LUNCHEON TO REINFORCEMENTS.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13658, 29 August 1916, Page 1

LUNCHEON TO REINFORCEMENTS.

/ '.To'the Editor.of " The Times," 'Sir,—(Will ... the deeply solicitious "Little Jim" •' and dear "Little ••Mnry" include in the 'scope of. their .(in- • quiries',why"the Licenced; Victuallers'' Association',' 'has riot volunteered to' provide a luncheon ; for the reinforcenientsf r'Also the ! bands, the friendly . societies, the Borough Council, the Harbour Board,'all the other boards and school committees? Then, so that no one . should,feel hurt by, being; unment.ioried, ' enquire 'why the big • mercantile, houses, the, banks, big and little retail concerns, the . woollen . factory and .freeiuiig/works, and : the' various labour unions have/not also tumbled over each.other, in^forwavding/offers?. Had the enquiry' been . wide enough in its/sweep , the ijs'ual liquor •hypocrisy 'prompt-rag the letters would not have: been. so apparent."'The general'public have'been able, to recognise prominent- and. also .un : j&btrusive prohiibition 'workers and church officials and church'members; inanumber -of ilie ; gentlemen' who . have in part been responsible for a_ number of the luncheons; 'Some have thought that the gentleman who presided at.the • last luncheon ,has .figured: a deal both in prohibition and;'church' mattei's, and some other names'specially referred ,to in' the press in c'onqection with that function were , church, officials and; workers. Why should ' and church people be ta;ed. half a-dozen times over? Are the ladies' org,uiisn-: fions which are .doing the hulk of the town work for the Bed Cross Society ladies' roiiinuttces of the- Racing Club's or the-L.WA'/ ■' I .fancy I have read of ' St. .Paul's, Wesley, St. Luke's, and Columba Guilds and.others figuring proaniiiently. Buf- your correspondents; be-- • : fray their i,den,tity by their liquor .logic / iwitli.which .the. public js.,sp v t'ami|iqi;i. When-they deal with all' ihe «bove bodies''aud .business concern, they. will lie told a. few tinieij overtliat those .representing them (jonsider thev are.quite doing their ivhack {uid the "prohibition and-churclr people would probably.give the same answer—l am, etc.," "BIG BEX.'' -