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Abstain from alcohol pledge card

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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.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-ALCOHOL-Temperance-1930s-01
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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Abstain from alcohol pledge card, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/abstain-alcohol-pledge-card, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated


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