THE DRINK QUESTION.
The Molbourno Argus in discussing the liquor questiou o few days ago made tho following very pertinent remarks: — " We aro inclined to boliovo that, whether or uo it is because they aro rational, mon will continue to drink. But iv this generation, an compared with formor generations, much has been done to discourage drunkenness. Society and public opinion are against tbo excessive indulgence in a liquor which was formerly regarded as a virtue This sentiment is spreading, and will spread. And it is by the growth of the idea that drunkenness is scandalous and shameful and intolerable to others that the sobriety of the whole community will be encouraged. Men may continue to drink, but fewer will drink to excess if they find that in such a case they aro only regarded as fools or blackguards, who are unfitted to bo in decant company. This, of course, is only true in a genera! aeuso, for there is a craving for drink that is practically a disease. But more good can be done by public opinion than by legislation." Let any one who remembers the drinking customs in this district seventeen or eighteen years ago compare them with tho sobriety which obtains now, and he will sco tho wondorful work which has boon done by public opinion and good example.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 54, 1 September 1893, Page 2
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