SPECIAL PUBLIC WARNING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 74, 28 March 1919, Page 7

SPECIAL PUBLIC WARNING.

LIQUOR’S LATEST. 5 k . X ’ ’ T '\'T DR. VALINUTNiE’S INDIGNANT REPUDIATION. "IMPUDENT .USE OF MY NAME.” On learning of Liquor’s latest subterfuge in displaying’ and circuiting a e(t : I called "Proclamation” bearing his name, DfvT. H, A. Valin tine ((Chief Health Officer .and Inspector-General of Hospitals) telegraphs as follows; “Firstly, I have to’say that the proclamation did ‘ not’ emanate from * my-'-,l dr from any officer of Public Health Department, and I never attached my official private signature to'any proclamation in connec Tion with licensing movement; Secondly, I have never authorised any' person or persons to Use my ; name, as Health Officer or as a pri- 1 vate citizen in connection with any such statement, ' and l am taking, immediate > steps to prevent this impudent, use of my name. You are, at liberty to make any’us© you ’like of .;*■ this - Valintine, Chief Health Officer.” ''This' bogus “proclamation” is: prob - ably the '■ most cold-blooded', ' heartless, and infamous fake, ever perpetrated on,, a long-suffering .publfc - The ’■ ‘ ‘proclamation” deliberately sets Out To dcard and* inflame The public., mind with threats of & return of the late , and .appalling'epidemic, and implies that by voting "Prohibition on April 10th the people of New Zealand will Lave them«eilvof> finable if> get adequate supplies of liqjior. i SO MUCH FOR THE'FAKE. *NOW FOR THE FACTS. Fact 1. Happily so far there are no •rspecifio sign® That the dreaded epidemic will return. Fact % Should,,however/ such become the case, the Health Department ;can bo safely relied-' upon to give the necessary warning. It ,will not be left- to the profiteering liquor monopolists to gratuitously perform ’ this public «orviGC, - Fact 3. Section 19, orf r .the Licensing - Amendment; Act,. 1918, states: "Nothing in this sec-, tion shall extend , or:, apply to TheixhpoVtrition, manufacture, or ©file in accordance with-.' regulations’ made by the Governor-General ■ iri - Council in “that .behalf of intoxicating Uqupr for’ medicinal, scientific,' •sacramental, 'or industrial purposes f exclusively,”' the purity of the . alcohol; stocked by the Health Department, ■ -will be guaranteed. • ; Fact 4. The MINISTER'OF HEAI/TH has--made The following statement:! “In the, event ofrNational Pi‘ohihitior being. camed' The Public Health Department would to carry stocks of alcohol ! tov medicinal purposes. To get this medi ciho- -people; -would 1 require certificates, Tmd ''arrangements wohld fee made Tar - Government 'doctors tegive these .certificates- free of charge.” 1 . ' Prohibition thus provide* for the USE of alcohol, btst preVCn.tft its ABUSE. But. of course, - this is npt good to the liquor interests: They ; ; will no Ibnger be >ablo-to make huge - pro . fits out of the degradation of The people. “There’s the rub.” Thursday, - April 10th, .will record the reply of the New Zealand 'public•.’to' the traffic!'which is reduced to such contemptible Tactics ’ • ' ’ "The public -is further WARNED that sinqe the liquor interests haver-at this early stager- published . such . a tna j licioua document, • it-’ might bo - quite taken for granted: that as ‘day approaches similarly. falsified ‘statements will be* published and foisted on the public in every l possible ‘Way: ; ' ’TjFhe people of New Zealand l should resolutely refuse -to be influenced ’bV ANY Kquor annoncemente, and -should firmlyb resolve on the only effective reply and. STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE ox : ■ THURSDAY; APRIL 10th.