CANTEENS OR NOT?

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 682, 6 December 1909, Page 6

CANTEENS OR NOT?

.'■: ;; ' :<^ "'} '■! ■'■ : .'f,.^,-, ; ':■:•' V-; ; '-' ; ;.i ■":):': THE ' ALLIANCE^ANDrTIiE DEFENCE ; '■■:■■ Vj -; ■' ■;-,....." •)■.-;■•;'-- bill, jV; •;;■,:', ■ ::*. i\})i- : The New, Zealand Alliance has issued a noti« ' :/ ficat.ioa to churche3 and. allied itisUttitione .■ , .- : ;'- , / calling their.'uttchtiou to the- fact.that con- ■. ■:■ teens for. the disposal of alcoholic drink ;»t» :■'.,'..'. provided ■'. for in tho new-; Defonco Bill. Tho ; ; ■ alliance contends that as these camps are to,-.:■'■', ■". ■ bo estihlished 'in connecUoiv with 'compulsory :!;: , v ,; as distinct'. from voluutoer r training,, liquor, y -.'...■ shbUld be barred . altogether,, and, it.stronu-. ■ .. ously, objects to .power,,being ;given .to an :'.'. ; individual' , to , 'say v whether or ,not drinking/•y';; shall be allowed in tho eainp or canteen.. The ■ > ~| (vlliauce "suggests A to': thbso bodies- addressfed. ; :.: :S that a-prompt.protest should'bo made against , >;;.■,'■ the• clause.,. ■■'..'■.•■■■■•''; - ;> ■'.-'. " :■■■ .i-;' , -v : - .At tho. concUision of .the servico nt tM ••;:..'■. Church ,of Christ, 'Pivian Street; last even. : : ing,-'-'- the ■ 'following-. resolution' -was passed unanimously i—" That. this. congregation' enters.,;;;'; its emphafcio. protest against • the granting ol '. facilities: for,:tho : sale, of alcoholio; liquors' in' ;,. .■ mUitary traiaing camps in New " Zealand." ;-,;••; The.fplldwinte: resolution was passed yesterday- . morning in tbo Primitivo Mothqdist Churchy-v;, Northland. '■ On the proposal of jthfc Kev. C.- L \: ; \Vnrd, the wholo ■ congregation- rose ,to ■! shbw r ;. !;;; thoir: approval:; "Wp view with, concern the. V'.? canteen forcho solo of liquors in'.¥W ,-the. , military -Bill , coming .bofpfo-.Parliaineut."'.v.-We believe thattho; eanteori"spells danger , to■&!.;' • nil; ittnd rum; to intitiy. ~Drink .is, B-destroy^'".;-.; ing and;degrading.fprco, , 'and, is specially l bad v;'; 1 for the'young; : it..domoraHscsHniidJOworß , -'man?',-./ '■ hood , nnd-Cbaraoterj; it. .baffles .and-, confound} i;.:; , ; iis,' causing- misbliicf, wounds; "sorrow, shamev-"0... and' 'criine.\. : Wβ. thoroforo-J respectfully. ona ■'■!?' urgently: .protest.'cgainst 'this temptation';,be-, .... ing placed before out sons and the ypung mani: ;ft ttc/Dominiott.''>..■;>;,: :: , ,; ; i'- , /;•:•;'';