PROHIBITION OPPONENTS.

NZ Truth, Issue 70, 20 October 1906, Page 3

PROHIBITION OPPONENTS.

Last Sunday afternoon that bumptious bounder Black vacated the stage at His Majesty's Theatre, and another woeful wowser took his place. This was no other than our old friend, Tatler Tommy Taylor, the rejected of Christchuroh. What Auckland had done to be afflicted with Tommy's pantomimic presence "Truth" does not knov. r . Anyhow, he's here, and last Sunday he proceeded to tell a curious congregation, who only know him by repute, all about THE DREADFUL DRINK, He was m rattling form and as confident and as self-assertive as if Vouchers were never m existence. A funny thing about Tommy is, he never goes on the war-path without treading on somebody's corns. This time Tommy's victim was poor old Wirewhiskers Billy Richardson. Billy evidently doesn't look with favor upon a possible opponent m the Auckland prohibition field. All the stray coin there is m the damning of the drink game Billy wants for himself, and on Sunday night at Grey's statue tba old 'un waded m and gave Tommy Taylor Hello about some things Tommy had said that afternoon. Christchurch's protege had said that the .(rambling evil was less acute now tfian formerly. Richardson denied this and called on the starry Heavens to witness that

TAYLOR WAS A LOVELY LIAR and all that. What loving, souls these good people are to to be sure ? Anyway, the sooner Taylor goes back to Christohurch the better Aucklanders will like it. What he is dodginp- round the Northern city for no one seems to know, although it is suggested that he was afraid of being collared, if he stayed at home, and being chained up m the Exhibition as a specimen of the quaint political curios produced m New Zealand and known as the New Liberals.