The Liquor Traffic.
(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.)
Auckland, March 13
Sir Eobert Stout delivered an address last evening on " The Workers and the Temperance Question," but owing to the inclement weather there was only a moderate attendance. Sir Eobert contended it was the duty of every working man, who believed in Labor laws, to rote f»r the removal of the traffic. He pointed out that the Labor party in England were almost unanimous for temperance, but in this colony the majority of the workers i voted for beer. He admitted that the Temprance party in New Zealand had a long, weary hill to climb, but believed they would eventually get to the top and leave those who came after them a purer and greater colony. Sir Eobert referred in feeling terms to the recend death of the Eev. P. D. Monro, of Christchurch, and said the Temperance party had lost an earnest worker by his decease. Sir Bobert was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his able address in the Temprance cause.
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Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8609, 13 March 1897, Page 2
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172The Liquor Traffic. Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8609, 13 March 1897, Page 2
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