NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 4, 1 May 1946, Page 5

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS

China An Associated Press report from Peiping, China, on January 26th, 1946, stated that “The smell of burning opium spread over Peiping today as 950,000 ounces of the contraband narcotic (opium), worth more than 2,000.000 dollars, were publicly burned by the command of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.” Scotland The Shetland Islands went dry some time ago during a local option campaign. and remain dry. lii a population of 26,000, there is almost'no unemployment, no crime at all. and five policemen are sufficient to look after 800 square miles Canada Recently editorial pages have been voicing conscientious alarm about liquor conditions in Ontario. The “Toronto Telegram” recommended that women’s beverage rooms be closed ?t once, and forever.

The “Toronto Daily Star” headed a leading editorial: “Government Control on Trial.” The opening sentence was: “The feeling that the liquor control system of Ontario is not promoting community values as it should, is becoming pronounced.” The editorial went on to state: “Drunkenness on street cars has become much more prevalent.’’ “Passengers on crowded cars, particularly women and children, should not he incommoded or endangered by intoxicated men.” \round beverage rooms, abuses are becoming more noticeable. Women’s bever: g * rooms are becoming more and more obnoxious to the public. A reduction in the facilities for drinking brings a reduction in evils due to liquor drinking in almost the same mathematical proportion. “The Voice,” Nov ember, 1045.

Result of Season’s Beach Meetings With the meetings at Geraldton and Dongarra, the season’s “Happv Hour’’ beach meetings of the W.A. Temperance League and Cobbers’ Club came to an end. In all 51 meetings were held and there was an approximate attendance of some 4,000. Seven hundred new members joined the Cobbers’ Club and were each presented with an attractive membership card. This campaign entailed several thousand miles of travel. It is the most extensive effort of the kind in the Commonwealth.