A GRAVE 20 MILES LONG.
Till-: VICTIMS OF VOLSTEAD ISM. Frederick L. Hoffman, consulting Statistician to the Prudential Insurance Co. of America, estimates that under Prohibition there are al least 10,0(10 murder eases ill the l nit-. States every year. If the graves wore placed in a line, the victims of murder would fill a trench 20 miles long Prohibition America holds the world's ii'cord for homicide does that encourage you to vote agaiii'L Continuance lor New Zealand ! Look at these figures, they show the percentage of murders per 100.000 of population : United States ..2 Italy 3.0 Australia 1.9 South Afiien 1.8 New Zealand 0.9 Spain ... 0.9 England and AVales 0.8 Scotland ii. -i In tin* face of such evidence your own conscience will compel you to strike out the two bottom lines on your ballot paper and help to keep out this hypocritical and dangerous Prohibition law,—G.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1925, Page 2
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148A GRAVE 20 MILES LONG. Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1925, Page 2
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