MEETING.

Tauranga Argus and Opotiki Reporter, Volume 1, Issue 1, 24 November 1866, Page 3

MEETING.

A large and infiuential uieetin^ of the civihaan inhabitants of th« townshi'p was convfned by Colonel Haringion, commanding tbe m i ■ • t i a forcvs, on Sun iay lllb instant, for the purpose of enrolling a ourps of volumeerft Sueh a siep was rendered impeiative by a sudden withdrawal of th emire garrison. At a late hour in the afternoon, due not ce to all 'h J storek^e. ers and civilians reaident in 'I'a Papa wasjiiven to repair at eight o'clock that evening to bear tbe : entiments of tbe gallant colonel on tbe snbject. He began by stating ibai be bad no power io make the movemenl a com(,.ulsfcry one, nor had be any wisb.io do fo, n. itbar bad be power as yet of calling them out uuder the Distriet Militia Aet, but he trusted thst tlie u.gent nccessity of establishing sueh a force vwuld be seen »t once by tbe civil cotnmuni v of Te Papa. After oue or two reinaaks upon tbe care and wat^fulness required by the volunteer8 in the event of their servicea beiur required, he suggested cert&in highly important steps to be taken in case of the alorm liy day or night/ being sounded. appoinling a rendevotjs at ti.e Duvham Redoubt. He stated furtber that tlie arms, &c„ would ba issued on tbe morrow, He would hear sugg.stions or remarks from any present. Messrs Ball and Wrigley storeke-pers, stated tliat course adopted on the occasion was one ot great proinptitude, and no ciyilian could be expected to less ihan I o 1 1 o iv up the course laid down by Coloucl llaiington. A very nun e ous list was soon imde out, all present alike concu ing in the , expediency ot establishing tbe Tauranga Yolunteer Colps. The following day rifies and atnunition was wsued to some fifty men. The otiicers and non-commiB-sioned offlcevs were th,,;i eleced. Aithough bappily th: seryices of ihe corps bas not hilherio been-called into repuisition, it clea ly provt-s, whether by land o- s a whether tn tbe ino'her country or at its antipodes, English.'neti, ev r i • ihe hour of danger are ready and prompt to btep t > r - ward for the ■protection of tbeir bearths a d iiomes. Long lifa and success to the 1 auranga Volunteerat

Thcro is a prescjiiption in use in England for tlie cuie of drunkenness, by which thousands are said to have been assistcd in recovering themselves. The receipt canieJnto notoriety through the efforfs of a gentleman who at one time commanded the Great Eastern steamahip. Ile Lad fallen into auch liabitual drunkenness, that nis most earnest efforts to reclaim himself proved unavailing. At length he sought the advice of an efnir.ent physician, who gave liim a prescription which he followed faithfully for seven months, and at the end of that time liad lost all desire for liquor, although he hnd been for many years lead captivebv a most debasing appetite. The receipt, which he afterwards published, and bv which so many other drunkards have been assisted to reform is as follows : Sulphate of iron. live graihs ; magnesia, ten grains ; peppermint water, eleven drachms ; spirit of nutmeg, onp drachm ; twice a-day. This preparation acts as a tonic and stimulant, and so partiallv snpplies the place of the accustomed liquor, and prevents that absolute physical and moral prostration that follows a sudden breaking off from the use of stimulating drinks.