MR TAYLOR ON THE COAST.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 21 April 1911, Page 7

MR TAYLOR ON THE COAST.

A REPORT CONTRADICTED

LABOUR AND NO-LICENSE

A LEADER'S" PRONO^UNiCEMEKT,

(United Piiess Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday

Mr T. E. Taylor, M.P., complained to a "Star' ' interviewe rto-day that the Press Association's abbreviated' report of his Reef ton, %neeting was "p.lmost as misleading as any. abbreviated report can possibly be." The meeting lasted, he said, for about two hours and a half, and the discussion on the points in dispute with the Rev. W. Thornpon did' not occupy, more than tw r enty minutes. Mr Taylor stated that 'the meeting w.*:s one of the most orderly'he-has addressed inNew Zealand. - He received a note from the chairman, the Rev. R. Wilson, written on the following day, saying 'that the general impression in Reef ton was that the meeting was a treat success, that the other side admitted' that Mr Taylor annihilated M,r Thompson, and killed his chances for the meeting on th« night following Mr Taylor's, meeting, that people admired the way in which Mr Taylor handled the audience, and asking him if possible to return to Reefton.

; Ait Rmrp.nga Air Taylor had what he described as the most uncommon meeting' in- the who]© of his' experience. It was held oru a Saturday night. There was a large audienoe, nearly all men, mostly miliars. At the conclusion of his address, Mr R. Semole, onsraroiser of the New Zealand Miners' Federation, spoke in sup- ! port of the same (motion as had been I carried at Reef tor*, which urged the meeting to do all in its .power to carry 1 Niat'cm.l Prohibition this year. Be said that hitherto he .had' not supported the Prohibition party, but lie was satisfied that the complete, prohibition of the liquor traffic for a. number of yeaa\s would result in a' very large number of people bringing a, keener and soberer judigment to bear upon every political and! social reform, and ne intended this year -+o vote for the principle. Besides that, he would; urge all the workers of New Zealand to do the same thine. He thought the Dominion! should try to a.s■certain wh.at social, poUtieal. and phvsical results would follow the complete destruction of the drinking -customs for at east five years and a half,, the term which the Jaw prescribed for National DON'T BE BASHFUL; "There's manv a good thing lost by not asking for it." - The man. who is now grinding away a.t a labourer's wago might have been ear,nin? a Cabinet M.i-n ister's income if he had exercieed his will power ea.rlier in life. That's tho great fiecret of -same, men's success—when/ they see a "good- thine:" thev_ _de- , -cide to use it to the best of their ability, so far as it affects them. Now, if you own a- Camera, or are interested in this most fascinating hobby, your success aa a photographer depends largely upon familiarity with the numerous inctdon tals such as Developers, Mounts, Re touching Apparatus, etc. There is one good way of familiarising yourself with these necessary articles, and that is by lookine over the Catalogue of Cameras and Photographic Accessories which is sent post free to a,n v address by the Im.pe.riial Camera Company. _ We wouldn't ask you to send for this Catalogue if it was -no mood to V° u - ls useful to evei*y owner of a Camera, professional or amateur. You can mm.kc the photos you take at Easter life-pic-tures if you know the best means of finishing "them—this Catalogue will help you. It only costs' a half-penny, the price of a post-card on which you write the short m-easa.ee. askincr for it. Step into the post-office when you are parsing, buy the card', write the message, and post it to th<*' Imeprial Camera Co., Willis-street, Wellington. :

Prohibition! if it were carried. He also announced his intention to publicly advocate that course to the woi-kers of the Dominion. Mr Webb, president of the Miners' Federation, announced' that ho intended to follow the same course. The- motion was married unanimously, and Mr Taylor did not think that 25 people in the hall abstained from votiirg. The Grevmcuth meeting, which was held on the night cf his arrival on the Coast, Mr Taylor said, miight be much more correctly described' as "fierce" than tho Reefton meeting. It began at 9.15 p.m., cm, account of the late arrival of the train. It was one continuous fight from the time of starting' until it ended at 11 o'clock. No motion was

submitted to that meeting, but on Sunday night at another meeting in the same own, the motion submitted in the other centres was carried.