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Northland Age, Volume IX, Issue 16, 28 November 1939, Page 4

Letter in the English “War Cry”: "To a Salvationist not well grounded spiritually, the acceptance of a glass of lemonade may lead to his downfall.” ■Sr ☆ * As a war measure, Glasgow public houses arc closing at 8 o’clock instead of 10 p.m. People should be home at an early hour, say the authorities. ☆ * * There were 32,400 deaths and 1,150000 non fatal injuries through motor accidents in the United States last year. <r ☆ ☆ British miners are demanding increased wages to cover the all-round cost of living. ☆ * * Over half the motorists in the United States have never owned a new car. * ir ir Few people “grow up” until they marry, according to a British scientist. Spiritual maturity comes with marriage. Single persons usually remain care-free and selfish, and since they do not develop a sense of responsibility, have a philosophy of life and its problems that is essentially childish.

• After travelling from the Northern | Territory to Adelaide to join up, a returned soldfer was rejected because he had enlisted for the previous war at the age of 15 under an assumed name.