TEMPERANCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2508, 26 January 1887, Page 2

TEMPERANCE.

Sir William Fox'and Mr Glover drew another crowded house last evening,'tho'audience being a very attentive and enthusiasts one,' Mr 'John Graham occupied the chair, The oboir opened >the proceedings ;with the hymn" Think of tho honiß over there" whioh was 'followed by a prayer from the Rev. J; N,-Buttle.

Sir William Fox, who was well re I ceivedj then gave his lecture " Hart r times and how to 'cure them," Hi ! said that the cry of' hard times arosi i all over the. world, and gave an amus ing account of the measures proposec 1 in Parliament for relieving the financial depression, but nono of then ; traced the effect to the cause. Hii : remedy, if adopted, would remove th< ; depression from New. Zealand, ant j that remedy was the liquor traffic, Hi said that £2,360,000 worth of • liquo: was consumed in New Zealand pei • annum, and that brewers and publican'i , .licenses only 'amounted to £500,000 The speaker referred to the working o: the liquor law in Maine, TJnitet , Stated, and stated' that while there hi , had visited a school of 700 children ■ and not one of them had ever seen a i drunken man. He argued that if pro hibition was effected in New Zealanc 1 the depression would vanish anc people would enjoy better health'. Hi referred to the prevalence of lunacy it | Wanganui and attributed it to drink ; ..The.speaker concluded.by.stating that but for drink "there would be many ( more happy homes than there, iiom ' .exist; While the collection was being taker up lfrs'Beere saug a temperance solo > entitled, "Whisky, Boer) arid' Brandy. 1 for which she received 'a round ol applause,..... Mr GloVer/cpmmenced his lecture; "The Perfect Cure," by making-,an appeal for. .'cash to "carry on the work of the; Alliance; '. He, said it was impossible to paint the evils of drink too. .black. He .had a remedy for .drunkenness; thkt ; : remedy beiiig. pro;;hibition. Punishment never saved a ; drunkard, -He believed -that if tho 'liquor traffic was -stopped, "people's ~homes Would be' happier. Put a drunkard into - a palhco and he would soon make a pigsty'.of it; but p'ut. a steady man into a pigsty and he would soon make a palace of it. He had seen men who had once enjoyed a high position.becomeaslow as it was possible for man to be through drink, In New Zealand they pat tho drunkard in prison, but- in Maine they imprison the drink, and fine the seller 100 dollars with six months.imprisonmeht. .The speaker hoped that in a short time no one would be able to get drunk in New Zealand. He alluded to the increase of drunkenness among women in England, and hoped that for their sakes the men would help prohibition, Mr Glover concluded by making an earnest appeal to all who had not done so to join the New Zealand Alliance. The choir then rendered the hymn, "Be glad in the Lord and rejoice." After which hearty votes of thanks were accorded to the lecturers and the choir, and the meeting closed with the benediction,