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Western Star, Issue 1573, 24 June 1891, Page 3

Tbe Boston Post says that in Dodge City there fire three well defined classes of society—the aristocrats, who put out their washing ; the middle class, who do their own waihing; and the democrats, who take in washing. Besides these, there is a contingent consisting of ultra democrats who regard washing as a superfluous luxury. The Rev J. Berry, in the course of a recent sermon at Auckland declared that drinking was a less serious evil than gambling. He traced.the fearful amount of dishonesty prevalent to gambling and not to bad audifing. Tho fact was that this gambling spirit had honeycombed our society and largely destroyed tho moral sense of responsibility in reference to money. Let their churches have clean bands in this matter. What weight could they have in rebuking this sin if a young man could retaliate, "you gamble your sofa cushions and your antimacassars to buy a communion plate or pay for your minister's salary." Electors were urged, in choosing their representatives, to send all gamblers to Coventry, and tell them why. Let ladies banish sixpenny points from their drawing rooms, and employers protect their young men from being worried into joining in sweeps, by making it a rule that anyone promoting sweeps on their premises would br dismissed. Drinking was a less serious, but still a crying sin. They spent ,£250 an hour in drink, for every hour in the week, day and night. With such a wicked and shameful condition of things, what was the need for farfetched theories as to the cause of poverty and crime. The preacher could only compare recent cheese-paring legislation under the plea of economy to a number of doctors sitting round a patient dying of cancer discussing the best way of removing a wart from his nose. ITs differed from some temperance reformers who heaped scorn and contempt upon the publican. So long as we drew our revenue from this source we woro partners, all of us, with tho dealer in drink.

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" The Cross of Honor" Bleger Orchestra Miss Hogg (Inveroargill) "Trusty as Steel" Plnsuti Mr Brown "Dora" liasham Orchestra Miss Littlo (Invercargill) i solo Mr Ferguson (Inveroargill) ' Tbo Children's Home" Cotasn Mrs Neavo -" Tbo Haraonia'n Blacksmith" Han-del ■ "La Nossae dc Figrio " Mozart Orchestra Fantasia (Scotch airs) Manning Orchestra gong— Mr McDonald (Invercargill) gong— Miss Littlo (Invercargill) Cornet solo—" La Dam Blanche " M r Moore g orj <r— " Children's Voices " Clarihel Miss A. Tall Selection—"Maritana" (by request) Wallace Orchestra Part song—" Pair Land we gn March— " Flamborough " Orchestra Miss Hogg Thoe " Pinsuti Robinson Orchestra—lst Violiu, Mr Halo (luvercargill); 2nd do, Mr Forgnson, jnr. (Invorcargilj); Clarionet, Mr F. VV. Lillicrap (Invorcargill); Flute, Mr C. Hale, Invercargill); Cornots, Messrs Moore and Mitchell; Viola, Mr Dickinson ; Euphonium and D. Buss, Mr' Ferguson (Invercargill); Pianist, Miss Findlay (luvorcargill); General and Musioa Director, Mr A. Burton: Tickets—3s, 2s and Is. Doors open at 7.30 commence at 8. Carriages at 10. A. BURTON, Secretary,