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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 135, 30 November 1901, Page 1

[advertisement.] Temperance Items ■>■■■ O '■ - (Published by arrangement.) GO UP TOP. SOME SPARKLING SPECIMENS 0$ CLERICAL SENSE. OTAGO ANGLICAN SYNOD, OCTO* ’ BER -30rn, 1931. SUBJECT—Tfm L q ,t oh Traffic an* ' TK/'inBITIOM. Archdeacon Gould said, “Hi had stayed many times fct hotels during hii ministerial duties, and the hotel-keepers would never take a farthing, and hoped he would make use ot their premises tO suit himself. He bad found that ill supporting ths church there f) as no oni more liberal than the hotelkb-pers. And if there was money wanted, these people might be relied upon for -a generous answer to the appeal.” Has Archdeacon Gould studied the methods of the political in chine, known da New York as. Tammany ? An evil thing always cringes to a force which it instinctively knows should destroy it if 'it wore sincere. Publicans, the world over, are only tob glad to give free drinks to policemen if they will accept them—being astute men they know the policeman who accepts their hospitality has prostituted duty to appetite, and from their standpoint he ii a safe man. In giving Archdeacon Gould free refreshments and lodgings the trade shows similar insight into ecclesiastical character. The generous donations to church work which the Archdeacon’s publican friends m>ke are on a par with the blackmail tariff paid by the saloon and brothel-keepers of New York ami Chicago, to the police who fake its knowing it to be,the money compensation for their dishonour. Archdeacon Beaumont said, “He could not conceive of any well-informed, sound* minded person being a Prohibitionist?’ To comment on this exquisite expression would mar its beauty. The Rev. Mr Kayll said, “If the League (the State Control League) could propose something that would not vrovokb any hostility on either side it would have accomplished a great object.” To which sentiment we say, Amen ! We are thankful that our Anglican friends in Otago do not represent the attitude of their church throughout Net# Zealand. . There are some devoted supporters of the prohibition movement amongst the Anglican clergy in Netf Zealand. Now that the Otago Church has tackled the problem with sufficient energy to appoint a committee of one, viz , Archdeacon Gould, to solve it, we may take a long desired rest, knowing that all will bo w-11. The trade wll also feel content, with the committee of one.