THE SUCCESS OF PROHIBITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13546, 25 November 1914, Page 6

THE SUCCESS OF PROHIBITION.

OPINIONS OF INVERCARGILL. VICAR AND MAGISTRATE. The Rev. Mr Bun-idge, of St. Paul's, Invercargill, on the first Sunday of October, 1914, preached against the preva- I lence of Slnbbath desecration by the people, a thing unknown m Invercargill before Prohibition weakened the moral and religious fibre of the inhabitants. Ihe moral tone and standard of Invercargill has been lowered by Prohibition.. A "keg party" ended there m one of the worst crimes perpetrated m New Zealand m 1914. and resulted m one of i litivercargill's promising young men be- ■ ing shot dead. The Southland Times of July 9, 1914, . reported a case affecting three young men, under the heading "Kegs and Keggers." They had a keg party m a stable beginning at 8.30 p.m.. and police found them 'there at 3.30 a.m., with the liquor almost finished. Witnesses m the case said : "There are hundreds of fcejr parties m and around Tnverca.rgill." Mr Tipping, the- solicitor, said : "It is common knowledge that a. great deal of drinking goes on m. these places! . . • The men were made victims of an unreasonable Jaw." 'Ihe Magistrate said : "It is quite true that keg parties \ are a common institution, and the name given to the town, Tnverkegville,' seemed a very appropriate one."— (Published by arrangement.)