Y/ Jaafe&feigaH "^v*^ Place? America has cut Liquor out New Zealand's Prohibition has come to stay. President Wilson tried to hold up the Prohibition Enforcement Bill on October 28 this year, but the Senate stopped all other business and passed it again unchanged by 65 votes to 20, and it became law immediately. CANADA is in step with U.S.A. Ontario, with a population of 2,500,000, carrier! Permanent Prohibition in October, 1919, by a majority of 300,000. Drink Bill. Last year New Zealand wasted £4,500,000 directly and another £4,500,000 indirectly (£9,000,000 in all) on Liquor. She cannot continue this and compete with U.S.A. or Canada. ■* . I • an( * remove *h e S rea t hindrance not only to commercial LilC|UOr prosperity, but to moral greatness. If you Love your Country, Strike Out the TWO TOP LINES on Polling Day.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3429, 2 December 1919, Page 38
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