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A STB ONOAIER DBA D. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3. Father Brennan, the famous astronomer, is dead. LABOUR. BEQUEST FOR BEER. (Received this day at 12.25 D.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 3. The Forty-seventh Convention ol the American Federation of Labour under President Green has opened at Los Angeles. Outstanding interest is contained in the report of the executive council, which advocates a return to beer, and the introduction of a five day week. In three conventions labour had pointed out deplorable conditions which had come from the enforcement of the Volstead Act. A) e contended that 2.75 per cent of beer would bring about true temperance, says the executive which declares the conditions are steadily growing worse. Wholesome l>eer could be introduced, without interfering with the eighteenth. amendment.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1927, Page 3
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