Captain "Gipsy” Smith, tbo „ known evangelist, told the Daily Sketch,” London, on his return from a four months’ tour of the United States that he was particularly struck witp the number of drunken men he saw in tho streets of New York. He added> "Their (American) Labour troubles have been worse than ours, the unrest being greatlv duo to the fact that the poor man is under Prohibition, while the rich man can indulge. The soakers’ are still getting their Scotch, and they always will. In New York to-day you can always buy a bottle of whisky if you pay enough for it.” PThe cable news in this issue accredited to the London "Times” has appeared in that journal but only where expressly stated is such news the editorial opinion "The Tlme».’’J
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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 3, 28 September 1921, Page 5
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132Untitled Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 3, 28 September 1921, Page 5
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