THE GRISIS NEARING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3390, 4 December 1911, Page 9

THE GRISIS NEARING.

AND THE FIGHT RACINC WARMER.

NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN.

ADDRESSES AT SIEVWRIGHT MEMORIAL.

A number of the local No-license advocates addressed a large meeting at the Sievwright Memorial on Saturday evening.

Mr McGregor traversed Mr W. D. Lysnar’s views regarding the liquor question; The Rev. F. W. Ohatterton contended at length that the No-license party was working in the interests of the multitudes who were suffering. Mr W. Hay, in the course of Iris remarks, asked how many drunk persons had they seen since last election, and how many of them were brought before court? A voice: Name them.

Mr Hay: Their name is legion. A voice: I know legion. He’s a good chap. (Laughter). The Rev. J. A. Looliore referred adversely to a photographic poster that was recently issued in connection with Masterton.

A voice: You have not proved they were untrue yet. The speaker went on to say that a large amount of voluntary labor was being put forth by the No-license party for the sake of the cause.

A voice: You’re a kill joy. (Laughter.) Mr Rowell confined; his remarks principally to the action of the Hotel Employees’ Union in connection with the liquor question. Cries of "Ob, oh ! ” Mr Rowell: I 'consider it is a down right infringement of the principles of unionism.

A voice: Rot. A bystander immediately in front of the speaker began to ask a number of questions. Mr Rowell: For goodness 6ake Joe stop it. (Laughter.) _ Mr Aneurin Jones said that drink was the curse of the country. A voioe: You make it a curse. You’re a kill joy. Mr Jones said that he would l be out of a job if No-license was carriedand he was prepared to he in that position. A voice : You are like old T)owie.

Air Jones: Yes, and I would he prepared! to die for it. (Applause and laughter.) The large gathering then dispersed.

A ROMAN CATHOLIC VIEW. FREEWILL BUT NOT ENFORCED REFORM. (Per Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., Dec. 3. The No-license crusade is being carried on most vigorously here by nearly all the clergymen except Anglican and Roman Catholics. On last Sunday evening the Rev. Dcull. St. Andrew’s Church, preached strongly in favor of prohibition, and other ministers !r.ve also done so. The Rev. Rosher, Anglican minister, however, recently referred in a sermon to temperance as against prohibition, and to-day at Saint Patrick’s Church Father Costello read a circular letter from Archbishop Redwood in reference to the statement of Rev. Hammond, of Sydney, _ who is touring the country for the No-lironse Leaque, as follows: "Leaders of the No-license puity have publicly declared that if National prohibition is carried one of the results will be that after about ten years no wine, even for medicinal or sacramental purposes, will be allowed in the Dominion. As this would render the celebration of mass impossible, we feel obliged to warn our people against prohibition, ,-,nd to warn them not to vote for it.” Father Costello said that he would not have referred to' this matter otherwise. though in some other churches here sermons favoring prohibition had been preached. The Catholic Doctrine was one of temperance, but men v, ho preached that wine was in itself evd, must preach that Christ was a bad man. His first miracle was to convert water into wine at the request of his workers, which was declared to be the best wine kept to the last. The elements constituting good wine and good spirits were not evil, but were created by God himself. It was not their use. but abuse that the church condemned. There was no harm in taking wine in moderation. For those who- could not take it in moderation by their free wib, then teetotalism was the remedy. This was a free country, and reform should be freewill reform, not an enforced one.

NO-LICENSE DEMONSTRATION

CHRISTCHUROH PROCESSION

CHRISTCHURCH. Dec. 2

A very large No-license demonstration took place to-day in the form of a procession Largely composed of children carrying banners. The procession marched 1 through the city to Crarimer Square, where No-license and national prohibition addresses were delivered.

THE MASTERTON CHALLENGE.

STATEMENT BY MR AIcAIANAWAY

■.tiPECIAi TO TIMES.)

PALMERSTON N., Dec. 2

Mr H. McManaway, of Hastings Hfoiteil, Ffcild'ing, whoso .challenge of £25 to the Rev. Hammond that ho could not .prove the authors of the Masterton photographs to be damnable liars, published in the Manawatu Times a statement that he was not in any way consulted as to the appointment of Mr Trewan, Feilding, solicitor, as one of the arbitrators in the matter, ijind .l]>r<’ificially refused to consent to his appointment. Mr McManaway states that Mr Trewin and Mr Mclntyre, the o her commissioner, are strong No-license advocates, but he himself had been willing to nominate the Rev. Rudd, also a No-license man, to. represent him, as he rejected Mr Trewin. He refuses to accept Hie result of his inquiry, and publishes in the Manawatu Times correspondence from Mr Wilton, photograper at Masterton, giving details of the photographs questioned. There is also a statement from Mr Ridgway, bottle merchant, testifying to all bottles shown in the photo, being collected under No-liccnse, and stating that manv thousands of dozens of others are also collected there by the bottle merchants, and also quotes from the Wairarapa Age to the effect that the statements and pictures are correct. He has protested to the manager of the Press Association against the message sent from Feilding stating that Mr Hammond had won.