GOOD TEMPLAR COVERSAZIONE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1158, 22 August 1882, Page 2

GOOD TEMPLAR COVERSAZIONE.

TauKß were about a hundred visitors in the Town-Hall: last '.evening/ jjon-.. / versarione' giveu by .the.,.memb'e^B the I , Phcenii Lodne of Good Templars. A" ' very liberal tea-table 'WM'Drovided( and i ;he firat part of was devoted L to the'■eonoumption of the excellent . refreshments,,provided. The Ball wan well 1 lit;'the''centre of 'iho illumination bwiiiK.a small electric lump exhibited by Mi 1 ' Culieft.} This/burnt;.wiih'Y dear steady, flame, but as bis nailery 'was also ' in iteitiis'itioti to turn the handle of a sewing iu'ich>iiu tle full bei<li; »f the lamp was 'uitojM.aTiiahle;; .- ,.,.,. <,..,, .. r ■'After'the away Bro;T,jP, Girdwoodtool; the chair, 1 and read, a poetip prologue whioh had evidently been prepared for the occasion, and-whioh extolled the virtues of Good Templarism. It was well recited, and was received 1 with applause.- :..r; The chairman then called upon. Mrs Judd, who favored the compauy with a ballad very nicely sung. Mr O'Meara and Mr Rapp were also called upon for songs, and in eaoh case met, asm the case of Mrs Judd, with an enthusiastio reception, The chairman' then called upon'Jhf), Rov Mr Isitt, whoj in a brief .address,* referred to the rise of Good thepurposefor whichitwasfouhded andfor which they, like the Kniijbt Templars of old. aided the weak in their distress. The society existed, first, to .reclaim drunk: ards; secundly, to discourage the use of intoxicants; and, thirdly, to oppose the presont system of drink traffic by influencing the laws of ) the \ country, fle referred to a recent disoussioii at the Debating Society, which showed that moderate drinking was no remedy for drunkenness, In tbe'words.qf Sir Wil- : Ii tin F.ox, they might jusl aa wellpiit a stiip to the «,renSof uhta tha urowih of" ynung kittens';" He"6hallengecl the advocates of the use-uf stimulants to aive one sound reason in their favor. Even; ihe.doctor's,.who had in the first heen against the principle of total abstx'tionce,. hail now been won over to their side. He spoko id the character of 'liquors supplied in the colony, and declared that not a «in<<le drop »f pure port wine found its way to New Zealand, and challenged the production of a single battle of-it either in; Wellington or; Masterton.- : He claimed that the prohibition of the liquor/ trafflo had been attended with success in Maine, and gave an instance of an English town, Saltaire, where the best - sociaDand moral■ result* aruse from the absence of "a liquortraffic InMastertpn L/ the Licensing Aot was not carried out-aa it ought Co be. ') He was told that almost N an open traffic in liquor-was carried on during Sundays, If such was the case it was. the duty; of every Good Templar to agitate tilt the matter was seen to. \\ The remainder of the evening 'was'-.; l devoted :• to • harmimy, Sisters Judd a'nd : ; ?: , Marshall : aridßrb;Betty.cdhtributinKyery ": excellent'songs, interspersed with Irecita- ' tions from Bros, Siller and Kidding, ; •' ; The Distriot Deputy, Bro, D'Aroy, was prevented by o'her engagements 1 from beingr present, hut his dutjes were ably dischftrijed'hyßro. Girdw.iiiiitl ~

I - ==. • * -,■ .MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE > WITH A?, . JDRGUR IN iHOB.SON-STREET. TniS-TIUEK Pl.faD UPON. : .'•-■' •'• '-'; \fr„m the P..at.) A daring attempt at rubbing the restdence'nf Mr Jacob Josebb, was tiaade. by a burglarbetweenvl2 aiid 1 o'clock on Friday morningiasti'and one of the occupants, Mr Joseph Joseph, had an eioUing encounter with the would be thief. The man appears to have first tried the windows ; 'bf the smoking-room, where 'Mr Joseph, keeps his iron safe, Finding it securely fastened, and fearing, probably, that if he attempted to break it open the noise would aroiiße the inmates, the burglar proceeded to search for other means of aocess w the house. There is a narrow thoroughfare by the Bide of the building, leading from Hohson-st. to the Normal School, and it was this iide of ' the house which the midnight intruder selected as the base of his operations. Breaking open a small wicket-gate leading to the paasige by the aide of the residence, the burglar came tQ.-ii.he sittingroom of Mr Joseph Joseph, .son. of the owner .of the house. It so happens that ; this gentleman leaves the windows of his ; sitting-room and bfldwom -which adjoin each other on the ground floor-open all night and so it was on this occasion. The thief had ho difficulty in getting into the i sitting-room, where he would,appear to ' ; have struck a match and lighted a candle. About this time Mr Joseph Joseph was > lying awake on his bed, and his attention was suddenly aroused by seeing a.narrow ', gleam of light through:the partly opened door., An another instant the door was i stealthily opened, and'Mr Joseph then i saw a man' standing in the doorway with a, candle.in his hand. Mr Joseph no / 1 doubt was astonished at ibis visitation, A but he had an almost equal surprise f«r thejintruder, ■ About a fortnight ago it .ocourred to'Mr Joseph that ie. might as well take home a revolver which he had at his office, and keep it in his bedroom, This hefaid} find it fortunately happened that ori'the night in question he had it loaded, hanging just over.Jiis head, To snatoh it down arid fire at* the midnight murauder. was the'-wr|rk > 6f an il instant. ■ ; The bullet'missed the thiefitfd'.was afterwards.Discovered lodged'iii the (op of a . sofa in the"neit room. .Tho.robber, how- ' ever"'evidently had ; 'nordesire to afford further practice for Mr JosephWum, or to 'ask for any this inhospitable and evidently! unlooked-for reception, In poim of fao', he dropped his candle and incontinently fled from the scene.' The ofiert windowjby which he bad entered was close at hand, with % sofa standing in front of it, so that he had : no* difficulty in making hia retreat, Mr Joseph,promptlyf6l lo vjed; him up, without staying to dress, and gave chase through 1 ' thrt -window in his nightshirt.. On looking over:the fenceinto thejane, Mr Joseph' saw a man orouching dbwtra'if the soh-'ol end of the fence-whether the thief himself, or an accomplice,"Mr Joseph, owing to the darkness, was unable to see. " Whoever he was, be. evidently \m posseased of a guilty oonaoieDce, for,'on perceiving Mr. Joseph, he bolted down the fane towards Hobsbn-street.'. Mr Joseph attempted to shnot; at','him in passing, but the revolver missed.fire, and the jnisoreant escaped. Just as be got to lb* end of ihe lime Mr' J/.seph' fired at bim |tgain', and it~ii.considered possible that . -'!>-' <J:<'. , i '-'.j ...'. /V' ft!';.i.