THE NEAR EAST
* — AUSTRALIAN AND N. Z . t'AUI.P, ASSOCIATION. TUB KISH PROHIBITION. (Received this day at 11.10 a.in.) CONST A XTIXOI’ LK, .lone 17. Governor A (Ilia Roy lms notified the Allied liiuli Commissioners, that the Turkish prohibition law will he enforced from Saturday. Special arrangements are made for Allied troops and also foreigners, until peace is eoneluded. It is officially stated twenty•five hundred establishments will he closed. Traders are given two months to re-export stocks, thereafter the balance are liable to confiscation. Drunkards will he bastinadoed. The efleetive enforcement of prohibition is doubtful, n.s even in the interior ol Anatolia, including Angora, spirits are easily obtainable. 'llie measure is regarded »s a case of cutting off the nose to spite the face. In view of the tact that alcohol is forbidden Moslems by the Koran, it is obviously intended to annoy and injure native Christians, even at the cost of considerable reve- \ line.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1923, Page 3
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154THE NEAR EAST Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1923, Page 3
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