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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1702, 16 December 1919, Page 5

DOCTORS AND PROHIBITION.

ANOTHER £SOO CHALLENGE. The Liquor Trade states that tho statement that the Medical Association's referendum resulted in an _ overwhelming majority for Prohibition is "another Prohibition triok.". It is a noted fact.that the Trade thinks that tricks ore facts, and faots ore trioks. The Prohibition Executive challenge the Trade to allow its representative on tho Medical Association to nave tho vote published, and undertajto to pay £SOO to the Returned Soldiers' Association if the statement.as to the overwhelming majority is not absolutely correct, the Trade to pay tho same amount if it is correct. The Liquor Trade daje not take up this challenge, ft is a convicted trickster: Wipe it out. —Advt.

BRIGADIER-GENERAL MELDRUM.

Brigadier-General Meldrum, G.O.C. of the New Zealand Mounted Force in Egypt, and throughput the whole of the Palestine campaign, makes this pronouncement : I

HUNTERVILLE, Dec. 13. "When men were tired and run down during the Palestine campaign, I found that the issue of a pint of beer per man was greatly appreciated and did much good. . "(Sgd.) W. MELDRUM."

The Prohibitionists in New Zealand not only opposed th& rum ration to our fighting men, but have opposed the issue of any alcoholic liquors to our troops, when every great soldier had proclaimed that "wet' T canteens and the rum ration wero practically essential to the soldier's health, comfort, moral and efficiency. That is why five out? of every six soldiers at the referendum voted against prohibition. ELECTORS WILL DO WELL TO FOLLOW THE SOLDIERS. ' [Published by Arrangement.] NEW ZEALAND'S FIGHTING SOLDIER SPEAKS OUT. ' -»~ WHAT GENERAL RUSSELL THINKS OF PROHIBITION. WELLINGTON, Last Night. IMaior-General Sir' Andrew Russell, EiC.B., K.C. M..G.G.O.C.NLZ., Ex. Force, 1915-19, writing on IJJovembei; 24th, 1919, said:—/ •; ~.•. Rtf "I am of opvniojn that dnryc, as the word is commonly used,, is one of the chief obstacles of /reconstruction,; and I have come to tfce conclusion that na-1 tional prohibition is necessary. "I shall vote for it on two specific. groundsT-on the material ground that drink entails much human wastage and impaired human efficiency,.and so interferes with production, the chief need of the day; and on the moral ground that seeing the trouble and often misery caused to others as the result of drink. , the best one can for [the sake or , others, is to make, the personal sacrifice ' involved in'prohibition."" I Citizens, follow the soldiers. »i. ''•■ _ tooagfonentj _ <