[By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporter.)

Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 118, 16 November 1893, Page 3

[By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporter.)

Show Gbound, .Noon. Though rain is falling in town, on the show ground it is not raining, and the weather appears to be breaking. The early train has not brought many out. The attendance so far is not above 1000. The permanent telephone erected on the . gronnd is now working well, Mr. G. Storey being in charge, assisted by Mr. Worth, of the Telegraph Department. Jupp's Band is ; enlivening the proceedings, and the public < attention is divided between the judgings of the carriage horses and the operation of the milking machine. _ The dispute in the draught stallion class has assumed a new phase. Mr. Hercock is the owner of Hero, which was awarded the ■ first prize yesterday. He then said he would resign the prize, so as to allow Mr. Buick's Marquis of Salisbury to enter into the competition. To-day lie declined to forego the prize. Mr. Buick has consequently entered a protest against Hero on the ground of him having bad feet. Mr Hercock* placed a cheque for £20 in the -hands of the Association as a challenge to Mr. Buick to put the two entires against each other, and his deposit is still held. There is a weight-euejssicg competition, the subject being a fatbullock. A great many defects to which the Post took exception last year have been remedied, ; and the arrangements oi the show work mnoh more smoothly now nnder the Secretory (Mr. O'Callaghan), assisted in the office by Meesra Dosant and Hartmann, and the offioersof the Association. > The show is being managed by the following gentlemen : — The President, Mr. W. A. Fitzherbert ; the Vice-President, Mr. ■ W. G. Foster ; the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Millward; and Messrs. H. Beauchamp, H. H. Beetham, John Bidwill, W. E. Bidwill, F. , Bradey, W. S. Broderick, H. Cook, A. D. i Crawford, W. G. Foster, W. A. Graoe, W. Lingard, A. Matthews, A. M'Kenzie, E. W. Mills, S. Nathan, Dr. A. K. Newman, A.E. Pearce, C. Phillips, E. J. Hiddiford, D. Riddiford, G. H. Scales, C. P. Skerrett, D. Sladden, J. Stuckey, and N. W. Werry, of the General Committee. Further awards have been made as follows:— MILKING CATTLE. Best Milch Cow, any breed. — (Judges : D. Judd, — . Diet son, and Jas. Donald)— M. M'Cauley.l'Tind 2; A. & J. M'Farlone, 3, and v.h.c. HOESES. Saddle Horses.— (Judges : N. Graae, J. Hair, and R. M'flae) —Weight-carrying hack, mare or gelding, up to 16st— T. D. Clifford's Nelson, 1 ; J. Trotter's Nelson, 2. Weightcarrying hack, mare or gelding, up to 13st — D. G. A. Cooper's The Liar, ; ; 3. M'Rae's Wairarapa, 2 ; Dr. Cohill's Lismore, 3 ; W. M'Kenzie's Trout, h.c. Light-weight hack, mare or gelding, up to 10 stone — W. C. Buchanan's General, 1 ; W. G. Hodder's Vogel, 2; J. F. Mills' Toprail, 3 ; H. Arnold's Peeress, h.c. The best four-in-hand team, to be driven in a light drag by the owner— J. Lane, 1. Pair of matched carriage horses, mares or geldings, not under 16 hands — H. B. Kennedy, 1; Jacob Joseph, 2; R Finhey, h.c. Pair of buggy horses, mare or gelding, nnder 16 hands, property of one owner — J. Lane, 1 ; A. M'Kenzie, 2. Single buggy horse— J. Lane, 1 ; H. H. Beetham, 2 ; Dr. E. Rawson, 3. Best dogcart horde, mare, or gelding — H. H. Beetham, 1 ; E. Smith, 2; A. Frazer, 3. Best pair of cab horses and harness, in constant work— R. Pinhey, 1 ; H. B. Kennerly, %. Lady's hack, mare or gelding — Mrs. W. Strang, 1 ; J. S. Mills' Toprail, 2. Best tradesmen's horse and cart — Gear Company, 1 ; T. Dickson, 2 ; Gear Company, c. Cobs and Ponies. — (Judges ■ J. Hair and J, -Hirst).— Mare or gelding, not above 15 hand 3 — W. Strang, 1 ; H. H. Beetham, 2 ; A. Hume, 3 ; A. E. Rawson, v.h.c. Pair of ponies, not above 14 hands— Mrs. H.H. Beetham, 1 ; Mr. Crawford, 2. Boys' pony, mare or gelding, not above 12 hands— F. H. Bright, 1 ; L. E. Hill, 2 ; L. Blnndell, 3. Ponies, not above 13 hands— W. 'Strand, 1; E. Riddiford, 2; A. M'Kenzie, 3. MISCELLANEOUS. Sheep Dogs.-^( Judge : H. E. Rawson.) — Best rough -haired collie — 'Harrison and Horrax's Hardwick, 1 ; E. W. Earp'i Max O'Rell, 2 ; A. Cooper's Tweed, h.c. ; Harrison and Horrax's Highlander, h.c. Smoothhaired collie— E. Barber, 1. Oils and manures — Gear Co. Dressed flax— Bidwill Bros.

A curions bigamy case comes from Broken Hill, a man named George Snell being committed for trial. Snell's first wife stated that at the beginning of the year her husband came , from Queensland in a destitute condition, and threatened to kill her if she would not sign an agreement allowing him to marry another woman. He locked her up till she signed the agreement, and also gave her a similarly signed document. A man named Robertson, who employed her, prepared the documents, which she signed because she was in fear of her life. She knew that the agreements were worthless. A oharge was laid against Mary Kelly, the seoond woman whom Snell is alleged to have married, of being accessory to a bigamy. Kelly had freely confessed that she knew Snoll's first; wife was living, but said she thought the agreement allowing him to marry again was perfectly legal. Kelly aleo was committed for trial. A girl named Jones, aged 12, was severely burned at Pambula (N.S.W.), the other day. She was attending to some cooking outside her parents' house, when the' strong wind blowing caused her dress to become ignited. She ran screaming down the road, but before assistance arrived her olothing was all burned off, and on the lower part of the body the flesh was completely roasted. Hopes are, however, entertained of her recovery.

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anco and abstinence tho verdict should be in favour of Temperance." 3. CAN VICES BE SUPPRESSED BY HUMAN LAWS ? " Laws in favour of religion have increased hypocrisy. Laws to secure truth by requiring a multiformity of oaths have encouraged perjury. Laws directed against the vice of avarice increased U3ury." — Buckle. In Canada the Scott Act made an effort to repress the vice of drunkenness by legislation. How did it succeed ? In New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, both Prohibition Provinces in Canada, convictions for drunkenness are more inlinerons than in any other Provinces in Canada. In the Province of Ontario only two counties, Hatton and I.ambton, re-affirmed the Act. In every other county the Act was repealed on tho first opportunity. Hal ton repealed the Act in 1888 by a majority of 197, after having re-affirmed it in 1881 by a majority of 180. Similar action has lately been taken by Lambton, and in Ontario every county has rejected the Act. This fact speaks for itself. The following are the figures by which the Act was first carried and then repealed ia 29 areas of the Province"of Ontario :—

pressed by legislation. The experience of Canada is briefly this : — In Upper Canada Local Option was repealed at the first opportunity ; in Maritime Provinces it was found unworkable, and remained a dead letter, familiarising the people with the violation of the law, and leading to— 1. Excees in secret drinking. 2. Increase in the crime of perjury. 3. The greater use of drugs. 4. ABE MOEAL FORCES A FAILURE P In tho past, moral influence has aeoomplULcl \vondcr=> for sobriety. What said John Bri'ht ill 'S'H? " We know n* r< -peots that class of persons who can u'\. ,ys obtain us much of these pernicious article ■ rs they desired to have, because pric< lo thi-m is no object, that temperance has mide great way; I am old enough to remember nhen among those classes drunkenness was ton or twenty times more common than it is at present. Were it possible now to make all classes in this country as temperate as those of whom I have just epoken, we should be amongst the very soberest nationß of the earth." HAS MORAL INFLUENCE LOST ALL ITS POWER? Bean Lefrov on Temperance Legislation. Norwich, May 30th, 1893 :— " Was there anything the people could do independent of legislation P He frankly admitted he had more faith in individual inflneneo and example than in all the Bills that could be introduced into the House of Commons on the Drink Question. What was the remedy P It was not legislation, it was example.'' The venerable gentleman also referred to the Direct Yet* Bill as " nothing more than an attempt at legislative robbery." 5. IS NEW ZEALAND A DRUNKEN COUNTRY? Are we not to be ranked as the most sober country in the world ? Tho following figures speak :—

DOES PROHIBITION BESPECT— (a) The freedom of the individual ? (6) The rights of property F (c) The sanctity of contracts i a. Prohibition, if carried, would enaVe a very small section to interfere with the oomforts of the daily life of the majority, and to restrict their individual freedom b. A license is a property, and the experience of the past is against the confiscation of property without due compensation. When slavory was abplished, Slaveowners were compensated, and Mr. Gladstone's family received the sum of .£90,729 15s. Is the traffic in Liquor more immoral than the traffic in human flesh and blood F "When from dread of cattle plague cattle are destroyed, the owners are compensated. "When in the Army the commission purchase system was abolished, Officers received compensation at over - regulation prices : that is at prices which had grown up by custom and were strictly illegal. An Officer according to the letter of the law Army (Annual Act) has no more a vested interest in his commission than the Publican has in his license. When the lease of a tenant under the Irish Land Acts is abolished, compensation is fixed at seven years' rent. Whon oeitain legal rights belonging to Proctors were thrown open to the whole profession, the Proctors received compensation, although as members of the bar tho'r occupation was not gone, but the competition was more severe. The tendency of Legislation in all British communities has hitherto been to do justice unto all men. " c. Prohibition, if carried, would place in the handß of a minority of the population the power of closing hotels indiscriminately, without tho exercise of the slightest discretion, and in direct violation of those Acts of Parliament which have sanctioned the making of existing contracts, extending over years to come, and involving property to the value of millions/of pounds sterling. 6. WILL PROHIBITION, IF IT BECOMES LAW, BE EFFECTIVE ? Laws are the outcome of publio sentiment, and unless a law, be it against drink or murder, is backed by public sentiment sufficiently strong 'to see that its enforcement is thorough, that law will not be obsoived. The Soott Act has failed in Canada because it was not backed by publio sentiment. Publio sentiment as tested by the number voting. County. FoottAct. (Nearest in Date) Parliamentary Election. "Votes Polled. Votes Polled. Cape Breton 955 30V1 The Act a dead letter. Cumberland 1822 . . 5114 In the chief town, Amherst, are the most flourishing wholesale liquor stores in the Dominion. Liquor is sold with scarcely any restraint in all parts of the county. Kings County ... 1586 . . 30(34 In spite of the Act there is a fully equipped bar in the station house or depot. Yarmouth 1287 ... 2107 In the chief hotel of Yarmouth two bars " running full blast." Westmoreland ... 1381 .. 4500 In the chief town, More ton, 28 open bars. Elgin ... . 4184 # 9304 In every case where a*Local Option law was submitted a large section of tho community refrained from voting. 7. WILL IT BE EASY TO EVADE THE OBJECT OF THE LAW t Yes. It is a Bill for the promotion of secret drinking and of bogus clubs. In Cardiff open air drinking clubs have been started and are largely patronised. Unless Prohibition is made universal the man who wants drink will contrive somehow to get it. The railway stations of Boston are the scenes of disgraceful rowdyism every Saturday night owing to the return of vast numbers who have visited Boston from the neighbouring districts which are under Prohibition, to obtain and take away with them drink. • (In the town of Charlottetown, in Prinoe Edward Island, under the Scott Act, acoording to an Official Blue Book, four ohemists sold in 1883— Pints. Brandy 1648 Whisky ... . 4030 Gin 529* to Customers with medical prescriptions, which they did not get for nothing, but under the influence of the mighty dollar. Jn 1884 the population of Charlottetown was 1.1,485. 8. DOES PROHIBITION DEAL EQUALLY WITH ALL CLASSES? No ! the richer classes, who can buy their supplies by wholesale, will not be affected, but the working men will not be able to get a drink. Having thns answered these questions, I can come to no other conclusion than this : that Prohibition, aiming at forcing A, a. moderate drinker, to relinquish the use of alcohol, .because B thinks it ib an evil, in an iinpertinenoe. and not argument. Therefore I will NOT Vote for Prohibition.

Consumption per llbad. Country. Beer. Spirits. gal. gal. United Kingdom ... 2874 0 5!) Germany 19 - 38 095 Holland . .. 1905 2-(8 Denmark 125 4'o Sweden . . 6 - 2 i"2 South Australia ... 20.4 0"49 Viotoria 19-36 1\52 New South Wales . 1194 1-15 United States ... 10"74 1"34 Queensland . ... 1023 159 Tasmania 10.02 0 59 France ll'O I' 9 Now Zealand . 7'4S 0 - 65

Majority for Majority for County. the Adoption Repeal of of the Act. the Act. Addington 36 GO Brant . 602 152 Bruce . . 1,312 1,392 Carleton . 693 725 Dufferin ... 795 213 Dundas ... ") Stormont . . [ 1,706 2,143 Glengarry J • Durham . 7 o 107 CO7 Northumberland $ 2 - 18 ' W7 Elgin ... . 1,856 1,223 Frontignnc . .. (ill 513 Gnolpli (°ity) 163 45!) Huron .. 1,653 , 1,310 Kent ... 2,393 1.620 Lanark 408 771 Grenville } «» 8 Lincoln . 570 597 Middlesex .. 3.375 2,538 Norfolk . 1,087 732 Ontario ... 1,351 921 Oxford . . 775 1,922 Peterborough 408 362 Benfrow 730 910 Simeon . . 1,183 3,102 St. Thomas (City) 11 572 Victoria . 965 992 Wellington .. 1,430 1,860 In Ontario drink is now practically entirely under the control of a licensing law, as it was found that vices could not be sup-