THE DRINK QUESTION
Sir.—When reading The Domixiox this morning 1 came across a letter signed "•Anijlo-America.no," and he states the" following:—"During tho year 1914 thore were 1)51,fi7il convictions for drunkenneert out of a innle populnton of 567,161, to that more than one half of the males oC New Zealand, woro. drunkards!" Sir, is this true? If it is, it is a shocking state of tilings in Ken- Zealand, but f challenge tho statement for tho ?.ike of the credit of our country. Would your correspondent aive us his authority for his figures? If this is the state of affairs lot us once and'for all sweep tho drink out of the land. —I am, etc., AN INQUIKING HEADER. '['Clio convictions for drunkenue.-s (exclusive of Maoris) recorded in .New Zealand during 1014 totalled 18.1-15'. made up 0f'19,133 males and 1012 females. If tho Maoris arc included the total convictions for drunkenness during 1911' aro 13,180— 12,462 males and 1018 females.]
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3144, 24 July 1917, Page 7
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158THE DRINK QUESTION Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3144, 24 July 1917, Page 7
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