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WHAT JIM SAID TO JACK AND JACK SAID TO JIM. (No. 3 Continued.) Jim: ■There is something dn thu way you put it, certainly; but I must confess that 1 don’t liko my. liborty interlored with.” Jack: “But, my dear follow, THAT LIBERTY OF YOURS IS BEING INTERFERED AVITH EVERY DAY IN ALL MANNER OF WAYS. ALL LAW, WHETHER DIVINE, HUMAN, OR NATURAL, INVOLVES INFRINGEMENT OF LIBERTY. You can only got absolute freedom by absoluto isolation. Don’t you seo this, Jim?” Jim: “Yes, that is right enough in a general way, hut why shoui’.d 1 bo provented buying my glass of beer as I have always done?” Jack: “Simply because it affects the general principle that a man has no right to use his liborty when its use injures another. In all well-or-dered communities the fullest liborty is permitted short of inflicting injury on others, but beyond that it is restrained For instance, I have a right to plant my fist within half an inch of your nose, but if I were to go tho other hai'.f inch there would bo trouble.” Jim: “You are right there, old man I” Jack: “Now, the same principle applies to the sale of liquor. If, by using tho liborty to buy a glass of beer you were only to injure yourself, the prohibitory law would not bo put into force. But strong drink is of such a nature that it cannot be legalised without injuring tlie community ill every sense ; therefore, on this ground Prohibition is justified. Always remember, Jim, that Prohibition aims at a THING and not at a MAN. It would smite a traffic, and not a personal! indulgence. And remember, too, Jim. that the principle of Prohibition is at work in our present licensing laws, and all wo want is to push •this same principle a bit further. For instance, at present a publican is prohibited from selling liquor to children under a certain age. All we ask is that the ago bo .extended to, say, 100 years old. It is illegal to sell liquor to a man when he is drunk. We would prohibit its sale to a man whether sober or drunk. A publican under tho present law is not allowed to sell drink on Sundays. All we propose to do_ is to prohibit him soilling it on ANY DAY of the week. You see, Jim, our method is very simple and logical. Blit, Jim, there are more powerful arguments than logic. I would ask you to give up the liberty of easily and conveniently buying your glass of liquor so that others may be benefited. If by curtailing your personal liberty you can thereby enlarge the freedom of others, it- is your right as a Christian man to do so.” (Advt.) C.P.

GREAT FURNITURE SALE. BY PUBLIC AUCTION. MONDAY NEXT, DECEMBER 30, Commencing at I o’clock sharp. MILLER AND CRAIG . WILL Soli under instructions from J. W. COOK, Esq., at his residence, The Point, Whataupoko— HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS. Glass, China, Cutlery, and Electroplate. Handsome Drawing Room Suite in Genoa velvet, plush Ottoman and Cushion, rich velvet pile Carpet' Square and Brussels Square, Daghestan Hearth Rugs. Dining Room Table on casters, A.U. Chairs, Overmantel, Brass Curb, Ornaments, etc. Contents of several _ Bedrooms.— Beautiful Duchess Pair in Mottled Kauri with bevel plate Mirrors, Bedsteads and Bedding, Combination Chests, Washstands, and Toilet ware, Double Brass Rail Bedstead. Hall Curtains and Bamboo Hall stand. Linoleums, Rugs, Mats, Blankets, Silk Tapestry and Lace Curtains, Window Blinds, etc. ALSO, —A great number of Beautiful OIL PAINTINGS, by wellknown artists. Gas Stove and Gas Heater (makers It etcher and Russell). NO RESERVE. Goods on View Morning of Salo. G. Iv. MILLER, Auctioneer.

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