SPIRIT DRINKING
MENACE IN GEE.MANY. I 'uitad Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, Feb. 16. Is Germany on the verge of partial prohibition? This question is being anxiously debated in Germany, following on the neielistag Committee passing a draft bill, providing that the Governments of me various German States must prohibit the sale of brandy on pay days and on election days, though it must always be on sale five days weekly within specified hours. The measure seeks to combat the danger of excessive spirit drinking, which has gained a strong hold of the population since the war, ' though beer drinking shows a marked decrease. Shady beer gardens of pre-war memory are disappearing, in favour of bars, where spirits known as “Ten Men” can be obtained, giving rise to what technically is described as “the raised mood.” German brandy has a quality inducing a quarrelsome humour. There are many week-end brawls. The brandy gains its name from the fact that it is said to take ten men to hold one person who has partaken of it.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1930, Page 3
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