The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MODERATE TEMPERANCE

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 146, 26 May 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MODERATE TEMPERANCE

, i M it- W. W . Greej), formerly ; a rhemtfe'r^oi? the House of :'-. Represent tatives,Tis~nbw; engaged m a' lecturing tour m the interests of Temperance. At Southbridge^ $antej£ bjury, the other day lie stated [that •'** it was not his intention alone rto abase those kiiown as publicans. jHis war was not against individuals, but? agairißf t)ie|ftf affic^in int&xfeat4 ing^Hftk?" "ftfr Gkj&ejsi is' to; be' con^me4ded for hi£ moderation,* Which is m ratner striking contrast tothedrastc measures M^r Booth • advocates. T(S£ VBodiv&d \ proposiV tjon is to close by law all the pub-. ' lie-houses, give the proprietors! no ; compensation for the loss of their ! b'usrnessesj and let - themr: work 'for • jftti-L'lionefifc • lixiii^ -bji- the sVeat * >of their brow. We' j gsreattyfear ! 9tat T Such ' inteiViperate 1 : cbuTisels: as ' j'thte ! 1 wjill dothe/'catise of temple' ran be ' in-* jfi'nite^y. nipre har.ni than gpgd. , Like, . nianV 'aftbthef ( goVd^movemerit, it' hjas, suffered $$ly , ;as- much from the hancUijOf iisi-friends as.it,. has frqmj *lts r ,ejge&ies y /<.an4 ?-we : iare syre (that, there ;{tr.e< no,w* as therei always, hatie, .of; the /besfc;i< claissy 'and the most intelligent of abstainers •wjkp will stand aloof from all public participation lib." the 'if its' advocates indulge- in, such rabid, anil .foolish talk as this. . . .....