NO-LICENSE MEETING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10117, 26 October 1917, Page 6

NO-LICENSE MEETING.

Despite the inclement weather there wa a fair gathering of people at the uo-liconst meeting lasi n'ight in 1-11 Baptist Church The Rev. Forde Carlisle presided, tin meeting being opened with singing am praver (Mr Oriirstcad). The Baptist friend bad provided the programme, and the fol lowing contributed items:—Songs, Mwsfl Williamson. Seifert .and Dalby; duet Misses Maker and fee-: recitations. Misse R. Seifert and M. Murrell. The accompaniment* wen- nicely pbiyei l.v Mrs Bergcscn and. Mrs Thompson.

'The, speaker for the evening was Brigadier Toomei. of the Salvation Army. In ,!,,. course of hi- remarks he referred to his eieat pleasure to be pr nt and to be pnblie'.v identiliod with the work the MoLicense League were doing. He had been an abstainer since ten years ol age. ami was a publican - - son, Bill even a- a child ho had noticed how the wives and children of the Somerset labourers had lo Miller ,1,,-OUgh drink. He had odd his mother that he would never have anything io do With the business, and she had hoped ,l,a, hj, never would. ReFeirms to the sis o'clock closing and lo the amendments ot the Act, the Brigadier said that he was not quite sure ihnt he was in rim right train with these added amendments, lucre ought to have licoii a clearer keeping ol ,)„'. \ct. Six o'clock closing didn t mean blowing two hours' extra For drinking liquor on Ihe pretence that men wee Inning a feed. Special reference was made ~, t| le Salvation Army Inebriate- Home and to the statement that so many Wilt hack to liquor when they eft the homes How could we expect anything else uliui on overs hand we had liquor shops. tlie liquor traffic must be rooted out altogether, and these inebriate- would them tunc a chance. . . \t this st'o-e of the meeting an appeal was made by the president (Rev. A. Dull ) to those present to sign the n.embeisli.p ca rd Several readily responded. Rjv. Mr Aspland, in moving a hearty vote of thanks, referred to the statemeii | )V Brigadier Toomer that over a thousand cier-vunui ill Kiiglttiiil were interested in the trade He was glad to say their M.n----•v not implicated. LThe lir gad.er: Nor the Salvation Army.] They had had ~ fill c stirring address and he was sdrc it would hearten as well as educate hoht new in the movement. Ihc meeting Moscu the singing of the National Anthem.