SHANNON.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 928, 22 September 1910, Page 8

SHANNON.

A No-License campaign opened here on Monday night, when Mr. W. Hawkins, "with the gloves: off," stood up to "refute; statements concerning the; results of: Nolicense in Ashburtou, Invercargill, • and other, No-License areas, and published■ on the very eve of the. last local option polling day, by the Liquor party in the Otaki electorate, There were about one hundred present in the Druids' Hall, and the speaker received a good hearing.. He jOffered-to give- .£5 to some looal charity if his contentions were falsified; and he challenged Mr. W. Thompson, who is to contest tho Otaki electorate next year, to debate the subject with him on the local platform. Mr. G. H. Gibb was in tho chair;- . •;. Eough' weather _ was • responsible fcr a somett'hat disappointing attendance at the closing debate of the Literary and Debating Society, on ■■ Tuesday, night, in the .-Druids' Hall, when Mr. Barclay, moved: "That it. was against,the interests of the Dominion for, the Government, to sell Crown lands."-. Although".the, attendance was not very large, the debate'was'one of the keenest held , during, the-season,; and to a considerable extent, resolved itself into the old'' controversy, . "Leasehold y. freehold." '-The,.- mover,- who made the most effective speech of;, the; evehiug/was supported by.Mr.-'Hinsman. Mr; C. B. Robinson: moved the. negative, and/Messrs. Exall,.. Gunning, and' Judd alsp' spoke in .favour >of ..the .'freehold. 1 , Mrs. Lanovig, and Messrs.'.Gibb and Berh- : .stein supported,"the motion.': On : a', vote' being 'taken, the motion was.l-.carriebV'.by-a ,lhree-to-one majority. ;It. is" understood that a';, well-known., leaseholder. ; ih the House has signified.:' his ; willingness ■ -to/a. member .of the ' local', .society.: to' debate the : i "Freehold-leasehold" question .on the : local, platform/"'

'::.;'•/" :/■:/; -i;OTAKI.; ''./■:/;;--::'/'/•-. At the meeting, of thostf interested /in; the, proposed borough movement: oh Monday,' there was, a large, attendance,' and only two of.' thoserpresent-'expressed' themselves as 'being,opposed 'to the 'project. .The/matter of furthering 1 the'movement has been .left.in. the hands of a committee.' ■: -The',Druids'/"social,"/heldy here' oh" Tuesday night, proved 'highly,, successful; there being.a good'attendance. /.:: --V '..•-■'Tho past day or.-.so.has:been decidedly breezy,-with',occasional raiii,/and 'it/a'p-. 'pears .'■ as if we" are" experiencing .the. "tail-end" of. the' gale ..which recently- : visited' Wellington. .■-';. ■.>/;".:-.•;,. '.-' ■; I .Shee'pfarmers here are,;.on' 'the ■' whole,: with the -present; lambing season; 'but;, owing to. docking,-not,; having., yet :p.ropefly/commenced, the^percentages 1 are, .npt'khown. :.-/"'••. :'-/;:/ .-. .■.■'■',■.; '-'■:■//'.