CRIME IN AMERICA. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE’S ADMISSION. The “Morning Post,” June 1, 1925. “President Coolidge, in his Memorial Day address to-day, pleaded for the better enforcement of the law and the universal observance of the Constitution of the American people. “He compared the crime record of the United States with that of Great Britain and older countries, saying that a recent survey which he bad read showed that there were eight times as many murders in proportion to the population in the United States as there were in England, and five times as many as in France, while there were many times as many burglaries in America as in Great Britain.” Thus, on the evidence given by the President of the United States, it is proved that a state of Prohibition is a state of increased crime and lawlessness. Prohibition does not destroy evil, it multiplies it.—Advt.
MORE LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT., TTOW about a New Electric Light Bulb to brighten up that room of yours? You can get just the Electric Light Bulb you want here. We have them for 2/each. NOBLE’S, DEE STREET.
fcjw L L Fvfe-A . 1 last LSfl/ Ask y° ur Ironmonger to show it! Lasts longer. Heats quicker than ordinary built-in boiler. Methven’s. Ltd.; Makers. Dunedin. Gor-rca Street, Dunedin. P.O. Box 501, Showrooms
=□ LLICZZ3 CZZZ3 CZXJ CLU When you wash the clothes with I.X.L Borax Washing Powder There is no need to scrub and scrub at the washing board until your fingers feel worn to the bone. With LX.L. all you have to do is to soak n the clothes, then a squeeze, then a gentle rinse, and you hang them on > the line as white as snow. j Ask your grocer for I.X.L. ONLY 2d. A PACKET Better than Soap ==>£=»
WANTED —To buy Left-off Cothing; business confidential. Prices the best. —Holloway Bro&, 126 Tay Street. Phone: 10L
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Southland Times, Issue 19690, 24 October 1925, Page 5
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