HARDSHIPS ©F Sickwet&f-i' ; , : „.„;,..» V,-^V.T-..-, MORE EXPENSE TO THE SrG2B : UNDER PROHIBITION; :■ -" If prohibition comes the cost ulants -will b& » very serious) item.. Whcwl Ten-aind-six a time. - -r Wo do not think the doctors of this Dominion --want prohibition. The nxed|pil profession. in : New Zealand has always upheld the highest traditions of its £*&, and has-never allowed personal profit; j».~r come before the public welfare. ' v, '-'.XH-' ' In Asaerica,"on the other hand, iw> j&£ told that the doctors supported prohibi-' tion vigorously, because of .the tJwnendous income it -would bri% them by issuing prescriptions for alcohol. Events have certainly justified their optimism* for the business of "prescriptioneerinf" has proved very profitable indeed. . The point that interests you as a vot«r is that.if prohibition is applied in . X?*- , Zealand, you will have to pay a dootps„ ten-and-six every time you havft to ggtew; a shilling's-worth of brandy car ■. of wine for * sick person. J£*SJg&** chemist dare not sell to yon withooft »- bow.sndden^orj|jjj£ i i man ft home. There may be senou. and - ~.u daritv, riebn«»s of flavour^..„„ , ■% ShSsoTs viMgat, which »DMKTrf from pure cane-sugar. __.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18234, 30 October 1922, Page 5
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181Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18234, 30 October 1922, Page 5
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