DIVORCES' IN NEW ZEALAND.
By Telegraph. WELLINGTON, Novt W The increase in the number of divorce oases in New Zealand is an outstandingfeature of recent domestic returns. In 1895 [when no-license made the first district dry] there were eighteen divorces. Last year there were over 200. In ten, yeA^s "the number hacl grown in 1904 rto 99, co that within the last 10 years there has been a further increase of 100 per cent. ■It will therefore be seen that Prohibition is not good v for- the health, the morals, or the domestic happiness of any people; and although Lord Kitchener advised the troops not to give way to excess in either 'wine or women, he has ius^ ordered the first instalment of 150,000 gallons of rum for the troops now^ghting for liberty and civilisation against the road hogs of Europe and their treacherous friends, the prohibition Turks.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 286, 9 December 1914, Page 3
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148DIVORCES' IN NEW ZEALAND. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 286, 9 December 1914, Page 3
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