ~" Crime", in-Finland. ■•'..-'' An :: Australian.-%!Press-...Association ' 'message from Helsingforsi; states/that .'the' Finnish Government's' analysis of crimo for the year reveals that, despite - prohibition, out- 'of IGB,OOO- arrests '123,000' were : for drunken- ■ ■ ness, the illegal possession of' alcohol, . and'.'bootlegging. '■'."■•! : ' ■• ■■■'-■' : ■■■'•'■ '.'■ '-■ ; -r-VEvening. Post,'.': 29/10/28. Finland's population is little more than-twice that of New Zealand.' Finland' under prohibition- has 108,000 arrests in a year. 'New Zealand under Continuance has less than one-twentieth the number, including arrests under all headings. ..,...■,•■ i;j ... ~; '. ■■ iAih.j Prohibition creates a. criminal's jjara-"o^se.-Keep-itidutrby-rvoting' Continuance.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 267, 10 November 1928, Page 19
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108WHERE THERE'S PROHIBITION THERE'S TROUBLE. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 267, 10 November 1928, Page 19
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