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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1298, 29 November 1911, Page 8

•PKOHIMTION SPIES," ETC.

T TNDEU the above hwiiiis y~' tho Liquor Trade's advocate writes another ehr»racteri>tu- article. The twr.t Saturday night ren-H- of hotcl-l-jr trtquenters is the trouble. Tito arvuxer.t ib based on the usual Liquor Trade lo;::. Having notbt'ug to say on fhr soluti.-'a of tbp Drink Problem, it undertake- tha congenial task of slanderinc the aducat.'s of I'rohiljitiou. Mr, Keir Hanlie she British Labour Loader, was in the habit in earlier days of opening addresses ou Socialism somewhat in the followin; manner :—"I have groat difficulty in cottirg luy oppoueuts to discuss Socialism fairly. They always want to diseu.-s me. To save time, therefore, let us take for grantrrl that I am worse than the worst ever said about me. Now we may proceed to discuss Socialism." The Prohibition leaders are quite willing to save time in tho wine way. Though the devil or the Liquor Trade mav quote Scripture, tho Scripture remains a valuable guide for the community. So also Prohibition is a doctrine of great value which is independent of the character of those who may advocate it or oppose it. The people must introduce Prohibition, by direct vote, and the people must mako it work well. Oueo more, electors, wo appeal to you not to bo side-tracked by cunning, journalism. But we have a right to ask: WHAT'S ALL THK ITSS ABOVT? If drinking is a good thins and desir. able in New Zealand, anil Professor Salmond says so, and ."sure, he is an honourable man, so are they nil (brewers, hotolkcepers, etc.) all honourable men," why .should it be such a naughty thins to'count the wise people who have been having some of the good thing and those, who have had 100 much of a good thing? We read- with pleasure, the number of persons who attend Prohibition ineor.ngs in tne Town Hall, and that, of course, was a verv questionable thing lo do. If we niado .a census of the' number of persons who frequented drapery stores or butcher's shops or tea rooms, the proprietors would be delighted. WHY, OH WHY Are wo not to spread the glad tiding* that 73(11- men and 810 women came out (did not go in and out as tho article referred to staled) of city, hotels during r certain period oh n certain Saturday night, and that a certain number of them had some difficulty in gelling out, We can only conclude that . THE TRADE IS NOTFIIOUD Of its business,,in spito of its boast, aid thnt drinking and the frequenting of hotel barh is not a thing to be joyful over. The sooner the liquor-makers r.nd tho liquor-sellers and the liquor advertisement writers get jobs of which they can bo proud, the belter for everybody. STRIKE OPT THK TOP LINK ON 110 TH HALLOT PAPSHS. ' ' Advt.

Messrs. U. A. Wunscli and Co , lnn<? npents,. Palmrr>toii North, notify in this issue that, they have a properly in (ho Wnikiito for lento. Messrs. ,1. H. Kethuiie and Co. advertise an auction sale of investment shnres, under instructions from the Public Trustee, liv direction under the will of Bio lute Mr. P. I'. Fair, . The sale is to .be held at their rooms, Feathc/ston Street, nn Tuesday, December 5,-at 2.1)0 'l>.ni. The list includes shares in tho.following companies:—National Insurance, New Zealand investment, Mortgage, and Deposit .Co., Ltd!, Gear Meat Co,, and Standard Insurance Co.,''and these will be' sold in lots to suit the requirements of buyers. Further particulars may bo obtained on application to the auslioneers, or to tho Public Trustee. Under instructions from the Registrar of tho Supreme Court, the linn on the same day are submitting at auction a residential properly at Voireltov'n. This comprises land having an area of 1)7 perches, situated in Krull Street, Vopcltpwn, on which stands a dwelling of seven rooms, with conveniences. Details appear in tho advertisement, and any further information . may he obtained from Mr. C. \V. Triiißha.ni, solicitor. Lamb km Quay, or from, tlic auctioneers.