Cartoon about alcohol ban for soldiers at their first port of call.
Most returning men were unable to enjoy an alcoholic drink when they set foot back in New Zealand. War regulations allowed the minister of defence to restrict the sale and supply of liquor when ships carrying troops docked. In practice he generally closed hotel bars to drafts of more than 50 men.
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First World War homecomings
Temperance movement
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RELATED TO ALCOHOL RESTRICTIONS FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS
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6 April 1919
NZ (Māori) Pioneer Battalion returns from war
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15 July 1915
Gallipoli wounded arrive home on the Willochra
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16 October 1914
Main Body of NZEF sails to war
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30 October 1918
Massive prohibition petition presented to Parliament
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7 December 1963
Bassett Road machine-gun murders
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7 October 1917
German 'Sea Devil' imprisoned in NZ
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22 December 1916
Future PM Fraser charged with sedition
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2 December 1917
'Six o'clock swill' begins
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9 October 1967
The end of the 'six o'clock swill'
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10 April 1919
Soldiers' votes defeat prohibition
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