THE NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12419, 31 July 1902, Page 2

THE NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN.

_Afc tlie Choral Hall yesterday-afternoon Mrs Harrison Log addressed a large audience qf ladies, speaking on temperance from St Matthew, xiii, 33, and delivering an impressive lecture Mrs AV. R. Don presided, ancl on the platform were. tlie members of the executive of the W.C.T.T7. and several other Jadies. At the conclusion of the. IreWOTU ° f nW membMs fto

In tlio evening lira I.eo addressed a good gathering on "Seven Men who can Give a Season.' Mr A. S. Adams presided, and ably introduced the lecturer in a short speech on temperance.

Mrs Leo dealt exhaustively with her subject, spnokihg on the Christian aspect of the question., and argued'prohibition from the point of view <il tho Christian man, tlio working man, the statesman, tho business man, the medical man,'and from a patriotic point of vioiv. She contended that though a man was not his brother's teener, lie was something higher and nobler; ho was his brother's brother, and tlio kinds.of lovo wow. stronger' than the chains of bondage. When the man readied his oternal homo it would then bo his glorious provinco to say I have reached home, and brought, my brother with mo.. Tho working man's view was the one picture of a miserable home, and the other of comfort and happiness, while the business man would welcome prohibition if only for personal profit alone, for it stood to reason that when money was not spent in drink moro busiuess in general commodities would bo done. The 'statesroan's view wot in respect to tho revenue, and in this connection sho quoted Gladston&'s words, " Give me a sober nation and I will take caro of the revenue." She pointed out that if there was no dninkonneSs there Would be a great saving in the forces of pclics and machinery of the. law required, for out of 10 crimesnihe were iraceablo.to drunkenness. Continuing, sho ridiculed the idea of medicinal property in alcohdl, aiid. quoted the opinions of leading- physicians. Alcohol was a poison, and it was utior fojly to think that that which made a strong man weal; would mr.ko a weak man strong. The lecturer was frequently applauded, and the audience evidently took keen interost in her remarks.

. Tn-nig!it. Mrs Harrison Loo will deliver her farewoll lecture iu the Choral -IM on TSeautiful Britain: Its Blessings and Blights as Seen by an Australian." The lecture'will bo illustrated with limelight viwvs,' aim a ehargo will lie mado for admission.