HIE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1914. Notes and Comments.

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HIE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1914. Notes and Comments.

How much longer is the R licensing question J to be allowed to pr over-shadow other p ( v and greater ques- ' J ' tions of national rather than of sumptuary character'? And why should candi- : dates be pestered by eternal j questions on a subject whose | settlement has been directly rej ferred to the people? The exj treine views advocated by exI tremlsts have had the effect of ! bringing into existence a third party which has adopted the motto, “ Moderation is true Temperance,” and which, objecting to the issue being left entirely for settlement to the “ trade ” and to the prohibitionists, advocates insistence upon the proper control of licensed houses, the amendment of, or the more rigid enforcement of, the liquor laws, and the systematic and regular inspection of all liquor retailed. The Moderate League which oh jects to the licensing question being kept continually in the forefront on the ground that i every other reform —even the | question of the existence of the : Empire is made subsidiary, is 1 the natural re-action against ihe dogmatic advocacy of beliefs calculated to weaken the moral fibre of the nation by making everybody an abstainer by Act of Parliament. The first prohibitory law ever promulgated was a rank failure, and while the abuse of alcoholic beverages, like the abuse of everything else, is to he deprecated, legislative interference with the exercise of man’s del sire to use alcohol will not | promote true temperance ; for j temperance by compulsion is as i valueless as that honesty which |is practised for the sake of j policy. Medical opinion oil the I regular use of alcohol is divided, ] and doctors differ as to its value lor otherwise. This is clearly j shown in a. statement which appeared a while ago in the | Lancet above the names of ; some sixteen, of the most emii nent medical men in Great Bri- | tain —a deliberate and earnest j statement so vastly different I from what we have been told by j intemperate orators that it is de- ! cidedly worth quoting:— “In view of the statements j frequently made as to present ! medical opinion regarding alcoI hoi and alcoholic beverages, we, I the undersigned, think it desir- ! able to issue the following short I statement on the subject—a statement which, we believe, represents the opinions of the leadj ing clinical teachers as well as of the gre;U majority of medical | practitioners. Recognising that, in prescribing alcohol, the requirements of the individual must he the governing rule, we are convinced of the correctness of the opinion, so long and generally held, that iu disease, alcohol is a rapid and trustworthy restorative. In many cases it may he truly described as life preserving, owing, to its power to sustain cardiac and nervous energy, while protecting the wasting nitrogenous tissues. As an article of diet wo hold that the universal belief of civilized mankind, that: the moderate use of alcoholic beverages is, for adults, usually beneficial, is amply justified. We deplore the evils arising from the abuse of alcoholic beverages. But is obvious that there is nothing, however beneficial which does not by excess become injurious.” A correspoqdeiu writes in the | ALCOHOLIC ffow'hsc Strain: CONSUMPTION. V™ P ract '- cally a new chum, and since my arrival in this country I have .hoard prohibition orators in most of the larger cities denouncing drink, and speaking in such a way that I was led to believe the inhabitants of “God Own Country” to bo the most drunken in the world. This belief did not tally with my observation, and I was driven to the N.Z. Official Year Book for confirmation, or disproof. Tiie comparative tables given for 1911 entirely disabused my mind of the ideas imbibed at street corner oratorical fount .ins, and showed most conclu ively

that, witn the exception oi: L medians the people of New A * il md consume less alcoli -I ns head than the residents of other country. As other.-, h - been Led into similar err >r i should like, with your pc mission, MiEditor, to quote (h 1 tables that convinced me th : ‘ azures could oe made to or y • anything -by [lenders to th • i .c iorant absorber af partisan ! itements. The 3bnsump;;io i i i given in gallons per bead of the population.

THE HUNTL Y PBESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, I6I4 \ \ Church Services. In Memoriam. 1 COACHBliiLDtRS ) ST. aNTIION vs *'! | URCH. Huntly—It a.m., jxev. Father Edge. IllOt llt l In a near and silent graveyard M Ngaruawahia— 9 -a.m., Rev. Where the trees their branches X > Father Edge. wave, i * Huntly — 7 p.m., Rev Father Lies a loving mother, ( < - 1 Edge. In her cold and silent grave. Inserted by her sorrowing } CHURCH OF ENGLAND. daughter, N. Broods. w A % / V V* Elliott-st , ? 1 Huntly—11 a,in. SHE HSNTIrY PRESS. > w Huntly—7 p.m. Ngaruawahia—7 p.m. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. * \ v AUCKLAND. / Taupiri —7 p.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1914. A? PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Notes and Comments. An e You Looki ng AUCTION SALE Huntly—11 a.m.Rev., J. Richard Huntly- -7 p.m., ,, Ohinewai—.4 p.m, ,, ,, How much longer is the „ licensing question LD to be allowed to pr, over-shadow othei p ( v and greater quesJ J ' tions of national METHODIST CHURCH. For Real Value for rather than of sumptuary characyour Money ? If so, Huntly-11 p.m., Rev. M. J. Evans ter? And why should candiyou cannot do better Huntly -7 p.m. Rev. Fvans dates he pestered by eternal than ESIiop at Taupiri —2..*30 p.m., Rev. Evans i questions on a subject whose j settlement has been- directly reMacDUFF HOUSE. Gospel meeting in the Masonic j ferred to the people? The exi treme views advocated by ex1 tremists have had the effect of We are now s ho wine: all the latest Novelties in Hall at 7 p.m. ! bringing into existence a third Gold and Silver Jewellery; aj#.o a large range of Saturday, Calendar. party which has adopted the motto, “ Moderation is true Temperance,” and which, objecting Silverware'Suitable for Marriage Presents. Sun Sun to the issue being left entirely for settlement to the “ trade ’ and See M a our Window Display, and remember Address, cOUFF HOUSE, DECEMBER 5. 27— Friday 4.29 6.49 28— Saturday 4.28 6.50 29— Sunday 4,28 6.50 30— Monday 4.28 6.57 to the prohibitionists, advocates insistence upon the proper control of licensed houses, the amend1 —1 uesday 4.27 6.52 forcemeat of, the liquor laws, and Slain. Street, 2—Wednesday 4.27 6.53 the systematic and regular in3—Thursday 4.27 6.55 spection of all liquor retailed IVIcJMEE’S. HUNTLY. — The Moderate League which oh jects to the licensing question being kept continually in the forefront on the ground that * | ' ” ” * Terms-Cash, Phases of the Moon. every other reform—even the W ; b all Moon, 3rd, 11.19 a.m. f j Last Quarter, 11th, 11.7 a.m. Fmpire is made subsidiary, is a. . \ New Moon, Lll.li 3.32a.m, ! the natural re-action against JAMES ELLIOT, j First Quarter, 25th 1.9 a.m. ; I he dogmatic advocacy of beliefs calculated to weaken the Nem Spring Novelties ENGLISH MAILS. moral fibre of the nation by making everybody an abstaniei AUCTIONEER, N.B.—Owing to the war the mail services are so disorganised that the dates cannot be depended by Act of Parliament. The first Houji Coming to prohibitory law ever promulgated was a rank faihi re, an: while the abuse of alcoholic AT upon. beverages, like the abuse ol everything else, is to be depreStock Sales. cated, legislative interference with the exercise of man’s desire to use ale.obol will not M —d JP> MP €□» U. CM. S5§ JAMES ELLIOT, j N.Z. LOAN & MERCANTILE promote true temperance ; toi temperance by compulsion is as The IPopitaliXs? Draper AGENCY CO., LTD. valueless as that honesty which is practised for the sake of • NOVEMBER. policy. Medical opinion on the regular use of alcohol is divided, Ohaupo, Tuesday, 3rd Matamata, Wednesday, 4th and doctors diffei as to its value House, Land. &, or otherwise. This is clearly Hamilton, Thursday, 5th Estate Agent; Te Awamutu, Saturday, 14th LANCET above the names of Pirongia, Monday. Kith some sixteen, of the most emiN . ** Ohaupo, Tuesday, 17th cent medical men in Great Bri- > Auctioneer & Rangiriri, Ihiesclay, 17th Kauroa. Wednesday, 18th Pio Pio, Thursday, 19th tain—a deliberate and earnest statement- so vastly different from what we have been told by intemperate orators that it is decidedly worth quoting:— “In view of the statements ' Yaluator, Cambridge, Monday", 23rd Te Kuiti, Wednesday 25tli Hamilton, Thursday, 26th Otorohanga, Thursday, 26th Ngaruawahia, Friday, 27th frequently made as to present medical opinion regarding aleo■n Mi: T_.ifSi. KING’S HALL, hoi and alcoholic beverages, we, the undersigned, think it ■i—HUNTLY. QECTIONS -On both sides of O the river, in good position Dalgety & Co., Limited. NOVEMBER, Ohaupo, Tuesday, 3rd Hamilton, Thursday, 12th able to issue the following short statement on the subject—a statement which, we believe, represents the opinions of the leading clinical teachers as well as of the groa4 majority of medical ar.d at easy prices. Ngaruawahia, Friday, 13th practitioners. Cambridge, Monday, Kith Recognising that, in prescribThis House was built by Clius. Porter. Ohaupo, Tuesday, 17th ing alcohol, the requirements of ' r TO USES - In all parts of the LJL town and neighbourhood. Kauroa, Wednesday. 18th the individual must be the Open 3L e t; -fc e r* Pio Pio, Thursday, 19th governing rule, we are convinced Te Aroha, Fridav, 20th of the correctness of the opinion. TO Te Awamutu Horse Fair. s-j long and generally held, that THE PEOPLE OF HUNTI.Y, J>OARDING H O U S K S —A Wednesday, 25th Otorohanga, Thursday", 26th in disease, alcohol is a rapid and trustworthy restorative. In many Ladies and Gentlemen, - If you contemplate building a house, that will look well, prove comfortable and commodious, and be satisfactory in ■tgveTy'-way, i J 1 choice ot several paying establishments. ARMS—Of sizes and at prices Te Awamutu, Saturday 28th cases it may be truly described as life preserving, owing, to its power to sustain cardiac and nervous energy, while protecting the wasting nitrogenous tissues. JL to suit a 11. AUCTIONEERING CO., LTD. As an article of diet wo hold is the builder you ou«* r> t to consult. His work will stand ever / — that the universal belief ol inspection, and his prices are right. NOVEMBER. civilized mankind, that the For an ideal house by an experienced and trained builder. moderate use of alcoholic beverthe undersigned is your man. . ages is, tor adults, usually benefiI employ competent tradesmen only, and all work is done under corn with full equipment required Hikutaia, Monday, 2nd cial, is amply justified. my own personal supervision. for 12 boarders. Hamilton, Horse Fair, Tues. 3rd Wo deplore the evils arising I am, Hamilton, Horse Fail-, Wed. 4th from the abuse of alcoholic Yours faithfully, Te Kuiti, Thursday, 5th beverages. But is obvious that CHAS. PORTER, Particulars as to price and terms may lie had on application. Waihou, Friday, 6th there is nothing, however beneBuilder and Contractor, P.O. Box 24, Handy. Ngaruawahia, Friday, 6th Cambridge, Monday, 9th ficial which does not by excess become injurious.” Ohaupo, Tuesday, 10th % Morrinsville, Friday 13th A correspondent writes in the Alcoholic strai ’ 1: consumption. V™ i ,ract| - cally a new chum, and since my arrival in THE CUFOELL & EHREalFlifED Aucfso Sales undertaken Hikutaia, Monday, 16th Matiere, Tuesday, 17th COMPANY LTD. in si! parts of the district Kauroa, Wednesday, 1.8th Pio Pio, Thursday, 19th this country l have heard proHamilton, Thursday, 19th Te Awamutu, Saturday, 21st larger cities denouncing drink, Dominion Ohaupo, Tuesday, 24tli Tirau, Wednesday, 25th and speaking in such a way that I was led to believe the inhabiOtorohanga, Thursday, 26th Waihou, Friday, 27th to bo the most drunken in the Hikutaia, Monday, 30th world. This belief did not tally with my-observation, and I was m €L 'JS> JfciS ® LOCAL BODIES. driven to the N.Z. Official Year Book for confirmation or disproof. The comparative tables r Ale in Bottle t Championship X X X X Bfc On Draugfit. Huntly School Committee meets on the last Wednesday in each month. Huntly Road Board: Saturday November 28th. Huntly Town Board: Thursday, December 24th. Raglan County Council: Wednesday, Dec. 9th. given for 1911 entirely disabused my mind of the ideas imbibed at street corner oratorical fount ins, and showed most conclu ively that, with the exception of Canadians the people of New Z * il ind consume less ale oh >1 pa head :han the residents of ■ other country. As other.-, h • been ■aehanan’s Vied SeaJ & Waikato County Council : W e d n e scl ay, Nov. 25th. ike, with your pe-mission, Mr Editor, to quote (h > tables that convinced ri' Hi;' .igures could MEETINGS & ENTERTAINMENTS. „: V >e made to ;>r a > anything by Wke St CUhite CQ his kies landers to th .- i ;• lorant absorber of partisan ! itements. The abnsumpho i i i given in gallons per head of the population. Lyceu.ii natures, every Finlay, Saturday and Tuesday i Miners’ Hall. Country Beer Wino Spirits Empress Pictures, every Fri- \ NewZc:i!:ul 9.7 0.14 0.78 LINKED TOGETHER WITH lay, Saturday, and Monday,,' Gag’s Hall. A.usfcrali .i 12.4 1.09 0.3K Jnitoil Kingdom 27.3 0.25 0.G8 Canada 0.8 0.12 1.06 PURITY. Sunday Church Services as x.3T{ Jjiited States 17.*’• 8.50 1.07 ist / ' Germany .2,1.4 1.39 1.17 France 9.9 29.30 ] 56.