WOODVILLE.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 163, 1 October 1881, Page 2

WOODVILLE.

jJFJttOM OTTB'' OWN : COtAESPOKDENT.] Woodville, Sept. 28th, 1881. ' LECTURE BT SIB WILLrAM FOX. The Hon. >" i ir W. Fox gave a Temperance address m the schpol.rpora on Triesday evening to si large -atidience, including about 20 juvenile Kechabi^es who appeared m regalia. : Mr.' Spwry occupied, the chair and 'gave a short addre explaining the rise :#nd progress of the cause m this dU .vici, dwellin ~ pa'jrti cul f ly upon the help f eWered 1 ny tlicr'r Hon. Brother Pox. The cbpir sang, a Temperance Hymn, and the chairman called upon Bro. Fox to addressrthe meeting (cheers). Sir W. Fox was gfeieted ■witi prolonged applause. He" briefly explained ,his inability to givfe.^a' longer, notice' of bis intended visit:' He stated the public mind was being educated to the evils of drink and its fearful results, both here and every place' wherever the 'English language was spoken.' The was a standing army of 'GOO'.OOO 1 drunkards m Great BritainVand every yc^r hy careful icalcula'tiansit was ; "e^timatei3 thai; 200,000, died of drink and the effects'of drink. Suppose 200,000 were killed by .war or any other cause, what an bu'tcry' would be raised ; .but because they died thrpugh drin'.;, n'otbody todk "any nbtice. In England the people spent £4 per head p"r annum indrink ; while iti New Zealand it reached as high as £6 fpr,liq«Qir: for} every man, woman, and child. Between 2000 and 3000 people die every year m New Zea-, land tli rough drink,' ahdie¥er.y drinlfipg* shop m New.Zealanjd kills on|e inhabitant., per annum. He- stated he was-nbt' ex- : ag^erWtirig the" numbers, alth'oughnesyS: papers generally treated it as a loose statf.ment . and ! 'wrote 'h\m dbwh i*« iari enthusiast. The Eegistrar, General* statement was a most; ;miije;»ding; dbcuraentV as by that report only 20 f people had died through alcoholic ipoisomtig $ whereas 2,000 iad ; re:vlly^di^d tbrou>h drink. It filled bur Lunatic Asylums and irao's and caused more misery than all the other evils put together. He advocated the total extinc ion of all public houses, and hoped shortly -^hitfnßi publican would dare \6. put up a rV n over his dbpr ;'itt iacN'b'e might asrwell •write * l Murderer" which he sealty M^; at once. He looked upon a publican as worse thajt a highwayman who ointcd a pistol at your head; althoiv !i .c was glad to use a public hou.e wb drfo./wap, travelliniy ; but always had a cold V.Hd.. der run through him wheii he c-ro-s- J d i tb < c threshold. Education did nqt preveat drunkeness, and instanced th! oof Xhe best educated nations, m the. \:\ Jd, and; said they were the most drunVh aat'ions m the world, Tiz M America., See4 7 >••- ', and Sweden*- The next quepionj w,r\; d^d. Temperance Societies cure this d*se>; : V He oaid, " Yes ;" they weredoin^so, and he loved them Car it; butasithey were! not powerful enough to cope wi^i *\ tbenielves they must have every pubr.x house looked up. by tire supreme v.lll of ihe people. He earnestly advisedt .thq peaple to be careful m elec^tii»g^,<^e Licensing Bencb, and to elect nbae bat teetotalers, and tkey migk-t close eveiy pabl'c house between there and the Spjit. No compensation oould be demanded nor did they deserve any. They had done) mischeif enough. Bro. Fox *at dowa amidst great applause, and a $>rdial Tote of tha Ls to tbj Lecturer terminated the proceedings.

EABTHQTJAKSS. Earthquakes still continue to sta^tl* people, although we ought to be used to them by this, considering we have had over thirty distinct shakes since the'heayy one. We experienced a veryyiharp ""pus Thursday last at 8.50 p.m. r f-\ \•; THE *SCHOOI£ ■ ■?" - ' H - The Woodville schpoliJrhafvbeen tx4 amined by Mr. Hill, butfwitfi w|at results^ is not made known.;y<jt, tnough;l naye,. heard several children hate vbeen put; back into lower classes ; so; the result is not very satisfactory to^the master I sbonld imagine. We shall look anxiously for the Inspector's report and I hojgeijwill be better than we are led to expect, i -0 . THB-WBATHBB. J ■-*"*• "- v "- * J * W,e are getting splendid weather at last 'and 4he icduntry is looking beautifuily^ green, and stock is pickiag up m conditionThere should be plenty of fat cattle iv Jhe murket shortly.