(Published by Arrangement.) A GRAVE 20 MILES LONG.
THE VICTIMS OF VOLSTEADI9M. Frederick Hoffman, Consulting Statistician tn the Priii 'mll Insurance Co- of America, ust'niates that under Prohibition there are at least 10,000 murder cases in the- United States every year. If the graves were placed in a line, the < victims of murder would fill a .trench 20 miles long. Prohibition America holds the world’s record for homicide—does that encourage you to vote against Continuance for New Zealand ? Look at these figures, they show the percentage of murders per 100',000 of p'opulation:— United State® — — — 7-2 - Italy — — — 3.6 Australia — — — I- 9 South Africa — — — I> B New Zealand — — 0.9 Spain — — — — 0.9 England and Wales — — 0.8 Scotland — — ' — 0.4 111 the 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.* 6
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4890, 14 October 1925, Page 1
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150(Published by Arrangement.) A GRAVE 20 MILES LONG. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4890, 14 October 1925, Page 1
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