SOME JOB.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2509, 23 November 1922, Page 1

SOME JOB.

HOW MANY MEN WILL IT NEED TO ENFORCE PROHIKIBTION. This little country oi' ours, New Zealand, has — An area of 103,284 square miles. A coastline of over 4,000 miles. Forests covering Hi million acres. Roads measuring 04,328 miles in length. Railways completed for 3,000 miles. Oversea Ships arriving—--744 last year. Licensed fishing boats —1,500 of them, besides private launches etc. If Prohibition comes, then every mile of coastline will have to lie watched, to prevent the landing of liquor. Patrol boats and “chasers’ will be necessary all round New Zealand. All movements of overseas ships must be observed and checked for the same purpose whilst when they are in port careful guard will be required to keep the costly lluid out of the country. All this calls for men and money. You’ll pay 1 MORE MEN AND MORE MONEY. All fishing boats and private launches must be registered, their outgoings and incomings noted and recorded, their unloadings supervised lest they have wicked cargoes of grog for dry throats ashore. All this calls for more men and more money. You'll pay! Bushlands must, be watched too — almost any gully, almost any patch of bush, may contain a still or abrewhouse. There will be plenty of them you may be sure. More men again and more money. You’ll pay! Some sort of outlook will have to be kept, upon every mile of road and railway, because the “sly-grog” that is made among the hills and in the woods, and the “slv-grog” that is landed on our beaches, must be transported to it> purchasers. hJuite a lot of men and money will be needed for this work. You’ll pay! THINK IT OVER. How much is it going to cost- us