THE LIQUOR PROBLEM
“WIDESPREAD DRINKING”
REPORT TO PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS BENEFICIAL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, November 16. Various matters of public interest were dealt with by the Presbyterian Assembly. The past year had seen an intensification of the situation with regard to liquor and associated problems, stated the temperance committee in its report. War neurosis had led to increased and more widespread drinking and consequences in moral collapse and the menace in particular to youth had become more apparent and alarming. In presenting the report, the Rev F. H. Wilkinson said the general effect of the Government regulations for controlling the trade had without doubt been beneficial, but there was a distinct attempt to sabotage the regulations, particularly in carrying liquor from hotels and after-hour trading. It was agreed to congratulate the Ministers of Health and Justice on the measure of success that had accompanied the recent legislation for reforming the liquor trade, but to draw attention to the need for law enforcement and for scientific and constructive temperance
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 November 1942, Page 3
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170THE LIQUOR PROBLEM Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 November 1942, Page 3
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