TEMPERANCE LECTURE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1937, 6 September 1888, Page 2

TEMPERANCE LECTURE.

8 Mr T. W. Glover, the organhlng agent 11 of the New Zealand Alliance, addressud a * meeting at Fiemington m Ihe school- * house on Tuesday evening. Special d arrangement! had been made for the re:e ception, and the platform was occupied '" by a ohoir under the lead of Mr Dunn. i fl Mrs Harding presided at the harmonium. V Several pieces were sung effectively ' r during the evening, notably one entitled > n " The Song of the Soldier." '» The ohair was occupied by Rev A. 'X Blake who assured Mr Glover of a warm '" welcome, and wan glad the people had . F turned out so well that night to hear 19 him, as the objecta of the Alliance were l " of a practical nature, and it was desirable tt that they should have some better legiala- '» tion on the subjeot. ~ Another hymn having been sung the 11 chairman said that before introducing Mr ?» Glover he had been asked to transact a 8 piece of business which it gave him very 8 sincere pleasure to be able to perform. '" At all their temperance meetings for the " last 1W yuam iney Had bad the ready > help of Mrs Harding at the harmoaium, 9 and as she had gone te^eaide m auother * part of the district they wished her to c take with her a token of their apprecia- ? tion of her services. On behalf of the " friends present he asked her to accept of '• a china tea service and silver teapot, with 30 an accompanying address. y MrJameß Osborne here uncovered the tea J sefvioe, and teapot, and a handsomely got '» up illuminated address which bore the 1 words, ".Presented to Mrs Harding by J 6 members of the Gospel Temperance *» Sooietyand Presbyterian Church, Flemn ington, 1b recognition of her kind service* [ B so willingly rendered, September 4, 1888," '? The presentation was accompanied with t very hearty applauae, »nd Mr Duno * although he had no presentation to make ° desired to oonvey the thanki of tho 2 meeting to Mr Harding for all the interest he had shown and the assistance he had 6 given m the work of the Sooiety. Mr : > Bar ding suitably acknowledged the gift * c on behalf of Mrs Harding and especially 8 thanked them for the kind sentiments r whloh had prompted It. P, The Chairman then Introduced Mr Glover to the audience. Mr Glover on £ rising said it gave him pleasure to be there that night and witness a preaentae tion to one belonging to a family whom, 6 as he h«d jaat discovered before the " meeting, he nad known so Intimately, and ° of whom he oould speak so favorably, la a Dorsetshire. Ha then went, on to speak 6 of the traffic In strong drink, and called r upon the young colonials to help to stamp ? It out. There were spots m this country * J free from it larger than Fiemington. Id * AJbertlsnd, north of Auckland, where a ' oolony of 2000 non-conformlats had oume 26 years ago, the storekeepers had no bad debts. The people did not spend their money In drink. Hotels should be foi aopommodatlon, not for drink. In Melbourne the temperance hotels were the first In the city, and 480 pairs of boot* had been counted at the doors of the rooms In one of them m a morning. People spoke of hard times, but he had not met the man who had given np such a luxury as tobacco beoause of hard times. Some had given tip the luxury of giving to the church. A young lady who oould not afford half-a-orown to the Alllanoe spent seventeen shillings a week at the skating rink. It was a pleasure to read tho address of the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce the other day. Wool up, frozen meat up, wheat rising, and by the rise m prioes a gain of two million* sterling was expeoted. Bat they oould save two millions by giving up the drink. And as It took one sovereign to undo the mlsohlef caused by spending a sovereign on drink other two millions would ba aaved. If the money were spent In drinking and rlnktng the produplng power was. destroyed. They might talk of hard time* but colonials knew nothing aboftt It. Those who htd gone to Melbourne wowld be glad to oome back. New Zealand waa a paradise for the working men, and hewanted them to prize it, and make It a bright and prosperous oonntry. They were not to look to Government to do that. The country was what they made It themselves, and they oould not expeot prosperity if they were reckless m spending their money At a small plaoe like Hastings they spent £3000 on the races In a day. Mr Glover concluded an Interesting and racy speech abounding m humour, with & foroible appeal and sat down amid applause. Daring the singing of a hymn a colleotlon was taken of whloh £1 was handed to> Mr Glover for the objeots of the Alllanoe. Sixteen names were added to the membership. After a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Glover for hia address, whloh he appropriately acknowledged, the meeting wa» oloaed m the naval way.