TEMPERANCE FACTS

White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 4, 1 May 1947, Page 3

TEMPERANCE FACTS

Epsom-Green Lane: "In l#9f<, Lord Kitchener, in his Soudan campaign, enfe/ced prohibition ot liquor, and in a fifteen-mile desert march, with manoeuvres instead of rests during the whole five hours, not a single man fell out of the ranks.” Remuera: "Dr. Lorens, famous Austrian surgeon, says: 4 1 am a surgeon. My success depends upon my brain being clear, my muscles firm and my nerves steady. No one can take alcoholic liquor without blunting these physical powers, which 1 must keep on edge. As a surgeon, I must not drink.’ ” Dannevirke: "In 1943, at the time of the last referendum, every one of the six doctors practising in Masterton, signed the following statement: ‘We, the undersigned medical practitioners of Masterton, are definitely of the opinion that "No License” has been beneficial to our town from the economic, moral and spiritual points of view, and that the return to "License” would be a very retrograde step.’” (Statement made before Royal Commission.) Takapuna: “Threequarters of the world’s illness is caused by Alcohol.”