MR. WAYMOUTH AND THE DOCTORS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5758, 1 May 1880, Page 6

MR. WAYMOUTH AND THE DOCTORS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—lntelligent temperance men often corner the doctor who will persist in prescribing intoxicating drinks, and in many cases extort; the confession that other things will do equally as well. That the ".eminently noble profession " have as keen an eye to business as other folks few will dispute, nor is there any right to complain. One instance: The doctor of a benefit society, who was bound by his agreement to provide medicines, ordered intoxicating liquors to a patient, a member of the society. He was waited upon and reminded that, by his agreement, he must supply all medicines, strong drink included. To this day there has been no more intoxicants ordered nor supplied, unless they have been sent in mysterious phials, labelled " one tablespoonful every four hours." Remembering the many and great evils caused by the liquor traffic, and the little notice the public Press devotes to the subject, it should not surprise or call for censure when those who have suffered much, express their opinions in language whicb, in some quarters, may be thought too strong. In reference to omissions by the Press, what do those who only read the Hew Zealand papers know of the immense gatherings in the cities and towns of Great Britain, to hear the eminent men who are now so .eloquently advocating '' .Local Option ?" Or, what is known of the great success of the Sunday closing in Irelaud, or of the stir in the churches, on the temperance question ?—I am, &c., Three Kings. J. W. Cam.

The "John Williams."—Mr. W. E. Sadler writes to call the attention o£ the Tablet to the fact that the missionary ship John Williams belongs to the " grand old Cromwellian Congregational Independents " and not to the Wesleyans.