NO LICENSE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13635, 14 April 1908, Page 2

NO LICENSE.

EGMONT LODGE, 1.0. G.T. I MONTHLY MEJETLNG. , The usual weekly session the Egmont Lodge, No. JLf^ %0-G.T., was held last night in 'St.' Mary's Hall. Bro. G. W. Hartnell, Chief Templar, presided over a large attendance of members. One new member was proposed. The picnic committee reported that the arrangements for the picnic on Easter Monday were, well forward, . PREPARING- FOR THE FRArY:Subsequently the Lodge was opened to members of kindred societies, representatives oJLtke jJfQi-License.Lejagu©. Rechabites' Lodge and the W.C.T.U. being present. After the -'Welcome, Ode" had been sting" Bro. -HartneH' welcomed the visitors and then asked Bro. J. C. Legg, D.D.G.C.Tj, to take the chair. . y ,'-■■< ' » . • ' • r . The chairman said that they were v great organisation with branches in all parts of the world. No tribe was barred and no colour was barred from membership. Referring to the coming general election he said he would like to see a central committee.. formed to work on right up to the. election. .; f^ >;•" . i Mr Q. ID. Belkmger^hpiiget tfce tiine^ had arrivejd; tb "commence wdrfe.' /-For two or three months the No-License bodies further south had been et work ; and they honed %o sqe t nb-license carried in three 1 ; if not four electorates in ■ Taranaki. In the past the block sys- ' ten}' had been tried, but it had not be«fc entirely successful. It was most important that every person on the roll should be seen personally.. The day of p\iblic meetings ' ? ftKßomo d*gt&3, h¥ thpught, had passed. If lihey 'could ; convert to their cause another 300 or 400 of their, opponents they would carry the day. He referred to the increase in the Drink -Bill for 1907, which he thought was partly duo to' the increase of drinking among young men. , Mr H. Goodacre said it was a good many years- since he had joined the 1.0.G.t., and a G.T. Lodge was one of the best institutions when properly Worked. The worst feature of the traffic was that the young men' were learning to drink. He was very pleased to see that there was a movement on foot to build a Templar Hall. (A|k plause.) He gave a most hearty invitation to all present to attend the an^ nual meeting of the No-License League. Bro. G. H. Maunder .said that last, year was a record for drunkenness in 1 New Plymouth, there being 120 cases 4n the courts. Mr Cocker said a good plan to combat arguments was to keep any little faots one might come across in^ a Small pocket-book. He qftroted .several, aha? showed the diff£r«nce . between: no& f license and license in Oamaru. j 'Mr Freethy also spokea.few wolrds. i — — »«■«■*—*—■*■' 'i ' >■'«'• * -■