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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 14004, 15 December 1919, Page 1

Masterton Electors. Masterton needs a strong represen tativo in Parliament. A man with the courage of his convictions—not a dumb tool; a man not'bound hand and foot to any supreme dictator: a man willing to sacrifice personal convenience to serve faithfully this fair Dominion and to B promote its advancement and the general welfare of the people. E THEN WAKE UP, ELECTORS !! Don't be hoodwinked by the vote-catching cries of "so-and-so is splitting votes" or "so-and-so has the best chance." MATHESON Is undoubtedly the Best Man and he will win; but it is up to you to prove you appreciate a strpng man and place him well at the . Top of the. Poll! i MATHESON SPEAKS AT i r PORI — Saturday, December 13th, at 1.30 p.m! PONGAROA — Saturday, December 13th, at 6.30 p.m. ; EKETAHUNA—Monday, December 15th, at 7.3Q p.m. MASTERTON —Open-air, P. 0., Tuesday, December ' 16, -at 7.45 p.m.. (If weather unfavourable will '. speak in Social Hall, Municipal Buildings.) Telephone Calls to No. 1180. THE LIQUOR TRADE ASK YOU TO Vote for Liberty. WHAT LIBERTY DO THEY ASK YOU TO VOTE FOR ?' That they may have Liberty to make money by injuring your homes, your wives aud children, and filling the gaols, asylums and industrial schools of New Zealand. THEY DO THE DAMAGE—YOU PAY FOR IT! There are 4400 First Offenders convicted of Drunkenness each year. It takes a good many boys to keep up the supply. DO YOU WISH THE LIQUOR TRADES TO HAVE THIS LIBERTY ? HEAR WHAT THE MASTERTON DOCTORS SAY. a WE, THE UNDERSIGNED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, DECLARE THAT IN OUR OPINION THE ABOLITION OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR AS A BEVERAGE IN NEW ZEALAND WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITYPERCY R. COOK, M. B. Ch. B. J. A. COWIE, M.D., FJB.C.S. E. HELEN OOWIE, M.B.Cu_B. NORMAN H. PRIOR, M.8.Ch.8. ARCHER HOSKING, M.8.Ch.8. Masterton, Dec. 11th, 1919. tor A. Hosking. Masterton, Dec. 11th, 1919. I have lived in Masterton and worked among the people, in tbe periods before and during No-License. I believe Masterton is a cleaner town under No-License than before., that the average family is better off, and more healthy, and the young people who are growing to maturity will make better citizens in consequence of tho absence of liquor. I see no sign of the development of ocher vices, such as the taking of drugs. I shall vote for National Prohibition and No-Liconse as, I believe it is for the good of the country^ , ARCHER HOSKING, M.B. Ch. M. Dr Cowie. 24 Perry Street, Masterton, December 11th, 1919. We are not aware of any case of drug habit in this district contracted during No-License. Under Prohibition we should imagine it would be quite as difficult to procure morphia and cocaine as alcohol, and we fail to see any reason to fear an increase of the morphia or cocaine habit under Prohibition. The rog-'ar use of alcohol increases, the vat-is susceptibility to infection in times of epidemic and lessens the of recover}' when once affected. -___— „,- ~, t> J HELEN COWIE, M.8., Ch. B. J. A. COWIE, M.D., F.R.C.S.E. Dr Cook. Masterton, Dec. 11th, 1919. Since No-License was carrie 1 in Masterton I know of no case of drug . habit. Ido not consider the carrying of No-License will have any effect in inducing the return of the late epidemic. It is notorious that the chronic alcohol victims were amongst the worst cases we had to deal with, and a very large proportion of them died. PERCY R. COOEJ, M.8., Ch.B. Dr Prior, Perry Street, Masterton, Dec. 11th, 1919. The argument that the giving up of Alcohol will increase drug habits is scientifically unsound, and I wonder that it has not been refuted by the consumers of alcohol themselves, especially the moderates. I have known of no case of the cocaine or morphia habit contracted in Masterton under No-license, and no one really expects any in New Zealand under ProhibiThere is a more pressing danger than drug habits, the spread of venereal disease, and tne consumption of alcohol is the chief contributory cause ■of this. There was hardly one of our soldiers who contracted venereal disease during the war but who did so while under the influence of liquor. NORMAN H. PRIOR, M.8., Ch.B.

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WAIRARAPA ELECTORATE. MB. A. D. McLEOD, THE CANDIDATE IN THE REFORM INTEREST, \ Will Address Electors in Furtherance of his Candidature at — CARTERTON (A. and P. Hall)— Monday, Dec. 15th. Chair will be taken at 8 o'clock in aach instance. At the close of each meeting a committee will be set up to further the candidature of Mr McLeod, and all those willing to act are invited to attend.