TEMPERANCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42791, 14 October 1905, Page 1

TEMPERANCE.

(By Reformer.) TEMPERANCE WORK IN THE BOTAL NAVY. ITS RISE 4. What are tbfc, prefits{piNfeJ concern? “For the first inontbj the,,coffee was sold a i Id. peq half.pint ; but this was foundto give such a large profit, ihatthj price was ij-educfed to j|d. ped pint. In thirteen months thd profit has been £6O. after alu expenses have .. been .paid,’] 5. How rnucb jis spld ink dtjrj and is a man entirely told off! for the work ? " M “ About eighty pints are soil daily. A man is told off taj assist the committee in tW evciiil iugj—-an A.B. who. takes 'greaj interest in the work and volunj bis 1 v: J 6. Js there any special timi on board when the men can havqj their coffee? v. - ■ I)! Thejvqrk on toardthe Catril bridge being of Bomewhal diffierent character to any ol the other , ships, the boiler ~® only lighted up in the eyfnidi from six to eight, when thj men who are not allowed pi shore for night are very glad|l it; hut it is so easily set goim® that it can be lit two o r thaw times a day if necessary.”' !n| These coffee canteens, if intfa duced and worked ( efficient]! under the kind gqppgvfeipxtfj® one or two* of the officers, won® undoubtedly not phtydfej??® drunkenness, but improv||fJ® health and tone of the Sef|i<! generally. The too easy, aece® to the one glass o i board.. ala® only too frequently promotes® thirst for the five or six glass® on shore, and Jack .comes ba® off leave, only to be put an® the cells or on the black li« Every little done to preve® such sad occurrences cannot ;fa® to be a blessing and help to ni<® who as a class are so easily fiuenced for good or for evil; ®