TEMPERANCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42792, 17 October 1905, Page 1

TEMPERANCE.

(Bt Reformer.) TEMPERANCE WORE IN THE EOYAI NASX. ' .ITS RISE One thing is though the bar 19 innocent of beer and strong drink, it is hone the less popularhmohg the| ihenr Two ior three are lounging' against, the settles, or smbkrag their , pipes oh the doorstep, chatting <and enjoying themselves thoroughly; some more are tuiming opt pcickets and giving loose - cash, watch, etc., to the manager to keep for them, and after arming themselves with a hot pasty or two start cff to ; see some of : their friends or, go up for a game or a quiet read, etc.,. in one of the comfortable rooms upstairs. i may .think , that a moderate allowance of I beer served to those who desire it ; would be an advantage and would make ihe " place more useful* None answer this more decidedly than the nonabstaining seaman, who frequent this “ Public-house withoutithe drink ”in large numbers. The f question has frequently; been | put with the view- of eliciting f their opinion: Do you think that it would be a good plan if we had beer .here in small quantities so that, any man who ; wishes it could have half a * pint ? The ans wer hah - been you ruin sbp!ace - if the We don’t-want^^^^.swn r ; can get,:all that’sdir; tap>^re v ; besides which there are plenty of public-houses all around us who supply that article without the Sailors’ Best doing it as V well.” -

There is no red-tape about the place, and yet by kindness and brightness everything seems to go on pleasantly and well. About fifteen thousand men use the dormitories yearly; and by . throwing the refre§mment bar open to the public, notwith - standing all the heavy expenses of a large Institute the working staff consisting of a manager and seven servants, everything is defrayed, including gas, coals and incidentals of all kinds, out of the takings of the bar, leaving a profit of £l2O to £l6O to the good—nearly 2 per cent, on the original outlay. Another place, on a smaller; scale, has been opened opposite the other Dockyard gates at Keyham, called “The Homeward Bound,” and will, it is hoped, do even better, having less heavy expenses. \