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Abstain from alcohol pledge card

Abstain from alcohol pledge card

A Loyal Temperance Legion pledge card from the 1930s. Enthusiasm for the prohibition cause was flagging by this time, though a significant minority of voters continued to support the option until the final national licensing poll was held in 1987.

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-ALCOHOL-Temperance-1930s-01
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the Library through its 'Timeframes' website, http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image

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