Prohibition Lecture.
The Oddfellows’ Gall was filled' last evening, when Mr J. Gr. Woolley, the American lecturer, gave an address in support of Prohibition. His Worship the Mayor occupied the chair, and introduced the speaker. Mr Woolley, who was received with applause, gave a piquant address, interspersed with anecdotes grave and gay, all based on the “ parable of the sower,” and going to pi’ove that it is to tl e great body of workers that Prohibition will look for support, not only to one or two leaders, it behoved all to make an effort to drive the licensing of drink from the land. At the close of the address, Mr T. Brown moved, and the Rev. A. S. Morrison seconded, a hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer. A similar compliment to the chair concluded the meeting a little after 9.30. Whether the fact of his being in indifferent health was the cause ov not, Mr Woolley as an orator was a disappointment to most of his hearers, though his witty sallies and anecdotes caused frequent bursts of laughter.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 196, 31 August 1901, Page 3
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179Prohibition Lecture. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 196, 31 August 1901, Page 3
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