DRINK.
SOLDI I'IUS AND ITS PROBLEM
Wellington. March G. Last- week, the secretary of the .Moderate League addressed a letter to the Defence Minister on the .subject of the early closing ot hotels. Mr Allen replied that the ma Her would be placed before, the Cabinet. Replying lo live specific questions, Mr Allen says: (!) Tie does not think the material efficiency of the forces has been impaired . through drink; undoubtedly some havo siilforcd_. but- tbo percentage is not- barge. (2) There is ho drunkenness in camp., a.s liquor is excluded. (.''>) Three men have been discharged for drunkenness. (-1) Drunkenness retarded the progress of some, but these are comparatively few. fo) Some soldiers have, through drink, acted to the del rinteiit of their oecu. pa I ion as soldiers, lint it is not thought nianv have done fhi.s.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2888, 7 March 1916, Page 2
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137DRINK. Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2888, 7 March 1916, Page 2
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