GOOD TEMPLARY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143574, 12 August 1911, Page 3

GOOD TEMPLARY.

ADDRESS BY MISS GRIMLEY. The series of gatherings to celebrate the opening ot tne new Good Templar Hall was continued in the hall on j)riclay nigtit, the Kev. J. W. Burton presiding. He was accompanied on tne platform by Miss Grimley and Bro. G. Andrews, Grand Chief Templar. The Kev. J. W. Barton‘in his address spbko of .the necessity tor personal effort. Too much was wasted in organisation, in making the machinery go. It was the macs of public opinion mat would count in the temperance fight—moral suasion. Each supporter ■of the cause should single out sonic individual and influence nim or her towards the side of temperance and licensing reform. The telling argu’mont in favour ot no-license was not so much on the lines of money savings to the individual, but that the vote of the man would help someone else. That appealed to the nobility of every man. The no-license movement was not a selfish movement. The leaders of it gave not of their substance but their lives for their felknvmen. Miss Grimley delivered an address on “Mistaken Notions.” There were many of them, she said, even amongst the enlightened people of New Zealand, in regard to strong drink. There were many people, for instance, who thought alcohol was a food, whereas the contrary was the case, as shown by leading doctors and scientists. Food built up and nourished the body, but alcohol, even in small quantities, was injurious. In New Zealand 2000 people annually died as the direct result of strong drink, apart altogether from those who died indirectly from it. The daughter of* a very moderate drinker was assured recently by the doctors who attended him that her father died from alcoholic poisoning! And he had never drunk to excess. There was a notion that alcohol was a good thing for use in the polar regions. The Antarctic explorers disproved that. And it was of no use in the tropics, either. One good lady aired her mistaken notions that it was the duty of the temperance people to see that poeple should be able to obtain pure beer. But why? Temperance people didn’t use it. There were people who thought drink was indispensable because of the revenue derived from the sale, but still more money was spent on repairing the injuries it caused than was derived from the sale of it. Miss Grimley spoke of experiences in the work of Good Templary, and mentioned cases of rescue of some, men and women who seemed almost hopeless cases, and in conclusion! reiterated the necessity for personal effort. Mr. Andrews spoke on the beneficial influence of Good Templary. A musical programme was rendered at intervals as follows:—Pianoforte solo, Mr. S. Lewis; song, “Queen of the Earth.” Mr. N. M‘lsaac; song, “Lead, Kindly Light,” -Mias Tocker; vocal duet, “Nocturne,” Misses Gilbert. The accompaniments were played by Misses Lcgg, Coodacrc, and Mr. Lewis.