CE COLUMN.

Waipa Post, Volume II, Issue 61, 14 November 1911, Page 4

CE COLUMN.

Rt"il : of the f&License League, and \ no way responsible for 'is expressed. — Ed. W.P.) SIR-'VICFOR HORSLEY. ' Benefits of Total -. "Abstinence—More Sickness" among Moderate '*' Drinkers''- than among . "A recdnt address given by,StiyVictor Borsley,-the eminent English physician, contains some remarks on the of alcoholic drinking which are worthy of general consideration: " The s moral conduct of future - states, i||fcbegins irTlfttfe Home.- ;If, Wme considerthe things-that J done to degrade human 'Mife, we are brought back to "She question of alcohol." .:. i "Self-sacrifice in regard 1 the so-called luxuries; oL ISife begins, as a rule witlra, ;~ fman giving up So' v ""far as I am concerned, it seems an incredible small sacrifice to make, but it is not so to many people.The 'individual who considers honestly* what is hfe duty .toward his fellowcountrymen must consider r C this'fe: 7 matter from twcC 'P< totally different points of ■■feWi-'Hei:-.- -.tconsiaerthe Hf to make as fit; iKibl- fo^h^j^fein" W? 'children. Mfeslidri of sick inW now beiiv dealt 'the .Government, Wybu, is governed by Question -of self-sacrif proportion 3^& c 1 dri n k ers"is ': greapjF-than f among' -^ab^ "" stainers. For the waatof •■■-" a-' little the moderate drinkef imposes taxes; on his Mlo.w-men.; ; Only a few days agoamplcl much-loyed teacher>of : my. ;;."-' own, P£|irce Gould, showed Lha t cancer was a, disease which attacked /•• : those who took alcohol "' -twice those • who do not. Every day we have; evidence of this sort ; : brought before us, showing ■odt total abstinence stands. first <xz a salient element-in • the making of a natiom", ! SIR WM. BROADBENT.

Children should never % ~ know the taste of any alco- % : no!ic drink, and stimulants ought to be absolutely for- - during school 1 ife. . : -\ In;adoi|scence they-impair - 'self 'cohiroT, .and are'" a '-Qyree of danger. At all ages, when taken to relieve ;*;-|e^!mgs weakness or fain mess serious danger. '_ -of ..'fallins; under th*?ir "TrT- - flpfee'e is -crose a t hand.— Sir William Broad bent, , Bart., M.D., .F.R.S., K.C. ' " r -0., Physician-in-Ordin-ary to H.M. the King.