THE PROHIBITION QUESTION.
To-the Editor. ij Sir,—Your correspondent "DiMiirtfSf Anzac,' asks, "Why £ tir np th^S tiz°r la r that ifc is not possffiis toget-tho country out of the mtul *jm T s u ib " p? Ifc « muddy awS out of which the Prohibitionists at 5S StSrrr •» self »« i • adjective suggest* LIV ~ mg «l ua,l y appropriate tad£ scribe tins mud, for the mud is liberally stained with blood. "oerauy; "Disgusted Anzac" says* "Surelv ha.ve more serious thing's to oecnrw nmil Is this man not aware that, even at flu m n ment ' drink is kil % mor# men than Germany is? Your correspond dent says, "The whole cry" (for dm?) hibition)) "is from a certain set " Of «wwe it is, and a pretty 1 tool "an?/ bUSin6BS "y iSS: set, and for their own profit ? And marki S ' r ' Tl tih,S that eo »stitutefSoTS tho trade means loss to someoC d2 In lespeet to any other business, wheats tC n T dshh aone r S in Z' i f ® an a P ends Ws money noth;» r 11 notl " n & and less thatfnothing, lour correspondent, after inTh? S t th 6 I \ rollibitionist with -desir-l P ra , Cmg ' says: <<Wi y not adtf £o!S'f Mv ® ' temi3 ' eolf, . audi ~ ~, y answer is, because thestfnot 1 manly B P° rts . and do! those ] e degradation and rain ofj ttose who take part in them. "Dig.! gusted Anzac asks: "Can any of tW. Cf out anything that has paid mor* to the upkeep of the country and patrol otic funds than the 'hotels and W But fa^v ? S; nf W . la l uestlon intended to be on J l 5 ~ T° r? If y° UT correspondent • means by paid more to the upkeep of terialT n rffli !, SUpplyillg of tho , tllai the pnsons and lunatic; Edft Um lh the " 3)0 is corr "- t ' But, Mr,' 1 Editor, ihow easy it is for a beer man to-: n , C.STRAND. ' Opuaake, Aug. 28, 1018.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19180830.2.32.4
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1918, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
328THE PROHIBITION QUESTION. Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1918, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.