METHODIST CONFERENCE
THE LIQUOR QUESTION. AUCKLAND, February 26. Tho condolence reaffirmed its unfailing conviction that the only solution ol tlie liquor question is prohibition. The Rev. C. H. Olds, ot Upper Hutt, urged a further effort to increase the number of total abstainers. “There is one direction in which we should move,” lie said. “1 refer to tlie insidious custom of drinking toasts in alcoholic liquor. It is a deplorable thing that young people should take a glass of wine at a wedding and other functions, and not stand to their principles. We should stiffen up our activities, particularly among the young.” A resolution urging the establishment of a Temperance Committee at every Church was carried.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18201, 27 February 1929, Page 4
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116METHODIST CONFERENCE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18201, 27 February 1929, Page 4
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