Prohibition
A SPEAKER AGAINST
A LECTURER FOR
(Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) NEW YORK. June 21
Mr Week. (Secretary for War), .speaking at Rliilndelplita said:— “Throughout the nation I have found ~ general sentiment in favour of an amendment of the Volstead Act. Ibe people want beer, and light wines and I have to confess they should have them. I favour a modification of this law. T believe it is the cause of most of the unrest in this country to-day. Prohibition is a subject that cannot be side-stepped.” ” , , Mr “Pussyfoot” Johnston has sailed for England, en route to New Zealand at the invitation of the Longue for the suppression of the Liquor Tronic, combat the propaganda of /w----land’s wets, who claim that prohibition is not successful in United States.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1922, Page 3
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130Prohibition Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1922, Page 3
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