AIR AYRTON’S LECTURE.

Otaki Mail, 21 February 1919, Page 3

AIR AYRTON’S LECTURE.

To the Editor. sir.—l should like to thank' Air Ayrton heartily for his able address las’ night; but, with the chairman. 1 should like to ask -where was the crowd? Arc-the Liquor Party in Otaki so sure of their position that they can afford to allow a speaker such as Air Ayrton to mak" 1 lie statements lie did about tlieir trade and not challenge them? And .do" the Prohibitionists think that there is nothing they can. learn about, their side of the question, hr were they afraid to siiow their faces for fear of the wrath of the trade? Air Ayrton healed the matter from such a fresh viewpoint, raising it above all considerations of social ami moral well-being, or questions of '‘Will it Pay?” bringing it to the height of that age-long question. ''Am I my brother’s keeper?” and Liquor man or Prohibitionist lost a golden opportunity of hearing the Prohibition question dealt with from its highest standpoint. It is stated, stir, that the great majority of our soldiers are going to cast tlieir votes against this great reform. They have proved during this four years war by fighting for us and rescuing wounded comrades that they consider they are “tlieir brothers’ keepers.” AVi.ll they in this great fight against a “Demon.” who has killed more than the Kaiser, go back on their great traditions? —f am. etc.. ONE AVI-10 WAS AT.THE AJ EETING. Otaki, February 20th. 1910.