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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1354, 10 February 1898, Page 10

It seems to me (says Mr Labouohere in Truth) that advocates of teetotalism make a great mistake when they indulge in Buch. outrageous remarks as the following, which I take from a speech delivered by the Rev L. M. Isitt at a recent meeting at Liverpool: “ Ha confessed before God that, great as was his hatred of slavery, he would rather be a slave owner, a kidnapper upon the African Coast, than he would sell this poison to his fellowcountrymen for common consumption/' It is, of course, a matter of taste. If this rove: end gentleman would sooner be a slave dealer than a publican, I can only say that I do nob admire his choice. To my mind, moreover, such language as he used is likely to do the cause of temperance far more harm than good. There .are some men in Wellington who might do worse than digest the words addressed by the Bench to the audience in the North Melbourne Police Court the other day. Dr Hogg, after taking a comprehensive view of the audience, said :—“ It is regrettable and melancholy for me to see you gentlemen assemble here every Court day with such painful punctuality. I do not think, however, that the Court is the proper place to idle away a long summer’s day. lustead of wasting your time, gentlemen, listening to nonsensical cases, you should be eagerly searching for employment. You should _go into the highways and byways. Attending this Court oniv engenders bad habits, laziness and loafing. You, gentlemen, are a waste of raw material.” ... , , A man in Canada is constructing a boat which, he says, will cross the Atlantic at the rate of 100 miles an hour. It is in the form of a gigantic cylinder, and the passengers are to be enclosed in an evenlybalanced floating hotel, which will remain stationary while the outer shell revolves on the wafer.