TEMPERANCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42784, 28 September 1905, Page 1

TEMPERANCE.

(J*Y AEFOBHEB.) : TEMPEKANCEIWOEK in THE EOYAL NAVY. ITS EKE This Institute, and its branch,- . “The Homewardßouiid”at Key-, hain, opposite the gates of the Steam Yard* are visited by a. very large number daily, being V besiged as early as 5 - 30 a.m, by those who are waiting to go off to their, ships,:—n®t for the I mornipgidram, but for the steaming cup : of coffee,—and business ■■ steadily continues till 11 p. m. Many a Blue Jacket has been picked up in the streets^not able to take care of himself and has been taken in and cared for till the ment to give up the Entirely.. .At this Institute touch directt temperance work is done; .. free teas are given monthly to sailors, boys, manners, etc, and very frequently tp sailors’ wives after which addresses are given and pledges taken. The bar pledge-book bears atople jesti.mqny to ihp advantage pf having such'a book_al way sa variable in a • b place of public resort . A man if he is so minded, can drop in, take a cup of and enrol '"..Mispi ypstpn'diways. impresses on' the men' the wis» dom and absolute necessity of looking,to JGpd to keep such a resolution, and;■ that, so far from its being the .ign of a w,,ak .it shorn the greatest strength, obcharsmter for dhe_ .bravest nian isever.the humblest, and the,widest always feelsthat Cromwell’s Irousides, had no ? lack of bravery, as well as true , / piety; and in the great battle of

the nineteenth century against drink, the best parts of the character of those brave soldiers,with out the wild fanaticism which oftentimes disfigured them, are found in the earnest workers in. the Royal Navy—a brave band of all ranks and ratings, who have quietly and perseveringly | pushed on the cause.graong tbcir - |||j shipmates and friends’ ashore and afloat. It would be,invidious ' i to mention one name more than, another, when ,all try to do their i best; but the labours of the West ||| Tndian,, China,, and Australian' :| Squadrons, and also at Ports- :J| mouth, have been beyond all praise. The registers or honorary agents, have algo many cases done a good work on board ; their An instaflee; may be given of an honorary agent i on board H M.S. Raleigh, who, on joining his ship 'when commissioned at Chatham, found" yji two teetotalers besides himself: §1 when she pair off after a four years’ co mmisipn, he numbered eight sfeunoh abptliners, who 4 might be depended upon to work 'f| well.anywhere, and thirty (making a total of one hundred and f! ten) who were also pledged men. fS but not of such a solidjeharacter. ‘j| He also kept a ljepord of tlie rat- iff ing of each man when he signed the pledge, and of the same M mm,when the ship was paid off, the boys had heeome the , t ordinary v seamgn t tbecome A.B.S', ff or else potty, officers, and so on shovdng what a btessing r total abstience !is tp the Navy in a point’pf view!, v Vv.-u .i.> r., ■ „ :M