Temperance Column.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 11, 24 June 1899, Page 4

Temperance Column.

[An editor appointed bv .the Waimnte T.R.p.js alone^ responsible for nfnt'ev contained in this column. — Ed. W. A.]

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AT THE TELEPHONE. Ting a ling: ting, tins;. Hello Central-! Give me No. nought bln,nk nought. Ting a ling. , Editor' of the Temperance Column ta'kin*; is that the editor of the Publican^ Co'iwn ?i , - „ , Well, if .you ,like it better^, ,C ojjnmn of Fa"nries about, Piohihlrion, who is thi<W/CGodda'rc! whose speech yon publish'? " Lived, in Iwaine " did he 9 Was he acquainted with Governor, Neat Dow? .Well, why then did he not ask Gpvernor , Dow to explain to him why the Maine people, after 30 years of,proh.ibition. ieaffirmed^it hv n mnjority twice as large as t) 10 pieced ing one ?v , .., "Have no knpw'edgejOf that" haven't yon ? You must be one^ of ,the persons, referred to in Mr ' llilsom's letter in the AnvFtmsKti of June 17t,h^ thus :— " It js to ;he hoped that our legislators will not be blinded or frightened by the taving? of those amongst us, >vho ijupei•'p"tlv undei^tiind, and who have ' Hulp opportunity of getting at the facts so as to form a fair and" reasonable judgment on the meiits of prohibitoiy laws." What? Hari'nt 'you anything fresher than an e'even-year old speech? Takes a long , t'l"P to get reliable information ( from America, noes it ? Then whyjnot seaich nprfiM home? r Try Clutha. Eh? What's that about damp weather? . Oh ! don't oaie whether Clutha is Prohibited or not* ', Well, it is, only partia 1 prohibition, huithe record'for 4J years is an eye opener. ' i Rpealc up! ! j YHn believe there is as muon drunkene^s, theie as ever. <fo yon ? i Well, the official returns give, 179 convictioris for 4^ rears of licence, and only 8' for a like-, pe-ifid of prohibition. ■ Yf* 1 ?. for dmnkenhess. - . Well, perhaps not >a ciim,e, but 'the feotfrd'for assaults, breaches of the peace, obscenity and- other offences is 161 convicfipns for the 4£ yeai s of license, and onlv-RG,for the 11 no license ' period. Nft£ much \mpi;ovement, vv y 9tj,sav.^ You foiget that the improvement con-_ tinues. , ' — ■ Bu^ the official retnrns say so. ■ - * Official ftetuins. . ,Oh. !■' Undeniably correct. Thej'e was no leal crime in Clutha in 1898. »,.' -^ S}y grog selling. } j Yes, the convictions for that increased because, not .having the cover of .license, the sly grog seller, who was always with thpm, was detectable. Must ypu really go ?,, v , , „ , Just let me tell you about the improvement of the electoiate. Really so busy. ' , ■ > Well, read the Temperance 1 column, and yon will' improve. Gond-b,\ c. Ting-a-ling.