CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1168, 2 September 1882, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE TEMPLAR QUESTION. To the Editor. Sir, —Will yon allew me-to say a few wards in reply to " Templar" J I won't ask to any a few words and make it a ftulumn like he did, I aeouse" Templar" 'and hia confreres of gins of otnissiuQ, They know the evil of drinking they 1 know that certain places in this town are dens where married men of respect' able position are entrapped into drunkenness and debauchery—where drinking is carried on at hours licensed and unlicensed! : Sundays and; working days, whilst the poor unfortunate families j suffer physically and'morally. They know that these thingß are against the laws they agitated to obtain,—that it is a disgrace to the town, and! a crime upon society; and knowing all this, •• what do they do to'remedy the evil? Nothing 1 The clergy, professing Christians, so-called " temperance 1 ' men, and the police, (and ihe ,Press) are alike asleep, or winking at the evil. T shall:have more to say .on the subject if permitted, and as; there is pss seated than I, unfortunately, know, I hope the, matter will lie thoroughly investigated, and if expedienta : oo'mmission of.inquiry instituted. ' I am, &c., BEFOEK.