TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81836, 31 August 1906, Page 2

TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.

At a large and representative contention of tcmpcranui s»ppPrteis trom all parts of Taranaki, held in .itratf rd on Thursday afternoon, the olli.wing- resoulion was passed unanimously and forwarded to the l'reiniei ; ''Sit,that tho Commissioners f r the Christchurch Exhibition arc S.UJTKI sting legislation to enable akoholie drink to be jtervuil Willi mea s at the Kxhibition, this Provincial Convention, repiesenting the electorates of Taranaki, Egmont, I'atea, and llawvra, strongly against the proposal for the following n-asons:—(i) Objectionable as a liquor biir would be, the league considers that the arrangement proposed bv the Exhibition Ci mmissioncrs is infinitely worse, inasmuch as the Exhibition wi'l be attended by great numbers of visitors who conscientious.}' object to their" voung people being brought into contaict with drinking customs, find tl, c licensed bars of tlie city afford every facility to '.hose desiring alcoholic' refreshment, no hardship can be inflicted upon anyone by its exclusion frun the Exhibition buildings; (2) At the r-cent election ( f a licensing- committee in Christchurch the question of liquor ;'t the Exhibition was a distinct issue, and a very large number of the electors showed by their v< tes that they desired its total exclusion; (3) At t:-,e local option poll of igos.'very nearly 3X7.700 e'cctors recorded their >")!es, and as a large majorify Inm- umiiiflr to dose on ui.ooo) t(e- ---' hired themselves opposed !o the sale ; l >i"nor, any inrrei s;' in tho facilities for thi' sale iif drink would be a celMerale setting aside of t|„, 1)0() . P e s «,h, and a flagrant violation of tie principles of democracy; (4) I hat the Government sonic years ago <1 se:l all liquor bars at railway re ; lieshment rooms, and does not supp.y a'cohoiic drinks in railway diningcars with evident satisfaction to the M; 'V<.'ling public, and the country; 15) -l'hat at the Taiantiki Exliibitiiy, 1 he d In Xew Plytnouii last voar, rii Mrong drinks were sold, even in' the ('Miingroom, and this Exhibition w;is fjifthly successful. Th;s ennvenfi'n strongly ih<« Government 10 refill i't ac' V tn the re'l'lesi of the Kxhihiii; n Commission<TS,