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A GOOD FACT FOR GOOD TEMPLARS.

A Bath correspondent writing to the Loudon Times says:—During the last few days the ' Great Western" have been hard at work changing about 200 miles of their "broad guage" into the narrow guage system ; for this purpose they have had nearly 2000 men at work almost night and day, and for the time being nearly all the traffic had been suspended It was quite an interesting sight to see these men like busy bees hard at work on some portions of the line. During the alteration the men were prohibited from having any beer, although some of them worked night and day, and others seventeen hours per day, yet they declared they were better without beer. Tl tough the company put this restriction upon the men, yet they were not indifferent to their wants in this particular; they provided an abundance of oatmeal, sugar, and pure water, and for every gang of twenty men or so, one man was set apart whose duty it was to prepare this oatmeal beverage, &c, which the men heartily enjoyed, many of them testifying that they preferred it to beer; and the company were quite satisfied that the work was done much better and sooner than it would have been if the usual allowance of beer had been given. What will those respectable M.P.'s say to this when they get up in the House of Commons and say that the working man cannot do without his beer ? It needs no further comment beyond that temperance and prohibition are conducive to health and commercial prosperity. The Great Western Company were afraid that if the men were allowed tbe beer the work would not be so well done, and instead of a few days only being required for alteration of guage, it might take weeks or even months, and life and property might be placed in great risk.

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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1225, 3 November 1874, Page 4

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A GOOD FACT FOR GOOD TEMPLARS. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1225, 3 November 1874, Page 4

A GOOD FACT FOR GOOD TEMPLARS. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1225, 3 November 1874, Page 4

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