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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4511, 30 September 1930, Page 2

“Reform of the Lords”—the excision of caste, With all its inherited powers of the past; i.ea ves only one logical issue to see, One Vote In One iQhamiber Where All Parties Be. Reform in Hygiene is already well known, The clinics of science have made it our own; Relief for our colds, must effective and sure, Is ours in Wloods Great Peppermint Cure. —23. Women arc to be found drinking in almost any hotel in Christchurch (says the Times). Their numbers are greater tliau is generally realised, and their tastes lean towards spirits and liquors which men usually avoid. Gin, whisky and cocktails are served to women in a number of hotels in the city, and from all indications it appears that several public-houses have then- regular patrons in the ranks of womenfolk. It was stated in a number of eases that every day of the week women customers make lengthy visits to the hotels and seldom leave without taking with them a supply of liquor to last • vcmight. A* a rule it is not until 3 o’clock in the afternoon that the women make their appearance at the hotels. Their visits are apparently the culminating point of a shopping expedition.