TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4924, 12 January 1895, Page 2

TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

The Arkansas State Board of Health has power to revoke the license of any habitually drunken physician.

South Carolina Prohibitionists -have called a Slate Convention to take steps lo secure the passage of a thorough, going prohibitory law,

Bishop Galloway, of Mississippi, states that under the Local Option Law of that State liquor is now sold in only ten places in that Commonwealth.

The Ohio State Pharmaceutical Assotuition is about to prepare and present to the Legislature a Bill prohibiting the Irallic in intoxicating liquors by druggists.

Drunkenness is yet unknown in Chatham Island, lying oil'the coast of flew Zealand. These people have not yet yet become "thoroughly civilised," so that may account for it,

An ordinance is to he presented to the City Council of Chicago forbidding the establishment of saloons in localities near churches or schools, or in strictly residence districts.

The Fw« states that Dr. liainsford, otiNew York City, who a short time ago advocated " church saloons," has recently been converted to total abstin. ciice through his study of the social lemperance problem.

It is stated in English papers that 27 policemen stationed in (he UiiitcdStalcs city of Brooklyn have been ordered to work 185 days without pay for intoxication and entering saloons while on duty.

The Committee of Public Health ol the Massachusetts Legislature is investigating several of the advertised cure for inebriety, with a view to adopting one of them for use in institutions supported by the State.

At Albany, New York, recently, Mrs [ Urric Armstrong sued a saloon-keeper ; named Slrcmble lor scllinghcr husband liquor freely until lie became intoxicated, and in that condition wandered on the railway [rack and was killed by a passing tram. She was awarded S2OOO damages,

Pleasant town, Kansas, elected a woman for mayor this year, as a num. ber of other Kansas towns have done, hue ■found that the police force had not been at all active in regard to liquor liiwenforcemcnt, and therefore dismissed all the men. She appointed'in their stead men who could bo relied on,'and now there is no liquor selling.

{•A return showing the number of licenses refused in England and Wales W. 1893 was recently issued from the Home Olbce. In the English counties oO victuallers licenses, 29 beerhouse iccnscs, and 13 other licenses, and iu ! he boroughs 90. victuallers' licenses, 10/ beerhouse licenses, and 25 other licenses w-ero refused. In Wales 9 victuallers licenses, and 1 beerhouse license in counties and 9 victuallers' licenses m boroughs were also refused Ihc total refusals for England and ales were 158 victuallers' licenses, 137 beerhouse licenses, and 38 other licenses, that is m.~Alliance^em