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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 274, 25 November 1935, Page 6

' t . .. •. ». «« « 'O’ <&r*i ;-t• ■ • * - ■ • *••’ ’ *' 4 ••• ■• • v I I not yet Voted for i | CONTINUANCE | H It is recognised that much of the support given < |g H to prohibition in the past has come from men g| EE and women actuated by the highest ideals. The |g Zmm -f ’ r | ' • ■"•" v ■; r f ' *' SS? ==s professional prohibitionist is, of course, always =E r ' . ■ /» ■ ' ' i •> t 'x ■cr.sw fi with us, but admittedly many men and women || S ..... H: EE believed prohibition to be a practical possibility, S and voted for it even at the prospect of g H personal sacrifice* =| HI The complete breakdown of prohibition in every EE H one of the countries in which it has been tried, |g || and its consequent repeal, has proved beyond || EE all possible doubt that total abstinence by g H compulsion is not only impossible of attainment H but is productive of many strange and terrible =g |E reactions. The failure of prohibition, however, EE U i need not discourage those genuinely interested g| =3 in the advancement of temperance—rather the ■US defeat of prohibition is a victory for temperance. EE fi It is significant that those nations which give E| g little or no thought to the prohibition idea have g H cultivated a strong,healthy temperance sentiment, g H a solid national public opinion—the best g EE regulator of the use of any of nature’s gifts. || H Once the prohibition fetish is discarded, the || way is clear for progress along the path of true |e temperance. New Zealand, although a small H EE country, holds a proud place among the nations, and an overwhelming vote for Continuance would indicate plainly for all the world to see, that g EE New Zealand is sound at heart, sturdily self- |g S reliant and intends to continue to progress in EE EE sobriety, under the flag of freedom. = “Temperance means moderation, and when = EE you say that a country has a temperate climate, S you mean that it has an enjoyable climate, = not that it has no climate at all.” ~ = -MAX O’RELL. SS