The White Ribbon. "For God, and Home, and Humanity." WELLINGTON, SEPT 18, 1940. WHISKY VERSUS PETROL.

White Ribbon, Volume 44, Issue 537, 18 September 1940, Page 5

The White Ribbon. "For God, and Home, and Humanity." WELLINGTON, SEPT 18, 1940. WHISKY VERSUS PETROL.

I the Whisk) un Thert is considerable agitation on the i petrol restrictions Grave inrenience is being caused lo man) i r> m the countrj \nd though all loyal and if convinced thai petrol • • mergenc) matter would willing!) submit to it. But said <>n ithorit) that there is . of petrol to be had tnd thai tin n no shortage oi tankers. The conclu < ims to be thai the ' lovernmenl strictl) rationed petrol owing to oi sterlii It' tin- n wh) is the tiqoof given an increaicd mpprj oi itet This year the allocatiofi oi iter for the importation of whisk) . the five months up to the end i I has been increased over last 1143,000 to £164,000 During the five months £2,000,000 less \\a> imed in motor cars and 17.(MM).(Mm> • less ol i ot( r spirit. \n explanation is certainly due to ors as to wh) the liquor trade is a ■ 1 industr) Not onl) is it um 1< ss, tlif whisk) and other alcoholic drinks poisonous. The) lessen tin- erhcienc) ever) individual who drinks them, dye our roadi blood-red with the I oi murdered ami injured adults

children, I" the man was intoxicated (m plain la poisoned) in The orhcer in cl the pol • ila- ' man who takes a hoi and then t.ikes charge of i car hi a potential murtk Tl i 'I restricts ms interfer with business, man) will have to close down and much unemployment will result There were I,lf* I in the brew Hi'.: trade in N< m Zealand last year while the motor, cycle and coach-building ployed 10,2rW \nd yel a permit to im port increased whisk) is given, while thi i- starved Some da) New Zealanders will aw to the fact that unless the) destro) the liquor trade it will destro) them Ma) that da) co re we face the rum that has overtaken the empires oi the l>asi Byron wrote thus of the nun oi his much loved I 'Twcre long to tell, and tad to h Kach step from splendor to d hnough no foreign Id quell Th) soul, till from itself it fell; Ves! sell ahast ment (taved the a To \ illain bonds and despi PEI II lON RE LIQUi >R RESTRH Tl< IN At the Vrmual Meeting oi the N / Mlianoe, it was decided to issue a Petition asking of Liquor trade for the iK-ritxl of the war and six months The following reforms an asked <\» Reduction oi (1) the facilities for the tale oi -Kim r (2) the present hours ot lale (3) the alcoholic content of .iih< rit sti ictions on in 'i of liquor ; (I I total restriction <»n wppl) and or delivery of liquor to an) person between the hours oi 6 p.m. and 9 ain (and during an) hours m which bars arc supposed to be closed) w ith rigid ei Lorcctnent" All White Ribbonen isked to I in getting signatures tor this petition.