s = I . I I To AB who have | I not •get Wied for I j CONTIKIAWCE [ It is recognised that much of the support given s EE to prohibition in the past has come from men = S and women actuated by the highest ideals. The professional prohibitionist is, of course, always S i= with us, but admittedly many men and women s = believed prohibition to be a practical possibility, = S and voted for it even at the prospect of s EE personal sacrifice. EE The complete breakdown of prohibition in every S one of the countries in which it has been tried, s and its consequent repeal, has proved beyond all possible doubt that total abstinence by EE HE compulsion is not only impossible of attainment HE S but is productive of many strange and terrible Eh reactions. The failure of prohibition, however, S need not discourage those genuinely interested EH in the advancement of temperance—rather the S EE defeat of prohibition is a victory for temperance. LI = k is significant that those nations which give =E little or no thought to the prohibition idea have = EH cultivated a strong healthy temperance sentiment, HE = a solid national public opinion—the best . = regulator of the use of any of nature’s gifts. |=E == Once the prohibition fetish is discarded, the = EEe way is clear for progress along the path of true s HE temperance. New Zealand, although a small S = country, holds a proud place among the nations, = = and an overwhelming vote for Continuance would = indicate plainly for all the world to see, that =H g New Zealand is sound at heart, sturdily self- S reliant and intends to continue to progress in EH EH sobriety, under the flag of freedom. =H EH “Temperance means moderation, and when = HE you say that a country has a temperate climate, = HE you mean that it has an enjoyable climate, S HE not that it has no climate at all." EH = —MAX O'RELL =
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Southland Times, Issue 22733, 8 November 1935, Page 11
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