ABOLITION SOUGHT
LIQUOR IN CAMPS NEW ZEALAND ALLIANCE METHODIST CONFERENCE ' (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. A deputation from the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Alliance waited on the Methodist conference yesterday asking for support for a request to the Government that wet canteens in military camps be abolished and that no more liquor be sent overseas. The Rev. D. Hickson said he was sure that every member of the conference was actively. sympathetic. ‘ The matter would be discussed later in the session. The call to military service was having a serious effect upon the young men’s Bible classes, stated the annual report of the youth department. The war had also depleted the ranks of leaders for Bible classes and Sunday schools. A number of resolutions were carried for furthering the work of temperance education.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20489, 25 February 1941, Page 4
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