Prohibition Council.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 242, 17 April 1896, Page 2

Prohibition Council.

, Q , (Per Press Association.) Christchurch, April 12. The annual convention of the Canterbury Prohibition Council was opened today, the Rev. S. W. Isitt presiding. The report, in referring to the work of the year said : — " The Council might thank the Licensing Committee for most of the progress made. The utter disregard shown by that committee for the consideration of public morality sent a thrill of righteous indignation throughout the community, and the committee believes that a few more supli cases as this would seal the doom of the traffic." The report referred to the inability or unwillingness of the police to pope with Sunday trading and oilier lawless proceedings, and stated that the committee knew of more sly grog selling prevailing in Canterbury than in the Clutha electorate, where prohibition was partly enforced. Exception was taken to the. statement that there was more sly grog selling in Canterbury than in Clutha, and several of tho delegates warmly supported the inclusiou of tho clause. i A motion congratulating the National i Council of Women on the success of their i meetings was also carried. It was also i resolved to urge upon the temperance < party throughout the province the im- < portancG of complete organisation in the approaching election.