ASHBURTON NO-LICENSE RALLY.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14052, 25 May 1911, Page 18

ASHBURTON NO-LICENSE RALLY.

Tho annual Xo-liccnse rally, ÜBjW; ; the auspicei of tho Ashburton W{* ; License Council, took place in -W;, local theatre last evening, when thcij. was a very largo attendance. J is* ;-- Mayor (Mr Henry Davis) presided. The Rev. J. W. Elcott apologised for tho unavoidable absence of Mr T.■ J>; Taylor, M.P., who was to have aoro dressed tho meeting—an annouaccnttl* which caused general diiappointmfißfc ' Tho Rev. T. B. R. Wooloxall gavejK vigorous address on tho No-liccnso wm.., prohibition, question, saying that W J _tood against the liquor because »i' 'loved his Bible and he stood againg * < the sale ol tho liquor because he WW" I tho children. Ho referred to Jus a*\ periences in Waihi when No-licensa carried, and stated that Waihi m always voted No-licenso and had pew* - a majority, but tho people from Tlj? country districts had. until las* election, out-voted the No-licenso pa"?; Mr C. H. Poole, M.P., said ho was - glad to find that under No-license Abß* burton waa still prosperous. Speaking on the present campaign ho said nowould promise them that they woo» .■ sec a most interesting fight, and n» hoped that at the end of the ««*"• paipn they would find that the "i»<» of the liquor traffic had been bung 4* the fence." If they were going to BB.ve ■ a race of efficient men they must pu* _ tho liquor traffic out of commission. . Mr Poole spoke for about an hour on . similar linos to his speeches made » ', other places. '___', On the motion of Mr C. Disou, a**,: onrlc-d by tho Rev. G. B. Intrlis, the ~ speakers were accorded a VOW of thanks for their address*, . ... _^