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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 70, 16 December 1919, Page 8

PUBLIC NOTICES. WHAT DOES " PROHIBITION MEAN? IT MEANS — 1, That on July 1, 1920, no Alcoholic Liquor, Beor, Whisky, Brandy, Wine, etc., would be procurable in Now Zealand. 2. That the glass of beer or whisky which people have enjoyed aa a natural portion of their daily food weuld be no longer available. 8. ThatSLY GROG Distilling and Sly Grog and Methylated Spirit Drink- , ing would replaco regulated dealing in liquor. 4. That the SOCIAL GLASS with wife or friend would be a thing o£ • the past. i 4. That all SOCIAL GATHERINGS, farewells or welcomes, weddings and christenings, concerts., Savage Clubs, Orphans' Clubs, and every occasion where, friends .meet, would be without the assistance of the customary glass i of beer or wine. * 6, That all Clubs, whether chartered or not, would be merely places . in which to eat—the social side would disappear entirely. 7, That you would be unable to brew or manufacture Ginger Beer, Hop Beer, or Wine of any kind IN YOUR HOME. 8, That it unduly discriminates between the- wealthy and the working man. The rich would havo six .months in which to buy all the liquor they require for a lifetime; the worker, through lack of funds, would be unable to do this, and-after June 30 can only secure liquor illegally; 9, That the police would have the RIGHT OF ENTRY iuto your homes to see that such manufacturing is not going on. 10. That whon you travel from Auokland within New Zealand the hotels would be conspicuous 'by thoir absence. t .'.''. ' ' 11. That IN SICKNESS you would require to obtain a permit from a doctor, which would involve the payment of his fee, he/oro you would be ablo to obtain any Brandy or Wine.- Tho' keeping of tho customary bottle'of Brandy or Whisky in the homo, in case of sickness, may even be construed .a criminal offence. 12. That for all these restrictions you would have to find JEUOO.OOO per annum to make up the Rcvrinuo now Tolunjtnrily contributed, and this would mean 5 per cent, on a debt of Thirty Millions. 13. That this revenue being lost, must be replaced.. . • / ■ '. 14. That this .£1,500,000 per annum could only be found bv. increasing the Customs Duties on tj'e necessaries of life, and by additional Income and Land Tax, all of which would mean a further increase in tho cost of iiving. 15. That the statemont that a saving could be made by reduced Police and so on, is absolutely and definitely disproved by the experience of America, where increases of Double tho previous cost of, running the Police Departments have been required to cope with' the evils created hy Prohibition, and the Commissioners have even- then to confess Failure. 16. That it would induce the taking of insidious DRUGS, just as it has done in the Prohibition States of Amorica and Canada. ' 17. That it would inflate the DIVORCE figures, as it has in Maine, U.S.A., where the proportion of Divorces to Marriages is one in six, in New York it is only one in forty-one. 18. That the COST OF LIVING must inevitably bo increased. 19. That Lunacy would not be deorcased, but that Drug-taking and Slygrog Drinking would tond to inorease it. 20. That the people—especially the manual workers—would, if doprive<l of their customary diet, be LESS efficient. 21. That Prohibition of Drink would be merely the FORERUNNER .of prohibition of Tobacco, Sport, Week-end Picnics, and Dancing. 22. That it is a direct infringement of the right of British Liborty and iB a Yankee (IET-GOOD-QUICK Scheme 23. That Prohibition if carried on December 17 would come into force on July 1, 1920, and no poll on the Liquor question could thereafter be taken, unless by Act of Parliament. 24. That if Prohibition is carried, tho wowsers would take very good care that no chance is given to alter the Law. . YOTE FOR CONTINUANCE TOrMQBEOW (W£DJ£E£UiY).