PROHIBITION MEETING

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 47, 19 November 1919, Page 9

PROHIBITION MEETING

About thirty pcoplt-. including a nnral>er of ladies* assembled at St. David's Church, Petone, last ni?ht to hear the Rev. J. Dftwson, president of the New Zealand Alliance, speak on the subject of m-oliibition. The sivalccr wifs inlrwlueed by the Ifnyor Ofr. .T. W. M'EwanV Jtr. Dawson' said he did not think argument was ppcoswiry to corvine them that prohibition was wanted. All he. hid <oen in Ainrriea. coiiiirmed that prohibition wns fie only settlement for Ihc Honor traffic, if we «-ere to protect H>" future of the. race. Tie was sure that if the facts were undcrstop/l, thev would see how beneficial it would be. ITp mentioned that ho lmd trnvlled widely in Canada to filiu'v the eonditioiiß tiiorp. and. to glean infori" , '.- tion rpijii'-diiur the lioiinr traflie. IT" spet"'"'Hscd in educutioM ->ii<l finmi'e, !"•'' pp'i"lif out these denortinenls, and he said wi(iinu|- 'wpi-yn fly'. Hi"ir en":" ' w~ K-nrth win'". Tt men-t Uie Filmtinn of Hnse Mipv bad them and the Stnl". Afr Dinv»wi re'iudinted s|'>tpmp»tv »>"(lp bv'th- lifi'ior n«rlv rei,'.-di"B the ?s"'■-iive-inss of pro''ibilioM in America, lie admitted them ws corviintir'i in certain mrts of fnnHn. l'" f «"t ; -t ,lnwn - direct- -- o" indirp-Hv. In li'-or. Up. -xik suit Ihe liquor traffic 'vni'Ul <h> its worst !•«- t..-fei. iip'i- i."(I llir» Mcin-r of Iho pell. ITn Hiou-ht tl.""- ".vo-iM i'" : 'i Win'" the soMip's w«re bw'<. ■"" , thov .-.ul< «* for Ih-P.-'elves end nnl 1>» inis'ed. I heir i,alrinti<m v."r'ld s-c-rt it.=olf I'ci- n- if hud ''one in the defence of tilt- Empire. (Anplitlise.) , . He was accorded, a licnrly . vole nt -vi i Mr. K'lufpr "n»a| orgnni-er) also artdi'fssed the meetiiw.