ARCHBISHOP CARR ON THE COMPENSATION QUESTION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume L, Issue 8911, 27 October 1905, Page 2

ARCHBISHOP CARR ON THE COMPENSATION QUESTION.

_ (To the Editor of- the Age.)

Sir, — I observed in this morning's issue of the Age a statement to the effect tliat amongst other temperance ,oTga'nisations the League of the Cross will be represented on the deputation which is to wait on the Premier next W.ednesday, to-uTge, aircngst other things, "a time limit in lieu of the present monetary compensa-' tion" given to" those - whose hotels-are-clcsed by local option. As far as I know, the League of the Cross will not be represented aihong-the depiitationists. Individual membere of the League "may -hold "and express any views they -please on* 1 the question of a time limit, but they do not thereby commit the league to aaiy particular line- of policy. ' For my part T am strongly of opinion that when- the State encourages a man_to invest his money <md devote his life to the management "of an hotel,- an<T profits "by his doing so, it should not deprive Kirn of his means of livelihood without giving kirn .substantial pecunia'ry_ compensation. - _k. short t.lme limit is no equivalemf for such compei:«itio_<. Whether the whole amount of the compensation should "come from the S<ate',-or whether a~part _hould~"bc contributed by the hotels whose business is increased by the -closing of others," is a question well worthy of^ the consideration of statesmen.— Yo jib, ~ etc., THOMAS, 'J. CARR, 1 Archbishop of Melbourne St. Pntvick's Cathedral, June 12.'

There rwas an incident of an amusing nature during the. progre&s-of aJßand.of i Hope entertainment given _af- Belfast on Thursday evening (says the" Lyttelton. " Times). One" of the lady -performers, an enthusiast on temperance matters,— faint cd. A call was immediately made for a volunteer to proceed to the nearest -hotel | (about a mile" away) for brandy; which' was quickly procured, - and "i-nder its influence the patient made a speedy recovery. ._ . "I

_ Temperance lecturers seem, to be peculiarly liable to misunderstandings as to their "mission and the .financial or other terms on which they -undertake to work.' The following, - from the Edinburgh- Despatch";" referring to the recent visit ofthe Rev. L. M.Jlsitt to Scotland, -showe ' that there was some doubt there_ as to the basis of his labours: — "For. some ten, or twelve days an itinerant teetotaller, and all the way from It-he Antipodes, has been conducting what is_ euphemistically called a 'gospel temperance mission*, in this city.' There appears -to be some., mystery as to who is responsible for his appearance here at this time. Some- people say he \ was 'invited' ; others, again, allege that he arranged the matter-on the same principle a_ a theatrical- star, and at a greater profit. He can drive as good a bargain, as any 'commerciaK that ever went" on thiejroad. His terms are,- for.a.week's. performance, £25, with board -and lodging, or -the free proceeds of the 'hat. \ It, is all very well for the 'temperance orator' to denounce (iblicaos and brewers.-- He "is paid, and paid handsomely to do that. Glasgow, it appears, has, so far, refused to have anything to do with the mission on the present te-.Tms. "' The Glasgow societies were askeJ to give! him an' 'engagement' at the same time that the Edinburgh, societies were appealed to on his behalf, but they declined to enter into -a contract. -Glasgew likes a" good things but a,, teetotallecturer, at £25 a week, or £1200. a year,' i-3 too good, even fooTGlasgow."