A PATHETIC APPEAL.

Evening Star, Issue 18139, 1 December 1922, Page 7

A PATHETIC APPEAL.

TO TBS KOTOS.

Sir, —To my mind Dio strongest appeal T have heard in favor of the liquor traffic abolition is the riving message from a distracted Wanganui father whom drink had cursed a.nd whose loved ones had to secure separation for . one reason only—drink. This did not happen in America or elsewhere, hut in our own dominion, and is an appeal not from the Prohibition Party or tho “trade.” hut from a well-known ox-resident of Wanganui who had' lost a business, home, wife, and family through drink —sure.lv on© well qualified to speak on the. results of tho “trade.” If a parson speaks tho average man says, " What does a parson know about drink?” Hear what a trade customer savs: “He urged his wife to hold on till June, when, if Prohibition was carried, he thought they could live happily together”; and l , again, “I hope Prohibition mil b© carried.” Surely his appeal will not bo heard in vain, and a big majority will decide to give these unfortunates a living chance. The “ trade ” lias had its day; let, us now remember home and the children, God speed! tho day of emancipation.—l am, etc., Musselburgh. November 30.