WET INVERCARGILL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 116, 7 May 1908, Page 3

WET INVERCARGILL.

To the Editor. .'".odcrn poet says: Ihe wor d is a hollow bubble, Don t cher know. -1 painted picture of trouble, Hon t cher know. " hen a man comes here he cries, •'its oder, then he s j g i ls ul ; ll 'i' still and then he dies, J-mu l cher fernowl" The irrepre-sibl 0 tJ.J 1.-M. is to the folV V'li let 1,,. doings of his party in Amc- ' "I- at our gaols here, and look •it the gaols in America, and vol wo "iri'li *'i " l .i l '"" 10 iU,il wl,ilt : 1 ll '\ w,th 01 ' r . 'l«ar boys and dear

Wed' t" U "' i oct tlK ' ln 11,, .' i wouW muro t0 l,1 <! purpose however, „ ],,, , lild gh ,,„ j, ]nu feasible explanation of the enormous • li-uiiiption of alcoholic moisture bv Xr V VV r ,^Uit . CS - Jlis K«vio»s is aie a tissue oi assumptions and ions about the accuracy of ... I 'IV' 1 ' absolul «;i.V correct, and j

calcu. ation, of the normal consumjition ChiH ot '"T"', 1 "' 0 " t,l<! th i,tin,is output are palpably absurd '"'•1 «'«n<U I.U taken seriously. The great lerliun, q „id , )ilrty fi , ]loSi , aid. actne or pa.-mvc, Xo-liceiisc has been carried m p arts „f .\ ow Zl . illani , are waning up. They begin to fear that

the "devil t bey don't know" niav l,e | wor-i' trail the old gentleiuan trev are | ;'"l"ainlcd with. They do not "want crturcs up,,,, ,| u . ~v i| s ()f dl . inl . ; |||( know all about it already: nor do the'v l';'-t lire about the records of the convictions of unfortunate ".boozers," who sinl'!y I lie majority of Ihe arrests |„r

know is, J)oe s Xo-lieens,. do what is I clainied for it? The onus of proof lies with its advocates. Let them devote their attention to this matter rather than waste time writing about America, where entirely dill'erent conditions render comparison impossible. "Adam had a soil

Who married Noah', daughter, And nearly spoiled ta Hood liy triukiiif: up ta water: W liicli lie would have done. 1 ;i! least pelieve it, Had la mixture jieen Only half (tleulivet. This is all my tale; Sirs. 1 hop,, 'tis new t'yc! Here's your fery good healths, And tamn ta whisky duty!" - 1 am. ftc. PAKIRIKJIU.