Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1871.
"A meeting was held on Tuesday evening last, at the Court house, Waipavva, its object being to inaugurate the Band of riope and Total Abstinence (Society and Penny Headings The chair was taken by the Rev. R. Taylor, President of the Society. After the meeting had been op-ned by a temperance song, Mr J. Harding, the first speaker, explained briefly the objects of the Band of Hope. The Chairman then followed with a lew remaiks on the same subject, explaining also the reason why the two societies (Band of Hope and Total Abs inenee) were united into one. Mr Levy then addressed : !he children, showing them how they might become teetotal rs Mr R. Hauling next addressed the meeting on total abstinence and the Bible, pointing out that the Bible, when lightly understood, does not encourage drinking, but speaks strongly against it. The meet ing was enlivened at intervals by temperance songs by Messrs. Levy and Grenside. On the whole a pleasant, and, we trust, profitable evening was spent. At the close of the meeting about 24 signed the pledge and joined the society,
From cur advertising columns we pee that the first of the series ol' public yearlings at Waipawa is to he given in the Coarfc house on. the e\ ening of Tues-
The number of ihe Illustrated New Zealand herald, to hand by the last Southern nuti], is, as regards the engravings, a specially g°od number. A large and well-executed view ot'Sydney is issued as a supplement. In the llesident Magistrate's Court this morning a line of £\ was inflicted on an inebriate. William \datn>., charged yesterday with supplying grog in a disturbed district without a licence, was fined the minimum sum of A2O, with Ida costs. On the application of the three witnesses for the defence the Court subsequently issued an order that he should pay their expenses, viz., <£2 5s each,
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 1045, 17 June 1871, Page 2
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328Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1871. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 1045, 17 June 1871, Page 2
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