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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2152, 30 March 1908, Page 3

MEDICAL MEN AND DRINK. TN AUGUST LAST AN INTERJ- NATIONAL UNION OF MEDICAL MEN WAS FORMED IN STOCKHOLM, WHICH STARTED WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF 1000, AND WHICH HAD FOR ITS OBJECT THE DELIVERANCE OF ALL NATIONS FROM ALCOHOLISM, ON THE FOLLOWING GROUNDS IThat an immense amount of * evil, which all deplore, is due to, or promoted by, Alcohol, in whatever boverages it may bo taken. 2 That it is the special duty of . the. Medical Profession to advise the Nations of the World on the subject. That while the .same habits , and customs with regard to alcoholic beverages continue, .they will produce the same results as in past history - namely, demoralisation and degeneration, both of individuals and nations. 4. That alcoholic beverages are unnecessary lor any form of life, and a need for them is only felt x when it has been artificially created. 5 That all normal organisms • perform their functions .better without alcohol, but it .is " especially injurious to .young - and growing tissues. ' ' 1 . f 6 That for the protection ol a future generations, at is desirable that the children should entirely abstain from all intoxicating beverages, so that, as they grow up as total abstainers, alcoholism and /all its consequences may be gradually extinguished. •

Williams&Kettle LIMITED, pASTORALISTS’ & pARMERS ~ ' QENERAL jyj^ER^IHANTS. LLOYD’S AGENTS. • ANNUAL BALANCE. O UR ANNUAL BALANCE TAKES PLACE ON ; 31 st MARCH AND WE WOULD ASK OUR CLIENTS TO KINDLY NOTE THAT IT IS OF GREAT ASSISTANCE TO US IN OUR BALANCE WORK IF ACCOUNTS ARE SETTLED BY THAT DATE, OR BY THE 10th OF APRIL FOLLOWING BY THE LATEST. A. F. KENNEDY, Manager.