This Herbert Beecroft illustration from 1905 shows Zealandia, with the people's vote in one hand, draining barrels of alcohol, watched by 'the shades' (ghosts) of past civilisations who claim 'Had we done this, perchance our Nations had not died'.
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Temperance movement
Keywords
RELATED TO ANTI-ALCOHOL CARTOON FROM 1905
Events
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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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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
Biographies
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Tommy Taylor
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Nevile Lodge
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David Low
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William Fox
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Kate Edger
Articles
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Temperance movement
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1947 Greymouth beer boycott
Community contributions