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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17337, 8 December 1919, Page 10

Prohibition Mean? I IT MEANS I r 1. That on the Ist July, 1920, no Alcoholic Liquor, Be>er, | Whisky, Brandy, Wine, etc., would be procurable in N*ew | Zealand. j 2. That the glass of beer or whisky which people heave 1 enjoyed as a natural portion of their daily food would] fee 1 no longer available. 1 3. That SLY GROG Distilling and Sly Grog and Methylated I Spirit Drinking would replace regulated dealing in liquor. i 4. That the SOCIAL' GLASS with wife or friend would be fi a. thing of the past. ' I 5. That all SOCIAL GATHERINGS, farewells or welcomes, I concerts, Savage Clubs, Orphans* Clubs, and every* J occasion where friends meet, would be without the assist- 1 ance of the customary glass of beer or wine. c 1 6. That all Clubs, whether chartered or not, would be I merely places in which to eatthe social side would I disappear entirely. 1 7. That you would be unable to brew or manufacture Ginger 1 Beer, Hop Beer, or Wine of any kind IN YOUR HOME,, 8 8. That it unduly discriminates between the wealthy and the 1 Working man. The rich would have six months in which I to buy all the liquor they require for a lifetime; the 1 worker, through lack of funds, would be unable to do this ~ 1 and after June 80 can only secure liquor illegally. I 9. That the police would have the RIGHT OF ENTRY into your homes to see that such manufacturing is not going on* 10. That when you travel from Auckland within New Zealand the hotels would be conspicuous by their absence. * 11. That IN SICKNESS you would require to obtain a permit from a doctor, which would involve the payment of his fee, be- I fore you would be able to obtain any Brandy or Wine, The § keeping of the customary bottle of Brandy or Whisky in the 8 home, in case of sickness, may even be construed a criminal ft offence/ 3 12* That for all these restrictions you would have to find 8 £1,500,000 per annum to make up -the Revenue now 1 voluntarily contributed, and this would mean 5 per cent. 9 on a debt of Thirty Millions. I 13. That this revenue being lost, must be replaced. 1 14. That this £1,500,000 per annum could only be found by I increasing the Customs Duties on the necessaries of life, I and by additional Income and Land Tax, all of Which would 1 mean a further increase in the cost of living. 1 15. That the statement that a saving could be made by reduced 0 Police and so on, is absolutely and definitely disproved by S the experience of America, where increases of Double the 1 previous cost of running the Police departments have been 1 required to cope with the evils created by Prohibition, v and 8 the Commissioners have even then to confess Failure. § 10. That it would induce the taking of insidious DRUGS just 1 as it has done in the Prohibition States of America and I Canada. i 17. That would inflate i he DIVORCE figures, as it has in 1 Maine, U.S.A., where the proportion of Divorces to Marri- I forty one** 6 m s * x ' whereas in New York it is only one in I la That the COST OF LIVING must inevitably be increased. I 19. That Lunacy would not be decreased, but that 1 and Sly-grog Drinking would tend to increase it. 1 20. That the people—especially the manual workerswould it I deprived of their customary diet, be LESS efficient. ' I of Drink would be merely the FORE- I " Tob " x,,; **•*■ **■ j '23. That Prohibition if carried on December 17th would come I into force on July Ist, 1920, and no poll on th» Ummr I &n Could thereafter be taken, Unless by Ac? of i 24. That if Prohibition is carried, the wowsers would take verv 4 good care that no chance is given to alter the Law | | Therefore— I Strike Oat the TWO BOTTOM LINES " IW " IIII<IIIW """ 1 —"" IJL —■■■■r ii lii !■ ;.i. L "yn3ggggg]|fr| M-HIIHiViiIII I[, f||} Vote for Continuance On DEGEMBER 17th. j