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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Mary Mulcahy
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Robert Triggs
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Alfred William Robin
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Tommy Taylor
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Nevile Lodge
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David Low
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New Zealanders who resisted the First World War
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Honouring public servants
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Repatriation of returned servicemen
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Policing the war effort
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Feeding Britain
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Maintaining public services during the war
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Getting the men to war
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The public service in 1914
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First World War homecomings
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NZ Railways at war
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The Public Service at war - overview
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First World War by the numbers
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First World War laws and regulations
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First World War farewells
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The Post and Telegraph Department at war
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Schools and the First World War
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Temperance movement
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1947 Greymouth beer boycott
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Supporting the war effort
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First World War - overview
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