NO-LICENSE RALLY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1278, 6 November 1911, Page 8

NO-LICENSE RALLY.

o There was a largo attendance in the Tiwn llali last night at an "after-church raily," arranged by the Wellington NoI icp'l'e League, and the proceedings were enthusiastic. The iiev. G. Knowlcs Smith presided, and the principal speaker was the Rev. li. 13. S. Hammond, of Sydnev, a well-known Anglican clergyman, who is holding a series of No-Eiccnse meetings. Much stress was laid by Mr. nammond, who is a fluent and forceful speaker, upon evidence going to show that abstinence from alcohol is a means towards physical cliiciencv. He quoted the experience of oxn'.orers, naval men, and athletes, mentioning that Burgess, the swimmer of the Elfish Channel, trained on temperance lines, and that Gotch, who won tho world's wrestling championship from Uackensehmidt, was a total ab.-lniner. If it was necessary for the physical iitnes.s of the individual, surely it Was also necessarv for the social fitness of I he commmiitv." It was said that Prohibition did not prohibit, but this.he denied. To vote for continuance meant voting tor something that guaranteed X,,W,0 convictions i in New Zealand in the next three years. At llnstcrlon, in the last veu" of licence, tliere were 302 conviction's for drunkenness, and in tho last vcar of No-License thsre were only 3:). Looking at tho matter on the national scale, if the law could reduce the convictions for drunkenness by 10,000 in one year, he was compelled to be on the sid<.\ of the law that could do so good and great a thing. Answering the plea that the abolition of the drink traffic would throw men out of work, Mr. Hammond said that this Dominion absorbed last year 10,Pf)0 immigrants, and it could, therefore, no doubt find other work for the 20011 men who were now engaged in connection with the liquor trade. He referred to Ike need for an active propaganda to keep pace with "those infamous paragraphs that are coming to you through tlie medium of the advertising i columns of tins newspapers."' Arguments that had to be sheltered behind the advertising columns could not stand the freshair. They were poor old anaemic things. In pleading for generous gifts in the colleed'on, he said that every pound given to the No-Licence cause would produce dividends in the shape of happiness in the homes of the people, and there could not be a better investment. Mr. Hammond will speak in Tost Ofiieo Square at 12.M0 to-day, and in the Sydney Street Schoolroom this evening. A NEW REMEDY. The old friends r.f Chamberlain's Cough liemrdy will be pleased to know that the manufacturers of this preparation have gotten out a new remedy for biliousness and all disorder, of the stomach, liver and bowel-'. It is callrd Chamberlain's Tablet-, and has met with great success in the treatment ol constipation, biliousness sick headaches, impaired digestion, and'liver disorders. It i-. easy to take, anil more pleasant in effect than pills. Chamberlain'-. Tablets not. only move the bowels, but improve the appetite and correct any disorders of the stomach and liver. This is certain fo be one of Ihe mo-"t popular medicines in use, and everyone who uses it is pleased with the prnmpt relief it affords. c Dairy farmers requiring a nice little pioperiy on very easy lenns should en(leivour to inspect the farm advertised in to-day's is-ue by Messrs. London, (loss and Co., e-lalo agents, of Waaganui. The farm section is for sale wilh stork, etc., «.- a coins eoi'cern. The cows are mostly !ii"!i-gi-a(ie .iersevs. and the amount of cil-h 'required i- only .i.WO-wa!l; in. wall: out. The vendor is prepared tc consider exchanging the property for a good carrying business in a good town.