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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24250, 16 April 1942, Page 4

AN APPEAL TO REASON

SOLDIERS AND REFRESHMENT MODERATION IN HOSPITALITY Responsible police officials have described our soldiers as ''a sober lot," knd every fair-minded citizen will agree With that decision. Too often the misbehaviour of one man in uniform has led to rash statements that are neither fair nor reasonable. No allowance is made for the special conditions affecting all men in uniform, or for the fact that many of them are far from home and some are lonely and dejected. It is natural for a soldier to want freedom and variety of pleasure and entertainment when on leave. He considers he has a right to anything that civilians enjoy. - It is natural that the cheerful camaraderie of the licensed house should appeal to a proportion of troops and sailors, and especially to men of the merchant marine who brave the everpresent dangers of the sea. _ They deserve cheerful, friendly company; but there is no reason why genuine and liberal hospitality should exceed the bounds of the law and of good manners. -The public are asked to remember that moderation is a virtue at all times, but in wartime it is the foundation of national morale and of the will to vic-

An announcement issued in the Nation's interests by the Council of the Licensed Trade of New Zealand.—-Adrt.