DRINKING BY GIRLS
HOW IT STARTS (By Telegraph—Special to “The Mail") AUCKLAND. Sth October. “The term ‘drugging girls’ is often used when only a mixture of drinks lias taken place,” said the Rev. C. G. Serimgeour, Methodist city missioner, in an address at the .Methodist Central Mission last evening, regarding drinking by girls. Mr Serimgeour said that the pernicious habit generally began with the introduction of claret cup at dances and parties, and very often the so-called claret cup contained twothirds proof spirit. Eight bottles of brandy and whisky had been ordered for the claret cup at a recent function lie had attended.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 October 1928, Page 7
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103DRINKING BY GIRLS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 October 1928, Page 7
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