A Popular Vice.
•i ■. ;' _«► 1 _ '■ Bishop Moran, m the course of a S *mon at St. Josephs lately, dwelt' upon the evils of drunkenness, which he mentioned had increased during the last 50 years, no 1 with<Hndinp the organisation of total abstinence societies. In his opinion, too lenient a view was taken of the falling, and it should be regarded m the same lLht as larceny and other c.'inies. He thought tbe e?U might be abated to a great extent by moral.training end suasion, and by looking to> the proper education .of children. He greatly deprecated the practice of pa-ents indulging their children by giving them food and drink — even water— between the regular meal hours, «rguing that such was likely to produce an unhealthy craving m the letter when they grew up
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 175, 30 June 1883, Page 3
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133A Popular Vice. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 175, 30 June 1883, Page 3
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