BAND OF HOPE
GROG IN THE NAVY PROGRESS OF THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. By Telegraph—l’ress* Association —Copyrleln ’"Times" and Sydney ‘’Sun*’ Services. (Keceivod May 14, 6.20 p.m.) LONDON, May 14. At the Band of Hope Conference, Vice-Admiral Sir George King-Hall drew attention to the progress of the temperance movement in the Navy, but said that there was still room for improvement. He condemned . ‘‘grogging” in the Navy and declared that fifty per cent, of the men would surrender their grog if a small wage increment were substituted. Ke hoped the Admiralty would spend the necessary £60,000 on this reform, which would lead to an increase of efficiency. Captain AVebh declared that fifty per cent, of the soldiers in India were abstainers.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8733, 15 May 1914, Page 5
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