PROHIBITION.
A numerous audience attended at the Wesley Ifoll, Taran'-hi street, la=t evening when M> John 'C r :di' i ..■wyt'i’-y of *ho Yi-fcor*an Alliance, delivered the firt-t lecture of a camnaien he is about to conduct in the city avainst liquor selliuv. Hr Robert s-tonf, who occupied the chair, in introducing the speaker, spoke briefly on the enbject, orpin? federation for both political and social purposes. Air Vale spoke at considerable length on one aspect of bis ora’ade, takinp as his text “Toilers and Spoilers, or Liquor v Labour Trade and Revenue.” The lecturer dealt exhaustively with this tonic, pointing out in forcible and energetic language the menace that drink formed to labcnr. and exposing the fallacy of the belief that the existence of th < trade was either a benefit to trade or a necessity for revenue pnrnoees Many of bis arguments wore clinched with verbal illustrations of an easily understood and at the aims time conviooiny character, the audience frequently applauding the lecturer’s remarks. At the conclusion a vote of thanka was unanimously passed. Air Vale speaks to-night at the same placo on “ The Golden Side : or the Art of Making the Best of Things,”
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 3438, 20 May 1898, Page 2
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