WAR TIME PROHIBITION IN SYDNEY
RETURNED MEN GIVE FILLIP TO THE MOVEMENT. (Rec. July 23, 7,20 p.m.) Sydney, July 23. The war tiuio Prohibition movement is receiving a fillip from returned soldiors, who greatly resont tho compulsory wearing of bine armlets, which prevents them being served with liquor. Many returned men and a lurge 6ection of the publio regard the armlets as an insult. A big meeting passed resolutions protesting that instead of the armlet there should be a padlock on the bar door, and demanding that tho Government be elected on a'win-the-war pledge, and proclaim Prohibition as a distinct contribution to the winning of the war. An overflow meeting, which' included many returned soldiers, demanded the removal of the armlets and open bars.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 262, 24 July 1918, Page 5
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125WAR TIME PROHIBITION IN SYDNEY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 262, 24 July 1918, Page 5
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