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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12843, 28 November 1905, Page 3

The No License Campaign. HE GUIDING STAR of the No-License party and liis scurrilous satellites liav§ exhausted all the informatien thej can collect on this planet of ours—from prehistoric times down to the now famous " Ashburton period "—in propping up the rotten cause ycf No-License; and. find it insufficient. They* .are now 'dangling the BOGEY MAN. FRQM MARS 'v /before ; ycui - . ey«-s. ■lt is surely, asr, insult to the-intelligence of tlie electors of Timaru to have wild parables and imaginary horrors repeated to them night after night. The "King" of the No-License party has now dropped his claptrap style of argument, and- has resorted to a system of lying, abuse and libelling. In* each successive lecture he flatly contradicts what he said in the previous one. If a respectable citizen has the courage to question his statement? he abuses him unmercifully, and he is to figure in the Court before long as the defendant in a LIBEL ACTION. Electors of Timaru, pause and consider impassionately for yourselves .before being led by these wolves in sheep's clothing who masquerade as the divinelyappointed guardians of human souls, but who by example and "precept are worse than infidels. The following are a few of the phrases by .which they expect to win your respect and confidence:—"CHßlST POKING FUN AT THE " DRINK TILL ALL'S BLUE IN YOUR OWN HOUSE." "HELL WITH THE LID OFF," " FCETID STINKS OF HELL IN THE BACK PARLOUR OF A HOTEL," " THE DEVIL SHAKING HANDS WITH A PUBLICAN," etc., etc.

PARENTS AND ELECTORS, if you da not -want your sous and daughters nnrl the rising generation generally contaminated by those demagogues, withdraw the collection box and the' hat, and you will soon see the last of them. They say Ashburton is prosperous commercially under No-License. The Year Book says Ashburton is six per cent, below the average of the whole colony in inward trade in merchandise. They say wages are higher under No-License. The -Year Book says that the jwages of skilled and unskilled labourers are Jess under No-License. They say that there is no poverty in Ashburton. The Dorcas Society, - the Church' of Engr land" clergyman, and- the Roman.• Catholic priest, have all publicly testified to; the existence of poverty in Ashburton. -They say that there is an improvement, in the character and moral tone of the community under No-'License. The' Stipendiary Magistrate says the very opposite—that NoLicense has been the cause of much perjury and a general disregard for the. sacredness of the oath. WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH Those reliable authorities above mentioned, viz., THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGYMAN, THE DORCAS SOCIETY AND THE YEAR BOOK or THE RABID FANATICS who preach No-License, including the notorious Prohibitionist, R. Alcorn, Esq., J.P., etc. The number of sly grog cases at present sub judice should be enough to make those ranters admit the truth. The immorality of the place is now an open secret, and tragedies have been common. One man shot his wife on account of her being found on the premises of a -sly grog-seller within the Ashburton. No-License district, and. afterwards committeed suicide. A few Sundays ago another sad tragedy and suicide took place, almost in the town of Ashburton. The principals: in the Peel Forest infanticide ca3e lived in Ashburton. Scores of other bad cases of immorality could be mentioned that have not seen the light of the Magistrate's Court, but enough has been written, to show the electors of Txmaru the real state of affairs in the sister electorate that has tried No-License. The question* therefore, is, which is the best of the two evils—the WHITE DEVIL you have in the shape of the licensed liquor bar, or the SEVEN BLACK DEVILS you will assuredly have in the <!iape of immorality, tragedies and sly grog-shops if No-License is carried. If you prefer the one WHITE DEVIL to the SEVEN BLACK DEVILS, score rout- the' Two Bottom Lines AT THE COMING £€>CAL OPTIOJf MOKO— THE GREAT COUGH CURE. Obtainable all Chemists and Grocers Timaru and Surrounding District*. Is 6$ eveiywliaf