The Waimangaroa Anti- Shouters.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5205, 11 February 1892, Page 4

The Waimangaroa AntiShouters.

(Charleston Herald.) What the organisers style an "AntiShouting ' Club lias recently been formed at Waimangaroa, for the purpose, it is said, of doing away with the old-estab-lished custom of boozing up the army of deadheads that are always hanging round the pubs in that enlightened village. All the "gentlemen" of the township have joined the organisation, and at a late meeting decided to call it " The Rational I Temperance Club." It is an undisputed fact that nowadays a gentleman, especially a Waimangaroa gentleman, has a big contract, on hand to keep himself moistened with the limited means at his command, without being expected to booze up three or four deadheads every time he goes to a pub for a refresher. As far as we can see, the object of the Waimangaroa Rational Temperance Club is to do away with this nuisance, as no member is allowed to shout for anyone but himself. By acting up to this principle, the old booze tubs will soon disappear from the village, and then a Waimangaroa gentleman can go into a pub with only a half-crown in his kick, and spill five long-sleevers into his gullet to the two he could do before, and should he happen to have five bob, why, it simply means a glorious carnival. We hope the experiment will prove a success.