Licensing Laws
Sir, —Mr D. Vicars recently compared drinking in England and New Zealand and said some very disturbing things. The Englishman maintained his individuality and regarded drunkenness as a disgrace. The New Zealander seemed to sink individuality, drink in "schools,” in which he had to keep on drinking, and seemed to imagine it was manly to get intoxicated. Police courts have revealed what ridiculous amounts are often consumed by one person. No doctor could ever say such drinking would bring physical" health. No minister could say it could bring moral well-being. Such drinking is an excrescence that has grown on our young nation, and newspapers and all educators should be untiring in efforts to remove it.— Yours, etc., FRED T. MILES. October 2, 1957.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19571004.2.6.8
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28399, 4 October 1957, Page 3
Word Count
125Licensing Laws Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28399, 4 October 1957, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.