Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1224, 17 January 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1872.

Encouraged by the measure of success attending their efforts during the last se«sjqn of the Imperial Parliament, the TJnited Kingdom Alliance is now proceeding with rapid strides towards the accqmplishuienfc of its object. On the 17th October the great annual meetings pf the Association were held in the Free-trade Hall, Manchester,— that {milding being thronged with friends of the movement from ir.v and near; and the whole proceedings were carried on with an amount of enthusiasm much greater than on any former occasion. Perhaps the most suggestive sign of progress is to be found embodied in the following resolution passed by the Ge neral Council of the Alliance at its annual meeting. Ifc should, however, be premised that previous to that meeting fi-jends of the cause/ had already Ingested the importance of the pro-

posed course to the Executive Council, chief amongst the number being Mr Wm. Hoyle, the author of a standard work, entitled.'/ Our national resources, and how they are wasted/ 7 These gentlemen, impressed with the conviction that those interested in the maintainance of the liquor traffic were prepared to resist to the utmost any changes tending to the public good, and that the agitation for reform had entered on a new era requiring additional work on ■ the part of the Alliance, suggested that a fresh guarantee fund should be provided, extending over five yeard. The Executive Committee considering the importance of the questions involved, decided on placing the matter in the hands of the General Council, by whom the following resolution was unanimously passed:— * ? That in view of the gratifying evidences which abound on every hand that the agitation which the United Kingdom Alliance has conducted for many years past is likely to result at an early date in a great change in the laws affecting the sale of intoxicating liquors, this Council, regarding the crisis as a momentous one, and being deeply impressed with the terrible evils which result from the traffic in intoxicating liquors, resolves to redouble its efforts to obtain for the people the power to protect themselves from the traffic and its ruinous consequences; and in order to secure this end, and carry on the agitation with greater vigor, resolves to rake a guarantee fund of £'loo,ooo, to be subscribed in equal instalments during the next five years/' The idea was taken up with the utmost enthusiasm Several friends at once gave their names for each, and within four days the aggregate pi\m promised amounted to something over =£45,000, and by the 4th Novem-ber—-less than three weeks—-to about £55,000,

The above facts are important, as -howing that the people of Great Britain are at last in earnest in their re volve that a veto power over the i>;sue of licenses for the sale of liquor shall bs possessed by those immediately concerned. The great organ of public opinion, the Times, has again warned "the trade" that it mast be prepared to par;: with half of its profits, but its remarks are sufficiently important to demand a separate article.