PROHIBITION.

Southland Times, Issue 22728, 2 November 1935, Page 9

PROHIBITION.

To the Editor. Sir, —Ere this month ends the electors of Invercargill will view the position as to how the liquor question stands in Invercargill, with hotels to the right of it, hotels to the left, and depots on the town boundary, and yet if a citizen requires or wishes to procure a parcel of liquor of any kind he cannot do so, without either going to Wallacetown or the Bluff. If you go to the depots you can only purchase nothing less than two gallons of beer, consequently, liquor is driven into the highways and byways and into the homes of the people and amongst their children. Under license this undesirable state of affairs would not occur. Should a workman or business man desire or wish to have a little refreshment after his day’s toil he has the privilege of doing so in a decent manner. Liquor has been in the world for centuries even at the time Noah built the ark. We are told that he drank of the wine and was drunk: Prohibitionists declare the wine of those days was not intoxicating. If that was so how did Noah become drunken? Aye it looks as if it had a kick in it all right. If the Prohibition Party would preach Temperance instead of Prohibition it would be doing a much better service to humanity. Even the Saviour of mankind at the marriage feast at Cana of Galilee performed a Miracle by turning water into Wine, and he also says in his Holy word: “Drink no longer water but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.” In the face of this, is it any wonder Prohibition has failed? It will continue to do, for the simple reason that it is contrary to one of the Miracles of Jesus Christ. The preaching of Prohibition by Ministers from the pulpit is monstrous in the face of the above miracle. I am etc., LOVER .OF LIBERTY.