STRANGE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 948, 7 May 1908, Page 20

STRANGE.

According to a cutting from the “Western Gazette” published in the February issue of “The Licensing World and Licensed Trade Review,” port wine is considered by some teetotalers in England to be a temperance drink. In the Northern and Midland counties at funerals, marriages, and christenings, a decanter of port is provided for those who are known to have “taken the pledge.” John Bilson. of Balbom, a well-known teetotaler, writes: “Being a teetotaler myself, who for thirty years has regularly drunk wine I think I have a right to speak upon the subject. I do not think it possible to get drunk on the liquid.” This is rather a startling assertion for a teetotaler to make, for three or four big glasses of port would certainly upset the ordinary individual.