PROHIBITION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 June 1923, Page 5

PROHIBITION.

" ■ , m i GROWING IN FAVOUR. ; ... ' i • *V CABLE—PE.ESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT ] WASHINGTON, June 10. : The Federal Prohibition Commissionar (Mr. Haynes) issued a statement recounting his work done during the first two years of the Harding administration in the enforcement of prohibition. He declares the sentiment of the country is growing in favour of enforcement, and he expresses the confident iwpe that the problem is growing progressively easier of solution, though he is still unable to obtain adequate cooperation in many eastern communities, especially on the Atlantic seafcoard. The Federal Government brought 65,750 criminal and 3500 civil cases against prohibition violators and secured 43,905 and 2314 convictions re«pectivelv, more than 6,500,000 dollars in fines being collected.