NO-LICENSE IN MASTERTON.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10301, 2 August 1911, Page 5

NO-LICENSE IN MASTERTON.

OPINION OF REV. THOMPSON.

The following letter,jwjrittens by the; Rev. A. T. Thiompsoji!, 8.A.,8.D., of Mafiterton,, in answer. to a request ■ for Ms opihcan as to the working of ■ Norlieanse, t's published in the Dun- , edia iStar:— "La. answer I send you the following testimony: As a jwni and minister of religion in Mas- ".' tertons ior lalmdst five years 1 have much pleasure in submitting it. . Nothing,.it. -would seean*, but the set deWminiaiiani not to ibe-. : convinced • would enable me to hold out' any a longer against the and overwhelming evidence as to the improvement of Mastertow in oertain evadenifc directions, and tihle /success i generally of No-license' in. our electorate during t2fe period of its trial. Our court trerfAintis .tell' the story of a ; distinct—l might say phenomenal—improvement in .public morals. Our .steviinga ihaoik: metums, aided 'by rei&afcle/evidence of reputable buisi•raess- men, tell in favourof the financial of the community. Our owfa.teyes hear witness levery day "to a cleaner, town. There are, I verily believe, more ooinforts ia the homes of many of ' our people dra consequence. Speaking as a monaster, been, almost the entire disappearance of appeals for help, railway fares', beds, meals, ' and fees at labour bureaus," lua&H ft© lber'fny J contisnual ex—JSBJsMWP6 under the liquor license system. The change as, at least in my experience, remarkahle. My recent visit to the 01d i Cbunibry and | ■fine Continent made raie come bacJf more convinced ever of the awful Mghifc and curse of drink in. a comanranity, and of our own; good forj, tune dm Maßtertoni and electorate to ~ 'fbeorad. of its Mcehsed sale. It must ■■ ■:, ■■jijfyrer.- come back, sua we' yMue our " owai fliiapjp&nesa, peace and prosperity, and! tfeat of our fellow-men."