A soldier who returned to Masterton this week told a reporter that the Australian soldiers\at the front -.are spleh-' did fellows, .but they complain bitterly that they are not being reinforced -m sufficient numbers. Prohibition greatly increases the einpioyeo's "efficiency. J.. D. Mac-Lean, Provincial Secretary for British Columbia, stated the universal experience m America when he said, "The large -mining and lumbering companies admit that the work of their employees is . very much better, and that there is much less loss of time. In the old days, for the _\ro diays following pay day, the number of accidents m. their Avorfcs materially increased, and many of the' employees did not report for Avork on thesis days, and the operations of the' companies were much handicapped m consequence." If British Columbia had dispensed 'State -A lcohol Uv p-dlie leA'cnue, would accidents have decreased; would. Monday morning have found more men at woi*k; would efficiency have been increased? Tlie logioal thing is to get Prohibition -m New Zealand, not Continuance xuider State Auspices-. 45 Nazol relieves .Cold m the Head and Nasal Catarrh.— 4.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14735, 15 October 1918, Page 3
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