TEMPERANCE LECTURE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3531, 2 July 1890, Page 2

TEMPERANCE LECTURE.

Considering the inclemency of the weather, (ha attendance at the Theatre Royal last night to hear the Temperance leoture of Mr J. Knott was .very good. The chair was occupied by Mr W. H. Beetham, who, after the usual openins ceremonies, briefly introduced the speaker. Mr Knott, who is a very fair specimen of the" Yankee" both in accent and appearance, bails from lit Auckland, where he was appointed W some seven months ago' by the temperance organisations of that city to conduct a lecturing tour through the colony. The lecturer, who relies solely on the support received at the various towns visited by him, has so far met with considerable success. Mr Knott confines himself alone to repealing thelanguage of the famous temperance orator, Mr J. B. Gough. The subject ' of the address last night was "Man and His Master." The address was inter, esting throughout, tho . dramatio pathos of the lecturer ■* appealing, frequently to the emotional nature ''• of the audience, The evils attending \ the use of alcoholic liquors, the effeot of the same upon the constitution, and the general degrading influence of drink were portrayed in a manner calculated to impress all with the need of temperance. The leoture, which lasted about two hours, was brought to a oloso' in the usual manner, the audience being appealed to to" don the blue" and renounce all descriptions of evil, an interval in the proceedings a masioal _ seleotionwus rendered in clever style by Miss Pearson. . • ' ,!