TEMPERANCE MEETING.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 671, 23 May 1914, Page 5

TEMPERANCE MEETING.

ALLIANCE ADVOCATES AD-

DRESSES.

Aa was generally anticipated the visit of the Rev. J. Dawson and Mr C. H. Poole to Te Kuiti on Thursday proved alike interesting and intructive. Rev. S. Griffiths presided over the afternoon conference in the Congregational Church, and at the evening meeting in the Town Hall, the chair was taken by the Mayor. The severe weather affected tha attendance, but a fair number braved the elements.

Mr Poole described himself as '"an unrepentant radical," and in a very forceful manner he wen to the root of the temperance question, drawing freely upon hia recent experiences in America, and showing how alcohol, as a beverage, was condemned by our foremost scientists and reformers. The liquor traffic, as an oid Welshman had said, ought to be buried face downwards, so that the more it scratched the deeper it would sink. His numerous illustrations were so clear and cpnvincing that some of his hearers were inclined to agree with him when he said that hia defeat at the last election had proved a blessing in disguise, for it had enabled him to carry out his long cherished idea of visiting Europe and America. Aa usual Mr Dawson was brimful of information, and his facta and arguments were marshalled in a vary logical manner. The liquor traffic was the greatest monopoly in our country, and by far the most gerous.In responding to the votes ot thanks Mr Boddie said that the addresses had proved very suggestive and instructive, and he had no doubt they had inspired thß audience to do their utmost to help on tha cauße of sobriety.