THE REV. L. M. ISITT.
(PRESS ASSOCIATION TE_EGP.AM.) ! WELLINGTON, June 28. ■ The Opera House was crammed to the doors to-night on the occasion of a welcome' . being tendered to the Rev. L. M. Isitt upon his return to the colony. The Rev. J. Dawson occupied the chair in the absence of the mayor, owing to a prior engagement. i_ihort addresses were given by Mrs. Harrison Lee, Miss Kirk, Mr Bell (of Auckland), and Mr T. E. Taylor, M.H.R. The Rev. L. M. Isitt, who received a very enthusiastic reception, spoke at some length, and related some of his experiences •___. the Old Country, where it seemed a hopeless task to make any headway in the direction of reform. The liquor trade there was bol- ' stered up by churches and leading people to I such an extent that all efforts in the direcI tion of decreasing the traffic had very little I effect. With regard to the temperance movement in New Zealand, he said the proj bibitionists were very confident that at the i next local option poll they would see prohibition carried in several districts.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10384, 29 June 1899, Page 5
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