PROHIBITION IN AMERICA.
LIGHT WINES FAVOURED. "What do you think of Prohibition - in America?" was a question put to Mr I'. E. Jones, of Christchurch, who has just returned from a visit to tho United States. Mr Jones replied that the law was openly flouted everywhere, and a great deal of it was done in bravado, louuk people drank heavily, in some cases merely because they were doing somethin/which was prohibited Ihe police appeared to bo working with the bootleggers, to a certain extent, and although it was not put before one s nose, he had no doubt that anyone could obtain alcohol if he went out of his way to get it. . "There seems to be a feeling in wvour of light wines everywhere m Americ*," said Mr Jones.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18905, 21 January 1927, Page 12
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