PLUNKET SOCIETY.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1922, Page 3

PLUNKET SOCIETY.

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Plunket Society was held on Monday last. Present: Mesdames Heme (in the chair), Jenkin, W. Weston, Home, D. Browp, Wade,” Valentine, T. Shaw, Hay, Roebuck and Stocker (hon. secretary). Apologies were received from Mesdames Cock, Stuart Russell, Ambury, Newton King and H. Russell. The nurse’s, car, and finance reports were read and adopted. A very successful children’s dance, in conjunction with the Croquet Club, was held on Saturday, August 5, to augment the funds for the unemployed, during Pierrot week, realising close on £3O. Subscriptions during July were: Mrs. Dockrill, Mrs. Pattrick, Mrs. Jones each ss, Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. White each 10s; and donations, Mrs. Bent £l, Mrs. Wry ss. The nurse’s report for July gave the following information:—Number of babies on the list (old) 228, (new) 24; visits paid to homes (old cases) 182, (new) 59; visits received at rooms (adults) 271, (babies) 215; advice to expectant mothers 8; mothers shown how to make milk, 13; letters received and answered, 4; telephone calls, 31; visits paid to Wlaitara, 4; new cases in Waitara, 3; visits paid to Inglewood, 4; new cases in Inglewood, 5. HOW TO STOP 26,400 CONVICTIONS. If prohibition is not carried at the next poll, the liquor traffic will be free to carry on for another three years. That means that, on a conservative estimate, it will be free to produce 26,400 convictions for drunkenness in New Zealand. In 1021 the traffic resulted in over 8800 convictions. Not only will the traffic result in that during the next three years, but it will.aleo result in all the degradation and misery produced in homes where the victim to drink does not appear in the Courts. Prohibition does not immediately wipe out all drunkenness, but it,does reduce it enormously. In Toronto, Canada, in 1914, under license, when only bad ‘drunks’ were arrested, tl e arrests were 16,981. In 1921 under prohibition, when any man showing signs of drunkenness was arrested, there were only 5811. Besides, as Sir John Salmond has said ? prohibition in the the younger generation are growing up without cultivating the taste for alcohol. Prohibition is just Common-senap — -- revention rather than cure. vote ov’ the Ijquor traffic and stop the cause of Irunkennese.—N.Z. Alliance Publicin ’62). REXONA SOAP FOR TENDER SKINS. J'-Tia Shaving Stick produces a thick, ■ -y lather, soothes tender skins, and makes . ...a.e worth while. Sold*only in triangular ?• d boxes, price 2s. Obtainable every-