NOVEL TUG OF WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13226, 11 July 1906, Page 6

NOVEL TUG OF WAR.

A LIQUOR. TRADES CHALLENGE. The following letter, has-been sent" by Mv» A. F. 'Buckley, hon. secretary of the A 1C " , fcorian Licensed Victuallers' charity carnival,' to Mr. J. W. Barrett, the rotary to th* '.'*" Victorian Alliance:— L '!■'! "Sir,—lt has been repeatedly stated by temperance and prohibitionist advocates recently that tho consumption of alcoholw.liquors, even in moderation, leads to th*> ( physical .deterioration of the race. This argument we hold to be directly contrary <*> ' 'the experience of all nations, and we have - been asked to request you to put this, matte? to the test at the carnival which we proper to hold in aid of the metropolitan ihantw* on September 26 next. Wo will undertake to find a. team of non-abstainers who will tr .-■ conclusions with anv 10 to I'd abstainers '-* ,-_ a tng-of-wai We ask you, in the inteif«%;Vjg|fe; of charity,. to assist 'is to make th:= » " w ' cvss by appointing some persons to act ttllft our special sub-committee to draw up^'-rI**1 ** lation-. for tho conduct of thin .-pt'cialiy 'J** > teresting: event. As you may he a ware, ta* ■ whole of the net profits, without any reduc- ] n ', > tion, are distributed bt>tw«u tho ituntK*- ~,, .