DRY AND BONE DRY.

White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 292, 19 October 1919, Page 9

DRY AND BONE DRY.

In I'.S.A. they have two degrees of drvness callod Drv and Hone Dry;

just at present they arc hone dry, and when the Amendment comes into force the whole of the States will-he bone c!r\ for all time. Nobod} is allowed to manufacture, impor\ export anv liquor containing the half of one per cent of alcohol. Of course, alcohol for medicinal and religious purposes'

are exempted, and denatured alcohol is manufactured tor industrial put poses.

Now New Zealand has no bone dr. areas, though we have our No License or dry electorates. Should we cany Prohibition next December, Ne w Zea land will be- bone dry; neither manufacture, sale nor importation being allowed.

How often has the will of the people been deliberately tlouted in our dry districts? The people vote dry by a three-fifths* majority, and then a brewery is planted on their borders as at Invercargill, and drink is poured into the so-called dry districts.

Now our No License areas have a fine opportunity to enioitc their will and lie absolutely dry. Let them rally all their forces, and strain every nerve lor National Prohibition, and that car ried, they will reap the fruit of their past labours, and have a really dry territory. No License is good, but Prohibition is infinitely better. Let us all work for it.