TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4388, 8 April 1893, Page 2

TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

As agcsai &*«i ii«s beon writes •beat tte Svsjfefc, <# (iotHfafctifc?, ayrtw<rfrt*lriatiai< tb« btiijttigsg -«t liquor 8*ll*»g, Tbsftesaplar will imtif vs a regftrl of a sitalk? system new &«ssg Irlrf in Horwfty, whisk ntay b» of intesi. Hint tb« system; falls fas sWt ol prohibiikm asti tbai iriaMßg ss& tkisak&aisfes continue to a, serious exifeat, avaa wader tala rebtrletiva aysteith&very evidga&frora taeofilej&l npoK "«rf country. Blvary ttay'a *£-' pariewsa gees to shew that Us». drink t&me oaa Bet be tvgtttatid. | It sattat be abdkbed or ii will Irately 4a haras.

Ms W. Ht Nowstt, of Manchester, i»* letter to (be Lotwfoa T«»K*i says: —During at reseat visit to Mosfway 1 had an opportunity of studying ths method of dealing with the drink question, known aatiw " Norwegian system,*'now prsvalh'ng jn| most of ths towns and eotißtry districts where there is do probibilios. Sweden and Norway bava a limited monarchy, bafc an Act mast, have passed three successive Parliaments, sleeted for three years . -each, to ■ over-ride tbe Kings veto. Ifsdsr »ut Aofc psased ialS7s tas ?oteri of any district eaa.dseids to' lave a limitea number of &«> sfe© raisil sale of &ieoSsoi s ar boos. I The loeaj autbaritisa o» itogao are composed of a 'owatsjtiQcU.eoiMiutiDgof eonnoillorseleeM by, 1&» people ;»od «iaermen elected by tba ooisaciliora feom among thaiassltos, « mth gs, »nd three epiroicied by tks King for life, who hVva &ut Absoluts »eto over evary wheme by the council. To ih«ga Bargea ftßtboritias certain geaskmea spf>lk3 is 2876 for a loooopoly of iue mail sala o| ftrdeqt sptnti io tlie towjj, oferiug to forej a oompiay for the gurposa, and that tho sutboriUes abouid decide how many spirit shorn should jfee in town, »f bare they shoisW b« BHuitwd, napoiut a iniblio anatyist iosee tiikt the spirits eol<l ara KOo.i, liars an tMiite Yaro on tbn appoihtraittii of thj* coiaoa.ny'a Bw?«nts, no womms to be employed to Hi'Ji the drink, ihsimtm rU- of kxoiss duty Mt)d loinl tasiis lo l 4 paid by tba uorapany 68 iilthgnoby tba pablleius, uuU, after paying 5 puir b-sit, pac »n----aum itl*i«kmd Jo tboir MJovk boWsrs, the euaipany offered io givsallsarglasl profits toobJHsig li«ving!tor thair aim' " ill© rcg#a@(&tiba of thenum®," provided Bcob <jljj««rt jteeiwl no bsntStß ' (torn the flats*, Totiiass t«rm» tbo autkotttiea ajtrtfrd"; tha compaQy comDjßueed wbrkutidar tbcif mono{ioly on Ja».l, lSnjtbafem&lfianualiweiws were not reKswjKl, no kjompsnaatioa was gitsa to the digestiblisbed |nibHcauSi tba bataber of spirit shops was reduced from JWBoty-oes to twelve, and ihs»)' bsv@ not ainoa beaa inor«ased< akboagh tba doptikUott has grown front 89,000 to 10.000. They am diffioalt to find, arel io&aitely lsss atbaatiTO koiiag tbaa our gia shop, have noasais, esoh person can only have oQa.glssa o£ ipirits at a time, so 'there id sjo siaodiug treat isitura (if jtiro pam>De satar a spirit shop t&gctaar); no person appareaUy under seventeen yeara mo do oiie nnder tbs| inSaeaee of liquor served ; One saleamen to each spirit shop, and jhese aaleameu are each paid £BO per annum to iaauw them to <arry joat the rales Strictly, which salary is very large for Norway,'whea we are j told that the goTernoeof the pronaeo baa only £4OO per year, and the bishop of die dioeens £6OO a year, j including the valoo of bia boose. [ Daring the years Uiis scheme has been in operation id Bergen the consamptiohofapiMtehtta fallen nearly one fourth, and the spWehenßiona for drunkenness nearly one half. Ihe capital of the eompany is eqoal *o 2a. head ofltba^ o i at i on) to ob- j P#s£ ipr the regeneration of the masses has averaged 2b. lOd. per bead per annum. Theso objects hare! been workmen's bails, workmen's dwellings built and sold to workmen at cast pacej ; lefbrmitories, a public park, a road o*erlobkiag the city called theDraaiinen, or "Drink" road, a home for criminsiyr-diaposed boys on an island in the river, grantß to the masenm, to iota\ abstinence societies, the sending of poor children to firm bonsea for sammer holidays, libraries, and Bonding certain representative Workmen to ths Copenhagen Exhibition, who each undertook within six moatbu after their return to write an way desoribing certain improvemenfei in their own trade they noticed at the exhibition, such essays to be printaa and circulated at tba cost oftjiecrimpany. The grants, of these objects are separately toted at the annual meeting of the company's shareholders, and so many people ara anxious to help id thia good work tliijit the shares are over 100 :per cent, pretninoi, and can only be - pnr phased j when,they comej into the market oh the death oE a shareholder. It witi be noticed ibat tbe impprtaot dififerencs between this Norwegian whe'me for the retail sale of. spirits and; the well-known Gothenburg one is that, while in Gothenburg tbe profits go to the redestion of tbe local taxes, being therefore open to the charge that the ratepayers have an interest in the sale of spirits, under tbe Horaregian system the surplus profits, go only to objects ;ior the regeneration of the maAesj which receive nothing from the rates.'.Beside? the twelve spirit afeops.there are only thirty beer nooses in Bergen, which the company are trying to get into their hands to work on the same system, after reducing theiraamber.

Application of Prohibition, m ■ I hi a gmblio address iu H&iat, Get:. Fwi Dow ranted the following incident : i

M Mmf ysars ago Gaptaia W&&-, WBrtb, an uncle of Henry Waieworsh Longfellow, mm master of a slim wfaiois ssilsd from ParUaad. It was : Jli9ecstoxaifitbios*3«jatoissaegrogl to tii© Efflilota. Souse oi them soil 1 their i-atlass of grog to sikers, s&i as ssesalt sums of &p mm trould est drank, Wbw » mice was fomtd §ilosistiisd be was Ip&sd la ths msm BiS»t »ad Ikpadl an &!» bars Uck, kaww&r. (frfeaksimagg was of oecarta&eeea bestd ilser jy? 4 One &$& wlien a sailor was] cirawn up &> tlj# ■worth s»p«sd that Ms bias »»» aMS fcjesstoaa a»4 & BMslsga to jpe&iwa tefc ssaa ft* g&yrargfec?' ijsasad&iks m: «MSfe» ssost i£ Is ma/ mg &a FSffe* s Te?j wS,* sssHj ifes aytaja, *i* ilnnfowa, siate,; &$! jsd Mk i® ; fei* fisse.* 'Hfta- ft «§^

mm- m «w# h%i&xkstkm ©a thg.% sHlj*. A #s»s» kiftwi cm £hs tight P&u* of slMiefest saejipsi 4i, B . G*s»« Dew - ik% \"Udm X«w" was tassl ®» th&t not ears |Kt«f»#m»e#, fbr hk vsm* tile was s# strossg tb&t e* ttrfnk its spite ef all th» aowarta&se&s, Mah wltaV©f tWsfciSeifr' Mis esfjf 4«jgtS" tiob was to s»ake Ag sighs, ss&l grotis on a tee esiit 4riak, tkiwas to reissdy the driait «vii was to' gaak'a ths seller. Make Ilia pssaMes «sme eaiHsgh and tba go oat of the business of dsuukards. Prohibition, sji4 pliflp o£ ii, wUS ease ths Male swl.—M. J. Howe.