A SERIOUS POSITION
METHYLATED SPIRITS ADDICTS (Par Press Association.) AVELLJNGTQN, last, night. Somq,,concesrn a), the number- of methylated spirits addicts in Wellington is.- expressed in a, letter written to the Minister .of Defence, the lion. ,1. (!. .Cobb.e, by au ollicial of the Wellington City Missiom ‘ ‘ The reds no doubt that methylated spirit, drinking is on tbo increftso, and 1 understand that about 80 to So per cent, of the men arrested for drunkenness in !he jdount Copk distpiet are methylated -spirit-addicts,” states the letter. ' course, is a very serious state of affairs, and, pi my opinion, it is an economic one, as the men now have 119. motley for beer or ■whisky. The, result at the present lime, is deplorable- ,The men lose all self-respect and become filthy and degraded in. tbe.ir JUjbits. . ..
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17610, 28 October 1931, Page 10
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133A SERIOUS POSITION Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17610, 28 October 1931, Page 10
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