NO-LICENSE MEETING AT GREEN ISLAND

Evening Star, Issue 12624, 2 October 1905, Page 8

NO-LICENSE MEETING AT GREEN ISLAND

The J’-A, Hall, Green Island, was fairly ■well filled cm Friday, the occasion being a visit from Mr G. I!. Nichods in the’jnterests of No-license. The Rev. Mr Kilpatrick was voted to the chair, and in his opening remarks stated that in the whole ten years of his residence in the Clntha he only saw two drunken men hi his parish, and bo had to got up at five o'clock in the morning to see one of them. These cases occurred at a dance, to which some whisky was brought by a rather wild young fellow, who ought to have known better. Ho also pointed out that iii the arum that had carried No-license tlie Presbyterian was the dominant church, and ho thought that he might fairly claim that they were taking the lend in this matter.—(Applause.) Mr G. B. Nicholls pointed out that in order to sustain the idea that No-license wns not a good thing it was necessary as a irst step to believe that all the Presbyterian ministers resident in the No-license areas had entered into a compact to tell falsehoods about the re-ants of No-lioonso and o dcccivb thoir fellow-ministers, and thus i i -duce their church to deceive the general pn'me. Such an idea, said) Mr Nicholls, i- utterly nnthinkahle.—(Applause.) The more areas that get No-license, and the in- .re reports the Presbyteries received from m h-stors resident in No-license areas, the mnr.- pronounced became the adhesion of the church as r, whole to the principle. Mr Nicholla then quoted a number of testimonials from Anglican clergymen who were formerly against the No-license platform as to its success in actual working, and said (hat the Anglican Church would soon bo .■ompcDcd by the weight of evidence to take up the same position as the evangelical bodies. At the close of the speech opponents were invited to take the platform, but no one same forward. A No-license League was then formed, thereat bulk of those present joining it. Mr Kilpatrick was elected chairman and Mr A. Marshall hon. secretary, Air W. M'Caughari treasurer, and a committee of five. Arrangements were afterwards made for a visit of Mr L. M. Isitt to Green T-laud. The singing of the dnxology conciuik’d an interesting and enthusiastic meet-