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GANDHI’S ADVOCACY. ) PROHIBITION FOR INDIA. WOULD BENEFIT PEASANTS. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Times Cables.) Received August 2, 11.25 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 1. The Times Bombay correspondent states that total prohibition of intoxicants throughout India within three years from July 14, the date of the establishment of the Congress Minis* t/'rios, is advocated by Mr Gandhi in a;i article in his paper, Harijan, on Congress’s tasks in the provinces. He declares that the American failure will not prove a deterrent as only a minority in India is addicted to drinking. Employers must be forced to provide cheap, healthy refreshment, reading and entertainment facilities. He adds: "Prohibition, whatever it costs, will ultimately give the peasant a greater earning and spending capacity.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 207, 2 August 1937, Page 7
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122NO INTOXICANTS Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 207, 2 August 1937, Page 7
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