Martial Law
Mrs. Lee Cowie, writing from Honolulu, says “Oh: the blessing of Martial Law! No drink, no smoking in the streets after nightfall, and only official cars are allowed in public places after 6 p in. Two men who sold liquor illegally were imprisoned and fined. One was given 5 years’ imprisonment with hard laliour and fined 5000 dollars. Ihe other 4 years’ imprisonment with hard labour and fined 5000 dollars.’ Evidently Honolulu has learnt a lesson from the disaster of Pearl Harbour. No longer will her safety be entrusted to watchers and guards who dull their senses by alcohol, no longer will the fifth columnist be i«rmitted to sell this narcotic drug. Sentences like those quoted aliovc show that the Government are in earnest to punish these traitors to their national safety. Wake up, New Zealand! We are in the firing-line; are we *o wait lor a tragedy like Pearl Harbour before our Government nkes similar action to protect its forces from a trade which will sell its soul, its country and everything held dear for dollars?
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White Ribbon, Volume 48, Issue 4, 18 May 1942, Page 3
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179Martial Law White Ribbon, Volume 48, Issue 4, 18 May 1942, Page 3
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