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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 84, 9 April 1919, Page 6

GUESSING Competition for all on Saturday Afternoon; also Casemaking for Boys C'TOKF SHOW. THF BEST PRINT SHOW, Ilth and 12th APRIL. OPENS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, ADMISSION Ib. HAVING taken over the Easiness lately carried on by Mr. K. Mitchell, I hope to merit a fair share of the public patronage.—H. V. Hockey, Fruiterer and Confectioner, Trafalgarstreet. LT7 Alarm Clocks of Preci- • JJL • sion! Big Ben 17s 6d, New Peep o’ Day 17s 6d; Sleepmetre 10s 6d. Necessities for early risers.— Louis Kerr, Jeweller. L.K. Watches, £6 Jeweller. Now showing an unrivalled fialeotion of Lalbs to £ls.—Louis Kerr, L"ly r ' for Ladies’ Gold Bangles, • JJL • Necklet Pendants, and Dainty Gold Brooches. Splendid values at Louis Kerr’s, 109 Trafalgarstreet. L.K -Solid* Silver Vanity Boxes 12s 6tl to 255 ; Silver Lockets, and Photo Pendants—fashions of the moment—at Louis Kerr’s, 109 Trafalgar-street.

IT WILL USHER IN THE DAWN OF A BETTER DAY FOR THOUSANDS WHAT WILL’ PROHIBITION. Hear Chaplain Burridge, Hero of the Marquette and France. THEATRE ROYAL, To-night at 8. His Worship the Mayor, W. W. Snodgrass, Esq., will take the Chair. Returned Soldiers particularly requested to attend. Questions Invited. HOPS AND BARLEY VERSUS ORCHARDS THE DESTRUCTION OF AN INDUSTRY. If the Industry be one that injures the efficiency of the people and causes Misery, Crime and Disease, must necssarily greatly tend to INCREASE PRODUCTION. v The making of intoxicating liquors is pre-eminently a DESTRUCTIVE INDUSTRY. The money spent in the Industry is spent to the detriment of the community. It is WASTED—AND WORSE THAN WASTED. Hops and Barley spell Ruin and Misery; Apples spell Health and Happiness. THE STATEMENT that £IOO,OOO a‘year will be lost to the District by the carrying of Prohibition stands self-confessed as AN IMPUDENT FABRICATION. That wouold only be true if the land used for Hops and Barley were thrown idle and allowed to produce nothing else at, all. But this land is good land and cam be used for almosot any kind of crop—Oats, Turnips, Rape, and above all, FRUIT TREES. It will continue, after a short period of transition in some cases, to produce its £IOO,OOO and more. It will employ as rnpch labour as before. It is not true that there is plenty of unoccupied and easily accessible land available for Orchards. , ■ v . ■ • ■ < s« - • £60,000 WASTED IN DRINK by .Nelson and the Waimea District will be diverted into other channels and benefit every honest trade and profession. NOTE-WASTE NEVER BREEDS WEALTH Hops and Barley 1 VEFSUS Orchards IF PROHIBITION IS CARRIED HOPS AND BARLEY WILL CEASE TO BE GROWN, BUT DESTRUCTION OF INDUSTRY DOES NOT INCREASE PRODUCTION.

REMEMBER HOPS ate Grown in Nelson District Only, and it takes EIGHT YEARS for an Apple Orchard to come into Profit. 1 SHOULD THERE BE ROOM for Extension in Apple Orchards, Etc., there 13 plenty Of unoccupied land available. Hop-picking lends itself to Workers, who would not entertain Apple Picking. THEREFORE, H Hops and Barley cease to be grown, this District WILL LOSE £loo,* 000 of outside money per annum. Prohibitionists infer if Alcoholic Liquors are abolished tne people will live on food only, and no one must pay for any other form of drink; hence the exaggerated £60,000 WILL NOT be saved. NOTE. —The assertion regarding an impudent fabrication is uncalled for, and contrary to fact, Central Office 19 Hardy Street. PHOiE 170 Friends Welcomed all day* Workers kept busy. Enquiries Answered. Stoke Horticultural Show FRIDAY AND SATURDAY-! Ith and 12th APRIL. GREATEST SHOW OF FRUIT YET HELD IN STOKE. Record entries of Fruit, Fio w ers, Vegetables, Domestic and Industrial. Rival Fruitgrowing Areas Compete. Great Professional Packing Competition. Ladies’ Packing Competition. Case Making for All. Musical Items and Ladies’ Night—FRIDAY, 11th April. Men’s Competition Saturday Night. TEA KIOSK :: LOLLIE STALL JUMBLE. ST ALL, Under Red Cross Ladies’ Supervision. WAR RELICS. UNPRECEDENTED DISPLAY OF FRUIT Donations and Baskets to Stalls and Tea Kiosk thankfully received. Entries close TUESDAY night at Stoke Hall, Secretaries in attendance-. MB R. HARRISON and MR. T C C SCOTT, 'Phone 453k,