TEMPERANCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42774, 5 September 1905, Page 1

TEMPERANCE.

(By Rbfqbmib,)

, WkKD. restot3.«towtn»t Wh# “ oth “8 »» tru »‘ —impelled me to take a recent short holiday in investigating for myself ih the districts m the South where No-license is in IYo-iieenswwas noiamgits own - that, indeed, it was doing so in a creditable manner, I supposed it had a vigorous enemy to confront m the a strong, active section of* opponents.. This is m ‘ v : rate in the older- Prohibition district of i Cluthv ond ateo #&■;;;■ Mataumj has, passed its: trial stage, and* a large majority of the , accepted“ r e#%^p^^ ditibni o™t 6 oroS.*hffSfafe& traffic, who,-. ,if they J were not be defjingthelawmi6i|iepth<l manner* the ;) Mneteft as^saw them have sefctled’^o ,^J fuUy condition ofthmgs,~Ex-publiean J and owherti wfiicfi: previously held ;f bceiise,iamdiyi >; ing int M class pf ■■ the licensed never again l be 7 v BalcluthaTlnquired were being made to retail*'; No : .; license, and received an * answer that nothing was being done—« that the position, wa» &^S^®l^ automatically. I was told that No-license m actual existence was the most effective argument in favour of and that theßolWiaSfe&gSlKSiAterev apparent-to . everybody,,, and which f werb appreciated by almost everybody* secured thß pertnanence - "ofthe o, system# This is,, as :lt s should be but somehow&had-motr expected it. In districts lie wly undf r No-license/resistenceto the new law dpptartPttr ‘b&/|offea.),time J raorC or less active again somewhat to myi surp|is^ cr ahd a good deal to vmy aatisfaction. I found that where the system had been in as in Balciutha,ia, .publicseptimenfe bad tnad® ely-partimpatioh-iin iMfoCreditablei; • the' result Parliament,” and how much f is butable to other not now attempt ,W decide.