N.S.W LIQUOR HOURS REFERENDUM

White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 9, 1 October 1947, Page 9

N.S.W LIQUOR HOURS REFERENDUM

Final Figures Final result of the referendum on liquor trading hours conducted in New South Wales on 15th February:— 6 o’clock .. .. 1,051,260 9 o’clock 26,954 10 o’clock 604,833 Informal 15,183 It is estimated that for every pi ind the Temperance Organisation spent in advocating 6 o’clock closing, the brewery interests spent £6 advocating 10 o’clock. The “Sydney Morning Herrld” said: It was a referendum in which money and propaganda were of little avail. The l»eople had already made up their minds.” The unpardonable sin of a local Woman’s Christian Temperance Union is to neglect the children. Too many unions are content to carry on other departments of our important work, while they seem wholly oblivious of their greatest opportunity, the child. Children are to be found everywhere; they are eager, enthusiastic, love to have their own organizations; and the impressions they receive are lasting. However, children do not wait for us to find a more convenient season. Many interests are bidding for their attention, and to-morrow they are gone.—“ Connecticut White Ribbon Banner."