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SOME AUSTRALIAN WOMEN (Rec. 7 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 22. " I do not speak as a temperance advocate, but it is my belief that liquor in this country is having a most serious effect on a not inconsiderable section of the community," states Mr P. C. Spender, an Opposition member of the Advisory War Council and a former Minister for the Army. He declared that it was the Government's duty to protect young soldiers from immoderate drinking. "I have seen, particularly in Melbourne, heavy drinking among men and conduct by young women, some of whom have forgotten both their feminine as well as their national dignity, which must arrest the attention of every thinking citizen," he said. Supporting the campaign for. improved conduct among the troops, Mr Spender .said: " There are -people who think that, because the soldier is tough, he must look tough and act tough. There are too many who fail to acknowledge that the soldier is a better soldier for being at all times" well controlled, well mannered, and well conducted."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24949, 23 June 1942, Page 3
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