PETITION ACAINST CAMBLING. PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 263, 12 May 1888, Page 3

PETITION ACAINST CAMBLING. PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER

It cm vmi .\la\ t\ A i,\ki t ,<p,lic!ho a--emblrd in the Baptist Talnun. i» 1( la-t niuht toi (he pin po-e of eoin-idei inu the ipie-uon ot pte-entmu a petition to the '.eui-litme ici]ue-tiiv_; vk Tli.it .m At I ma\ he mtiodueed duiitiu the pie-ent -c -10 > im l\uhaiu«"il leneab'nu mMhui 'i(' i>t th' 1 i-aiiuiu .utd lotunr- \et. ICRI. w l\u h make- U i.iwtul toi tin < i Imiu.il Seeulan. on tin* appln atio:i o! .m\ Mi.nu etub. to uunt io -m li club a hcen-e 01 ,iuilioi\!\ (» v-<. the totah-atoi „t h>!»t iv « meeting- in M undei iho , ontiolo im ,!i,'^ ( moil o! -m n i bib -üb|ert l,i 1 1 iMimi ,o.i- in (In -a 'I -e> nun -H tOltll and Mi'.lllll'J .11- ( -Mloll 7Ot till t.u.upj. .U. i! l.o'Jfue- Ait. WH, \nu minit in \t', ir> ( v"i. w hi, h ~ain ion>n\ -n ' i p-laki ",ot i.p "n i lace . oui-i hen the to' il aim. nut - I '-. i ib'U do- - no i\iu,l l»vi. nm i^'U >•"• -tM'.ii i oaliliHi'iiii - t 'ii >1 1 o ito i 1i 1 »\*ei d 0n >i . .-(- 'il' it im Act in t\ 1" 'iitio.iue. d whn u -„ i p:o» nit. that all iui n-ed vi. ,i. .'Ki- -'i ii b -u'Mi >1 to tin pmaU'au-e-o'Jk I,UiU-mi_ \ii- m ia-i-whiie <ln\ 01 iln > -ai'i'o\i -o' -in h !i i i.-id \u tua'luic'i'i uu.»i 'u '■ - » pii-Mi when _ iniluiu, iii i - plui lin iiKinboi toi >v,\\t ,%; i; \\uhv pM'-"leii On ti.e ji| H,» Ul M- !< i M'Mnh ' "• MUlll-t "- Of v,ni,>ii' .u Meiniii ii'o - i'ln punei.iiiuwiri opened \uin -i-iuiin., u,<\ p'.i\u. j ['In (. !i 'inn vi in ide a >> w i.-piop ia' nn, um'4 ii'n.i'k-. v^ ihe emu- o! w hu h '■ - u i 'Jim l.c tiinujr ih.ii t '\v i iiip i iv - w<m ! Mantoiii ,i mnub.i ,i- i.hn !u>ni ouia^i,! ;ne l 1111111- -pint. M e impio that^lnx woi.Ul lemeinluu that it \> 1- <_M,uoiin_! whuii tn:\ ijm'li j m'1 tim > im n iot u am i.r aen u -poll 1 . im 'h>h ll^ 'i ll U - Mt t'nt t!n\ wiioiuiH in a-Mii. Un ('iiuni an ut "i l'ne.i' 1:. a inaLl. , w hi, h \\ at n.lri- '„> Ji 11101. ill- thi. \viitli '>t a n.'tion. in, in ;i'-i jii.u c then wa- <ii lmua-o 111 I 'a u 1 ii ; ii ot a'l it'on b\ nv.nhei wa- iheu im -pe< ulaUoii on tin. 1 m han-t in _mUI 111111111- Im iviinv: tlkte >\a- no \aliu . \l' imliJ m -et. I' ua- >m v ,i In tn u:ipi ■.Uai-le liai.-.u i.iuv aii'i niu-v It al r-> ninniii^atiil -olti-hm — L' h tut tak .1^ !■ i'u '>ne witlioul ul'-inu ai^ i_n'i\aU:il NuwLk when In li.ul huinito bun ii"l In be« 11 -J ot ten o i-'iil in Mm' -lii't- " v nun l t anl- w. Ik »1 - It l-^ ihe\> u\\a> nit,) - .uteni .on 'leu then !>'i-i .k— a:nl taaulu 'J'tin to hoji^ 101 -otne ;,nn li\ a -ule wiint a kin>l o' waiting fo» -Mi.cthuit: to nun up ) Th.it -.et.H'l to him to hi t lie eonuiiton o[ >vi,\ \.ilaml umeialh t.atnbiinu al-i> h.ul 1 di-tntt uiatinu tie a It tan-fit "an to li.uk on i.uh othii v i"h -u-[Hin.n The\ mu-t t K'tion ailmu ill it _;aini'hn- wa- 111 uiiual to Ule mtete-t- i>f an\ eomtnu'it^ 11l v.oui'l not •Uiaui ih in U.o l>ui 1 ill ii|Mii Pioie--oi Ahh- „i nio\f tin 'i.-t , >' Uli.M \ Ap*'l Ul-l ' P. , , -hi viui- -..1 1 * na' \v \n - vtieit m „ ,1 i' t limit po-ition.a- hf wi- not yuV -UK that In w 1- in «.v 1 ni.t with tin 0, !,, , tirpi 1 a itui i-hti t nra-; In 'n i, 1 .. 1 .,!, .i a- -'■- o jei a ta'l <la\ - \ a-> \ ,; 1, a ,n' ilu - VIIIK Then ' hiU wa-ii-ti ' i' n,i ki"\ in i,.m Pi n-k .tn\thi'v.i ,t ',i- l ,hi \ < .uill ma „ioi eh atioi'i "> 1 -i. Tuiic wile ah kino- ". iainl'li , i,i , 111 1 1. " 1 1. 1. • 1o i lit lot ili-at" w;, , 1 I,tll - - 1 unc 1 'if L< -i.it vi t ii l lac .. \,;, 1,1 1-. 1 Inl I"!' < Vpplau-t \ I';, 1 -• ; 1 ii.vii \ w hif Ii pa— lll t'nioiuh t 1 iui,l,r ,'"! '11 I'M \UU \».l- -UPph dp i.vii- __ \\n\,' l a,.t -un\ would he tr.ou^l 1 t,. !m mi; nii'-p- 1 u\ tv mo-t nl tin. im-t-i.il'lt i, nn, - )p i \\> < n'aiiii \ "v" v not ik 1 >'. U '>t _; . iiiiliDLf w.i- mat t r lia i becoliu the pl.i' ikl lii tin wimi'J tv -hout toi all hand-, - 1 that i'il jit-.u' 1 pi opi nl n>n ot Ihe moiiL\ vhiLh[>i— l'l tiom Lin. fii.il to the u)'j;ue etn ed w the till ot tin pulwi<an (Ap}ilau-L.) it i >alil il-o ni- maihfin tlieall 1 . dtimn. -t,a Li that -ambhnu '\ a- untan 111 :!iit 1 hi. !.'-Li I<>-' nioit 111 piopoi •, 1,111 th vi tin w t'.r.ei uaui* d lie. '>ilic\e(i that the mune\ va-ttd m jam inUVj. ill N-,w /.aland would ln\< htttd the ch-pi' — urn and jieihap- a— l-ti.d to pa\ oii-ouit-ut tht. National Debt (Apjilau-c ) Tin . '"-t ( " t - ( - t ua " inul l ' iic l n ' l ' tlL<( oi ' ainbhiT- r t'-ndt d to inod.u t Lailon- haidnt -- and -.-l I J-hni -- Ann f hei e\il w. 1 .- tin (l int.unt (lt f'au<l (jiunn <_ti.d with cran, blinu liuu-'j- Theic .\a- an clemtm ut ti iucl in fonne'tnm with mo-t | liv ,, (l bk- Ik (jtiuiiil iinm.i iepuu oi ,1 ( « iwinittue ot the lion- oi Common- ot wliuh the late U'-ul I'almei-tuii wa- 1 nn ,nbei m whin) it na- -tated that '.Minilin"- wa- iouinLd on ft and and lii.iniLaiin d bx^haud 1 10 thoncrht thai ill would aiMee wall the uoilm- ot tin putitiun, win, 11 it -rared hat tin. f-(.'_n-!a tm^-hfuld not. in <in\ w,i\ -ineUun uam "hlin^. fAppliu-t.) lint In trui al that the . ml^.i- too 2ieat loi the law to inttttu \Mthtu,m\ iMi-'it The in 1111 tiling •01 them to do wa- In-i to -«« that tin} „- ieli'_ r ion- men won fue tiom the taint "of the -in alMtn-t which the\ wciu n\mu out The tinu win n -aint- N\ould nile tin wOl hi would b< whin PK.n v.eie tlu-tn-eh'- ruled b\ (Ini-t. \\ In n rhc\ vac thc-m-ehc- clean-ed thcie nould be -onx i-h.inrr of opciatinn -ii( Ci - t iuli> upon the woil'l ua^ it that, the' fhuiehe- had 1 idle- tonneeted u jth them That thc> had them w;i- pat' nt 10 all. At t.iinc- he wa-{j-po-ed to a-k u li\ did they ha\e ba/;iai- v (Appl.iu-c ) It ua- becan-f fli< did not tm-t tull\ th t od \ould pio\id( fin Ihe ujaintcn.incc ot Hi- w 01 -hip. and to ;.(et thede\iltu a--i-t tin in 111 -.. itin;' in tlie fund- ( \pplan-e ) The evil oV.Miiibhii'-f old -id' lh. ehiufhe^ua- enoi;ni~n-, but he ifated tho-e connected with 'the dun flic- had e\cn moie fli-a^tiuu- ic-uli- 1-1 1 mo\ed "That thi- mcftini; ha- üb-ei\ed with alarm Ihe lapid oi uamb'in^tn thi- colony, t-peoially'aiiK.n^-t tin vouii'iei membee- ot the community. The Ke\ A -I Smith (I'rimitne Mcthofli-t) -ou)h(k'<\ the le-olution lie u;i s pioud to -ay thai he belong! io_a Chii-tiau (hntfh whuh -tion^lj diionni^ei! '.rambling. Th'-\ ne\ ci hadiafh'ejn connection with hi- chuifh He foii--ideied lh.it 'j. imbhnci ciioo.ua^od la/mi .— . It u.i- <!cttiine?iUil to ilic production of haid woikin^- men. The Roman"-, in theii "<Mwi petiod, di-eomap;(d o,- Lm blin^ because if teiifled to make thpii young men ( fl«,min.i(e. They should di-eomacro liti" by the htrc- of public opinion. They .tl-o wanted l\\f pie-b on then .side. (Applause.) The time had come when e\oi\one<-hoidddi-coma;:c it in the name of ('><><[ and hum tnit\ Tiie Ke\. W. Tebb- (Anfiliean) ijiokc in support of the motion. He wiid thaD he had been d-^ked to second the motion, bub linfl pretetted to speak insuppoitof it, ah l.c diiieied a liUle with the matter of detail in the petition. But they were all al one with le^'iid to the evil oi jrainblinsA Kc-identMajri.-ti-ate had told him only that very afternoon to do all he could to pub down but moie especially the totali-ator, as il was Ihe jrreuU»-t curse in evidence. When ho had lunrcU Hiftt 'li/'itled here, lie was astoni.shcd to hear of a f;dVi«i* p^injr hi- -on money 1.0 with, o' OI i<ftj£ionally upon -han'n^ inbho it any. \ youtt^mau had Cold him that the very bovfe club bud their money together to i^oh

tickets in the totalizator. There w a>- also a man who went round to lake oven the child) en's mm \ pence** to gamble for them, so that the very babe- woie taught n.unbhnii. When (he> thought ov the e.\il lesultmu tiom tins habit-, i\\v) muM all agico that they should do their be^L to ti) and suppie-s tins ten ible piactiot. In the in.t|oitt\ ol gambling panics there >\ ii 1-*1 -* no othei tun he\ond the element ot chance. W ell. it a name w.^not woith p!.i\ ui<4 foi iL-olt, then it a.i^miicl} not \\ oi t h plasma ,n all He did not think thai the Leeasi.mue could Mippie— the \ ice, but they mii el \ need no! oounu nance it ihe Louis liituit -•liould <li < oui'U imik eit h\ t akin ji no mm- i 01 it Tilt ;_;n\it .Mil and \ue ol dnmhenne-- h.n' dci. ica-ed pi Knulami h\ ,1 vi "lull iiuua-rci education h\ -'unlx -o!tiU'_; u- fact auatr,-; tt.aud-o il would ii w ill _: unlil, no li w ould cv>n iiv b\ mu", 'dt;- ll'vi {;n> |ili''t if oin , pcopk like i i' i uwel\ c- pin i in^ >hoiddei toM'uuih'n.i to intii't in i | 'i oplc auaui-t tin teiublc\ue 1 hi motion \\ a** then adopted, The !!e\ (1 .1 I.ew'-d on'iH gal iom.i'im i iii'M niii» id, " That i hi- uui tinu in. (it ion tlu Lc_:i-!duit to -uppio-- \hi • \\[ .•ainui'4 h\ la i dueui I.'1 .' .'ii \i tto Kpeal -C( ' in 1 ! i(« nf ! 110 » ailllillUU \l'< , \ l >i \\ !in h Ii - 'lv lotah-aM in' iliminul «In iii \ : !»e (,» '_i-! u uil t ovid -.il> iii*- l 1l 1 itiiltlitit; bin u \t a- it- i 'ut \ to di-eouute;unec the pi.' hie I! wa the "' !u< \ dt ihe ( . u\ ci tcuent to m t '.i 1 i! i a-\ '<> tt-> p<. o,>K to.lo u,!r. in lii.c In do wiu'ij Th „ wa- i ■ im'mi Mi ii 1 -it 1 . b\ i"n vie d M ite man ' . < • iail-U>ne • '", '1 .u >', a, id it H.h \> il ' !i\ ft nun | imuio th.i' 'emil.ttuj ■ • .i m f ' ! s 11 1 _•. tedl\ j I lilt iti -.11H ilf'Ull'. 1 I. 'f Wlv! vi <l\u\ vi | til p. f p!C In u tlktt . 11l I 1 ( • i - 1" Il\ I - i," i>' I • I'll i hen \\ i- XiK i '! 'i' \ ( nld r i\t Ihe ! nil Hi!, nt itu » ha' Ilu \ nki d n f !n>\ (i l'\ 'vi (i, ( i, up lin pIC--Ul> I'll li W,l- tint . lp i h bet U i M-.dit thin 111 1 -ii .mi i I i'i'4 ■ o{ i he p( opie w lv a (Ik u !>lood \» ,i> ful!\ up When 'lv \ mH u]i hot Indian it ion nic ( n.'^tlh i-i _ii-!atuie\\ ould b. - ompclh d to ai ( lid to them The\ mu- 1 '^o i>u until tln \ weic a!)l' to -a\ ' \\ c 'i,i\ i -. i in •!< 'l tne UKUi -lei m-lf\ki\.ha\( ii i\\ n -oiiu ot tln U> t h ot no t til] " iain i , and 1 1 i- u 1. 1.' -ed I '!'. diM me -h.iU bi. al,a 1 , tliei ot thei.i. [he !; t \ I. Hi -t wi- < ..I'n i 1i 1 upon to -n i ud ;he le-ohu'on ill < on-nK ' > d Ili it tht (iimi \\,ul comi« when e\ei\ llniMiui tna'i -him!.! i\ , " t in- iml di ill bi mh i di'\ • hoti-Nd !ii bad U"oun umu\ nei-oi-who had b. en Miau n ipio !he \o! te\ of _M'ld>UM_ II t'lOtlUilt 'lull 1, 11 Mill! hi ! Ma! loi ui*_ii to ;m\ upon t! l L -mipln.H\ o' Hi'" 1 - _\l> It 1 lobli-, \' !1. U -,'iiivi '!! Mippol t 0 the motum He thoiijiu ihal a- api i ilium. v \ nn , t inu i Im. pi <-t ni w .1- a -in (i - 1 >'H hid t'n nu ili iv in i ntn t o c or, -u I lm i lie i.itiu\ ot the ( h.ne-e oi tin piojieit\ t i\, til .-[ piobahh tin ualiun- would li.ive bet n mwili'l it dipendt'l upon the people io -uppoit tin hand- ol >in mem i) t !- m lit;lit;n'_; tin- maUi He w.i-pki-id to tmd that tluie ueie -e\iial numhtj- ot the tialeinit. pu -cut (An plau-i I IV'I hap- lln \ hid i oini. out hi ( ni io it v to heai wh it he w ould -(\ upuM thi mat 1 1 i In w t-li' d tt to hi uihU i -tood t h.it iv wa- -ii' ik I'i'j a^am-t I!u plaeliie not tin nun who lived b\ u It v i- tan th.r he liad ahi.tds mmtd in I in- in. it t . i It l \ a- al-o li in ; hat he had at;i <> d : i ilrdm-e u mainint; in ihi l.aininu Ai I w hii h leuah-ed lii> lot ali- t iUii He uid o ' i r j;i. t tin Hill pa--td, and l! tho i»ob< t did i n> p dut\ tln dial- W OllUl Mill bi ill) id 111 \<U tK i' of tin public hki i\u \ win at pi- -i nt m < V'lU V '1U (11-I 1 <'i t I \ppl LU-L / I It. |i 11 -I 1 oMt_il\ thai the ( .o\> i nment m a .ounux -hon'd it ten Ito the lal .i- \u 11 <i- to t lie public il a-pett ot attaii- ll> d-d Io -a\ tai \ohii lii mtio'iiH 'd ihat ildl u> ir?«o lit \\<i-.ibl\ -uppoi tt db\ v ni Ibibi it Si-nit < Ypplau-i ) lie had al-o '•• i n --ippoiiid b\ tin M-pcLt d'l< poitum ot tin jiie — thi 'U!'_duint fh< i oloti\ \nd Jia! too m \'n ],M i ottlii tat t th.U tin non ,ut\ ci i-uvj ot tin -w Lp- eiL.int a !o— ol tioii' IjUO f o L 100 pei annum. That w.i-what 'ht pio pin tUtU t 1 one newMMj vi in Am k'and had told him, -o ihat ii meant -omet hum; to tin new-pap(i-. lie < onMdeiedili.it th< inttie-t^ ot t In- colon \ wcie bound up in tin- ijiu -lion Jleva&-on\ when In thought aboiu the etiect- of <_raminu. mtiiinpeianc c, and iho-c di-2,u-tin ( j, tiling- ( alkd jj;lo\ i h'.iht- i\p jilau-eJ lie would be -oi l > to be the po-C--O1 ot,i\\oik ot a. i w hit h had been won b\ .at union Almo-t Lvei\tluuji wa- a u'o'k ot <nl now, and the Colonial Ncic tai> wae- constant h bemu appeal* d Id f"oi In-, jiait. lie -honld alwa\- teel. w hen he looked at a woi k ot <n I -o dbtaitu d that it wa- pitich i-cd b\ olhei people mone\. lie hoped that tin- liuetin^ wa- nnl\ the piii.ui-oi of man\ of In i - I 'In \ had been dc'iouiKiuu (he totah-atoi but he could tell then, that it wa-tln. \d> tiling w lueli the bdnkmakei- a!-o wi-lnd done awa\ with, b'tau-e, it w ,i- al-o iiiiiiini; lln m. (\p pi iv-< and a di-tmct -hout ot •'ile.'u. In ai ' ) He loi oml u.i- loud ot a '^ood i.ue and in thought thai d wa- mo"-( hhiihat he -hould bedebaiied fiom a a cjood iaee in con-ecpu ne<; of tin niannoi m which it had hi uu deba-ed Mo hoped that the peo|)l< %\ould -upiioit tin- mcmbeii- in ,m\ .ution 'aktn fo Mip pi i -- Liv- tei i iblc \ ici The motion \\ a- ihcn pill to the mi i f iivj Mi \\ .J. .^peiciht. pointed old that tin motion wa- imiM iim' He would like to -cc it alLeied -o that th I^^i-latnie -hould be a-ked to take aw a\ the Main whuh le-ted upon the count i\ that t lit \ miichoned The Chan man acifoidiuuh alleied the woidimj; of the lc-olution. atie) wlneli it wa- ;.dopt( d Tin; Jlc\ Mi Momo mtned. "That the meeting -hould jiled^e it-elt toMipjmit (lie ino\e):ient to-uppit-- Mambbn^ lleci\ jilamed that the meeting \\a- Ihe lc-nlt-oi a leque^t leeened tiom Clui-tehuieh. Ho thetutoie bchcxed that when the I'ailiament a-'-ombled petition- would be sent in bom the leujrth and bieadtli oi the land. He w.xi a-hamed lo(on'e-- that (het'luitian (;inni h liad oountenaiK ed '4iunbln»j; by t licit i allies and olhei mean- oi laiMii^mone^ JFe ti u-tt d that m iutuie theie would bo no -uch de^iadation ol the chinches. I>a/'iai- ! nnjihL be light enoujrh if condiuted on Miietly business j>) incMplo-. Theie wa-. ,'mother system of y;«inbhi)^ that wa-, friow inff to serioii-. proportion 1 ". That was by mean- oieauKin the club-. He believed that when a youno; man suited to gamble he wa.-. on a slidnif,' 1 t^iadc io ■ juin. The vice met them evciywhoe— in hotels, on steamci.s. in tiain 1 -, and on the stio-et. Ho they must flash in a li<.d>t not only upon the woild, but aKo amongst their own chinches. The Lotalisntor suppoi ted in that it piovide-d hinds to keep up the many lacing clubs that wcie spi inline up. Jn New Zealand they had 00 such with a population ot 600,000, while (Ikifegow with a population ot about 700,000 had only one. He had much pleasure in moving the resolution. This wif. .seconded by the Kcv. Mr Thomas, and adopted by the meeting. A collection was taken up for the pm po.se of defraying the various expenses aheady incut rod. The llev. M) Thomas then pronounced the Benediction and the ir.coting closed.

A pool, whoso manuscript j^cls into Use w.isLc basket, is iar fioin bciny convinced that hio linco liavc t.illcn in plc;i,Kint |jlacc)s.