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1947 Greymouth beer boycott

  • 1947 Greymouth beer boycott

    What would it take for West Coasters to boycott their beloved beer? Greymouth hotel-keepers found out in 1947, when an organised attempt to raise the price of beer sparked one of the most effective consumer boycotts ever seen in New Zealand.

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  • Page 1 - The 1947 Greymouth beer boycottWhat would it take for West Coasters to boycott their beloved beer? Greymouth hotel-keepers found out in 1947, when an organised attempt to raise the price of beer sparked one of

Temperance movement

  • Temperance movement

    Temperance was one of the most divisive social issues in late-19th and early-20th century New Zealand. Social reformers who argued that alcohol fuelled poverty, ill health, crime and immorality nearly achieved national prohibition in a series of hotly contested referendums.

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  • Page 3 - The no-license eraThe 'three-fifths majority' was a major hurdle for the temperance community, but they soon mobilised to campaign for people to vote for

Biographies

  • Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury

    Gordon Burt was an enterprising and inventive commercial photographer, whose craftsmanship in the studio was without equal.

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  • Campbell, John Logan

    Campbell made a tremendous profit from – and contribution to – the growth of New Zealand's second capital city, and became known as the Father of Auckland.

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  • Main image: Tommy Taylor

    Tommy Taylor, who spent his life campaigning for the prohibition of alcohol.