A BIG NO-LICENSE RALLY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 235, 1 October 1912, Page 4

A BIG NO-LICENSE RALLY.

■ ■■♦■■ M__E_ IN THE TOWN H__ TO-XIGHT. :ij I The inaugural demonstration in' support of the bare majority vote, at local' I I option polls, which takes place in th* ! Town Hall to-night, gives promise oi being a big success. Tho temperano* ' party of Auckland arc sparing neither time nor money in giving the campaim' a good start-off, and thus set the par* for the whole Dominion. Mr. H. D. Bed- 1 ford, M.A., LL.B., of Dunedin, professor of Economics and Lecturer on Laws and Logic at the Otago University, will bY: the first speaker. With the exception of>' a short address given in the East Street Hall, on Sunday afternoon last, this wflj be Mr. Bedford's first appearance on »i Auckland platform. A few years ago M Southerners designated Mr. Bedford m "the boy orator"; in the interim ha oratorical powers have greatly developed, and he stands out to-day as one of tin Dominions best platform men. Thi ■ Rev. John Dawson, of Wellington, secret tary of the New Zealand Alliance, is to be the second speaker. The meeting, which starts at 8 sharp, is to be preceded I by a half-hour's. recital on the grand organ by Mr. W. T. Sharp, the programme of which appears in our advertising columns. Four processions, from different parts of the city, each headed by a brass band, all of which are giving their services gratuitously, will march to the Town Hall. TJie Salvation Army City Corps Band leads the procession itt ' • Queen Street. The Newton Army Cdrpiij Band heads that in Karangahape Koad;' :' the Central Mission Band leads the Bjpl monds Street contingent, and tho Tern-I perance Guards Band that in Wellington 1 and Cook Streets. Seats are reserved for processionists. ~* l "— .'si