Fresh Easter meals and local road board election notes
Ideal Easter fare promoted by Sovereign Tea Rooms Co with April 7 as last order day for English Fillet. Road Board election lacks opposition as Messrs Somers J C Phillips and E E Twine seek re election. editor bemoans dwindling public spirit and civic engagement. Also reports Mr E Lee Steere owner of Hawthornden shares a sportsman note.
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Sovereign Tea Rooms Co
Messrs. Somers
J. C. Phillips
E. E. Twine
Toodyay Road
J. Somers
Toodyay District Football Cup Gift Prompts Community Hopes
A massive silver cup is being presented for competition among Toodyay District Sunday Football Association clubs. Public publicity for gift conditions is expected soon. The piece praises Mr Lee Steere as a generous figure in the state Sporting community.
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Toodyay
Lee Steere
Temperance Aim Beyond Forceful Law, Bishop Says
In a Diocesan Synod address at St. George's Cathedral the speaker argues for temperance through the Spirit rather than coercive civil law. He warns that forcing sobriety would cost freedom and is not a good bargain. He urges engaging minds and hearts to promote Christ’s influence on behavior and worldviews.
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St. George's Cathedral
Grace Archbishop Clune Advocates Liberty Against Prohibition
The Perth Roman Catholic Archbishop Grace Clune on December 15 1924 stated that alcohol in itself is not evil though abuses exist. He argued that prohibition infringes on individual liberties and would impose drastic measures in the state.
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Perth
God and freedom in morality argue against prohibition
The reflection from Fremantle in November 1924 argues that God gave humans freedom and that Christianity seeks to make people moral rather than merely sober. It condemns prohibition as a coercive method that conflicts with Christian principles and the gift of free will.
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Fremantle
Temperance through self discipline, not prohibition
Rabbi D. J. Freedman argues that progress hinges on temperance taught from childhood rather than fanatic prohibition. He advocates self discipline, self respect, and self control to render better service to citizens and foster enduring progress.
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M.A
Perth
Prohibition Debate Cited By World Leaders 1924
General Sir J Talbot Hobbs in Perth argues against prohibition saying it cannot be enforced and would corrupt law. The late Lord Chancellor cites America Revisited noting Americans want to drink and will resist bans. President Harding calls prohibition a demoralising factor in public life and urges persuasion over coercion.
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J. Talbot Hobbs
Perth
America
Great Britain
United States
France
United States of America
Congress
Food and drink choice as manhood in 1924 Lords talk
A Sydney medical figure famed for welfare work, interviewed in Fremantle on 8 August 1924 after returning from America, argued that prohibiting importation and manufacture of alcoholic liquors has not been enforceable and has led to a string of tragic consequences, challenging self restraint and policy.
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House of Lords
Sydney
Fremantle
America
Mitchell defies tea and whisky ban in democracy critique
Sir James Mitchell argues against any right to restrict personal choices and mocks democratic pretenses, insisting he should be free to drink tea or whisky if he wishes. The ex-Premier of Western Australia voices strong opposition to coercive social norms.
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Kocm.g
Western
Austral
R Clynes on liberty and prohibition stance
R Clynes MP criticizes liquor bans as tyranny arguing liberty requires nonabuse, cites U S and Canadian experiences. He notes sixty eight U S dinner parties with only five dry and recalls Canadian prohibition leading to adulterated alcohol and poisons.
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United States
Prohibition Debate Cites Irvan S Cobb Quote
The author Irvan S Cobb argues that prohibition merely bars sobriety among those who would otherwise remain sober, framing the issue as a conflict over behavior and freedom.
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