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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6931, 4 February 1884, Page 3 (Supplement)

UNITED TEMPERANCE <SOCIETIES' DEMONSTKATION.

The United Temperance Societies' Demonstration took place on Jan. 29 in the Domain, and was one of the most successful that has Jet been held in Auckland. The procession formed in the following order :—At half-past Jine a m., ac the top of "Hobson-street, aud beaded by the Drum and .Fife Band and Uaehunga Band, marched to the above rendezvous :—Bandsof Hope, 350; Auckland lotal Abstinence Society, 30; Kechabites—jusenile 20, adult 40; Good Templars, 120; ion 6 Army, 60; Salvation Army, ; total, 740. This did not represent the i atren P t ' ) i as a number walked on the f C ( avemen t, instead of in procession. Five ? H'. e ' ar g e 't Bands of Hope were also absent •holding private picnics. ThE DOMAIN. ». l ii aleven a.m. an adult meeting j- ' n " la •® oma ' n i Joseph Newmau P esidipc. A programme of sports was gone rougo, the following being the events and hV,r i : ~;! 50 , Ylrds ' Handicap : H. Kother'J'!■h; Bucliauan, 2; T. Cant well, 3. oj Yards Handicap (boys u D der 1G) : F. Hi .u r . an ' 1; <^'or S e Gernish, 2 ; Jolm T 2O Y "' ,s ' Handicap (youths c f lb, under 21J : F. Lincoln, 1 ; K. BuHsndi"' ~ '/ * Jc '" ton > 3. 100 Yards' mndicap (yirls under 16) : Mias ii. Carter, • alls* K, Kelson, 2; Miss O. Shaw, 3,

220 Yards' Haudicap (secretaries) : H. Kotheram, 1; Chalmers, 2; White, 3. 100 Yards' Handicap (men over 40 and under 100) : E. Newton, 1 ; H. Banaher, 2 ; Church, 3. 4*lo Yards' Handicap :F. i,ineoln, 1; A. Cooper, 2; G. Reid, 3. 100 Yards' Handicap : J. S. Rowe, 1 ; H. Rotherliam, 2. The second portion of the sports came off at four p.m., as follows :—IOO-Yards' Handicap, Married Ladies: Mrs. Kempton. 1 ; Mrs. Pearson, 2 ; Mrs. Hardwick, 3. 100-Yards' Haudicap, Single Ladies : Miss James, 1 ; Miss Macdermott, 2; Miss Donaldson, 3. ) 50-Yards, Delegates : H. Rotherham, 1; Townshend, 2 ; Foster, 3. A social gathering took place at half-past seven, in the Theatre Royal. Sir William Fox siid a great temperance tidal wave was sweeping over this colony and other places. In England the people were getting a grip of the traffic, with a view not merely to regulate but to abolish it. The tight was not yet over, and would probably oe protracted over several sessions, but the will of the people would triumph in the end. (Cheers). There were hard times in the Soutb, but here matters were more prosperous. Well, in the South they could not drink so much now, but they still tried to drink as much as they could get. The drink ami tobacco bill of the colony waa three millions sterling per annum—sufficient to defray the cost of Government and the interest on our national debt. A quarter of a million a-year went in horse raciDg. People were complaining that they did not know what to do with their boys—there were no local industries', &.c. If the publichouses were shut up there would be no ; croaking in the land—we would not 1 know what to do with our money. His address was cheered at the close. An interesting ceremony here took place, namely, the presentation by Mr. C. Hill of a secretaire (accompanied by a small purse of sovereigns) to Mr. W. J. McDermott, (Secretary of the Auckland Band of Hope Union), for his zeal and duvotion to duty. Mr. McDermott made a brief but appropriate reply. The proceedings were brought to.» close by Sir William Fox presenting the prizes to the successful prize-winners at the sports, which he did in a very happy mauncr— making the presentatiou with some humourous remark to the recipient.