TEMPERANCE COLUMN

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8021, 29 September 1906, Page 1

TEMPERANCE COLUMN

♦ —• Tins column is paid fok as ax auveutisejiext]. The Liquor Problem. What Became of the Local Option Voting Papers. In the House of Representativfi* on Thursday, 6th ;-epter,ibHr, l'dOtf, Mr Fisher (\Ye lngkn Central), gave Lotice to a.k l tie Minister in charge of the Elec oral Depar.menij: If bis att> utioo had bet-m drawn to ihoarticle appearing in the Napier Duly Telegraph of the 4th instant, iu which the paper claims to have in its possess! n a wrapper ot a bun lie of ballot -papers used at the Duller district local op'ion poll at last election, the seal on the wrapper being intact, »nd also the signatures of the Deputy Returning Officer and two scruti-neer-r If not, will the Minister eaus? irquiries to be ms»ue at once into the lnattec r For the inform ttion of honourable inerubetS he proposed to read th ; paragraph in the newspaper. It was staled in the newspaper that there had come into the possession of the pruprietora of the paper » wrapper used at the Buller election of December hat for wrapping ballot pipers. I'he wrapper was intact, with the seal of Returning Officer, his signature, and the -ignature ot the two ECrutineers. The Daily ie egrip'i pertinently asktd, "If we possess the wiupper, whicu snouid be in possssion of thecleik in the House, who possesses the papers that should be in the wrapper!- 1 " The prparthen went on to state that the wrapper came into their possession in this way : A bootmaker had sewn cr mended a pair of boots, and the person for whom the boots had been repaired, found, on getting them, that they had been wrapped up in the wrapper of a bundle of voting ptpars, the wrapper bearing the signature of the Deputy Returning Officer and the two scrutineers. That wrapper ought to be in the possession of the Cterk of the House. The wrapper was forwarded to the editor of the Daily Telegraph, and he had written a leading article on it. He (\lr Fisher) desired to draw the attention ot the Minister of Justice to the matter, and asked him to htve an inquiry made. The Hon. Sir J. 0. Ward (Premier), might say that the statement niide by the honourable member came as a surprise to honourable members. If the facts were as stited, it would appeir that there had been a great lapse of duty on the part of someone. He would have an inquiry tr • In. Air Maase'yTlncf wilfyou inform Parliament of the result : j The Hon. J. U. Ward : Yes, I shall be very gD.d to inform Parliament of the result. An English Prohibition Estate. 7'he following is the testimony of a largolanded proprietor, Mr A. Cameron Corbett, AI.P. :—" 1 nave Seine 30,000 people living um:er my Prohibition law, Now, what has. been the result? Iherc his never been a nutttiug held against ii, and never a resolution passeu against it Dy the smallest committee in the smallest back-parl.ur. Never has one ot my agents communicated to me tue slightest indication that he had tound any trace whatever of popular discontent with such a system. It is trua that there are some people discontented, the publicans are mure or less discontented. I'he brewers have sought an entrance there. But there are no peopie so duontented as the leaders of the Public Hcusa rncvtuient. They have no defin-.te interest in the carrying on of the liquor trade, but no other people have beea so persistent in urging me to let them have an entrance tor tue liquor trade into those areas as are Connected with the Public Housa Trust. Dublin's Liquor Bill. In Dublin, where there is such a dearth of employment, it is estimated that iii.QOO.OOU a year—almost £3,000 a day —is squandered in drink," says ifatiier Paul in addressing the Society of St. Vincent de i'aui. at Dublin. "Why/" he continued, •'.£10,000 would start a factory ;md iillA'.OUO given to any Irish county tomorrow would set the mill wheels going all along its rivers. A mil.ion sterling would start industries throughout Ireland sufficient to keep all our people at home, and yet that sum is squandered every year inDuohn alone."

Soldiers and Liquor. Sir George \\ hile, in ;» recent emperance address, uien:ioned tiiai. in seven regiments iu India there wore great dulereuc-s m the numbers ot admission- to hospital of abstaining a d n soldiers, the former being only forty-nine in every thousand, asagnb.st ninety-two of those who used intoxicating ihjuors. These ii-ures show thu v.iiuu of uu aggressive temperance sent in'nt iu tlie army, en-eeur.-.ged by officers of tho highest rank, ineiunng the Ute Commander-in-Chief, Lord Koberts. According to The Advance, a L'ihppino siuient at thu University ut Cuicago, says that " forty-five per eeut. of the deaths vi Amerie n soldiers whieh hive incurred ia iu the army hospital ai Mauiia Juuog the ir.bt five years, havu Lu.uu qui to thu liquor habit, .here tvera nu saloons, stne iy speaking, in the Philippines prior to the advent of the American .ildi rs." lie says: " Since tue American iu vision ever 1 2oX) saloons have beou established, and are all enjoyi'g a prosperous trade." Ihe Canteen in War. ia ali et's act' uut ot the li or \\ r Ins ttUiiiuit uts upeu tin. eautoon aie .-otiiowb t striking, lie say , " i'bo • canteen, \> ii li moderately usi d Las a unduly to make the soid.ers sleepy; v. hen iuiLnoderaleiy used it makes devils of tiiem. But let us speak of the m- debate u.-e iirs : . Tlie sentinels o!t<-n visited the emit ens before g ing on duty, and even the oiiioeir w. u'.d come to his post fiesh from the ";.ociai : ' table. '1 he drinking mau does uu; often delect drink on others, t'he stillness of night on the African "velut" induces a sleepiness, and it aes net spare the British uutpests. 1> side?, there was little fear (rem the cilicer of the rounds. A riile &fut from the nearest comrade on post, who had probably been awakened by another outpost, would awaken tho d; /.ing soldier and warn him of the approach of the ruundß. These tiflj shots, repeated at regular interval?, and easily explained to toe officer by visi us of something moving in the grass, furnished our commandoes or sniah divisions, an infallibly map of the outline of the enemy's camp, and as our coffee did not make us sleepy, we had little difficulty in approaching near enough to command it with our r,aas. 'lhis explains the sudden night attacks of the Hoers, which seems to have caused ao much astonishment in army circles, and were attributed to all kinds of reasons, ex"ept to tho rme one—the canteen. In several insiances, such successful night attacks made it possible t. r the com- ~ E''.ndr-ea et Botha, lie la K'y, Do Wet and or hers to re-unite after the f'riti-h liad separated th, mat gt'esit coat. Hip ( enings li e the e Continually oceuuel Lhiough.-ut is ibe war.'' 1 An Expert Opinion. •• Will ale 1.0 l dws< ivi' -u t :nr .- " ls d "It will," rtilid old rVik. "it will dissolve guld, l>rick houses and horses, and at happiness, and love, and everything else worth having."

CHU i\ C H 5cRVi CH 3 ■ OHURCiI OF ENGLAND. Sixteen!l Sunl-iy attv: Trinity, September 3nth. Hamilton—St. fetor's, 8 a.m. H.C., 11 a.m. and 7 p m. Whatawhata— St. Barnabas, 11 a.m. H.C. Pukete— 3 p.m. Eureka—2 :'>U p in. Te Miita —1 I a.m. U.C. Hukanui—7 p.m. Raglan—2.3o p.m. To I'leu—7 ;.m. Cambridge S.. " ndrew's 8 a.m. H.C, 11 a.'ii. "-r-i 7 p.m. ijhaupo -Christ Church, 7 p.m. >..UAl..riura ! ! ,1.11. 'I aot'ioroa —" eh >V, 2.30 p.m. Tainahere—St. Station's, 3 p.m. MFTMiUH.ST. Hamilton—ll a in. an i 1 p.m. Mar.-hmeHdi w - poo. Taiiwhare—ll a.m. Ngaruawahia 7 p.m. Tn Kowbai—2 30 p.m. Kirikiriroa —2.3U p.m. Cambridge 11 a.m.; 7 p.m. Te wamutu—ll a iu. and 7 p.m. ..■.-.-.'j,. p. ko — i 30 p.m. Otorohanga —7 p.m. Kihikiln—7 p.m. Htintly—il a.m. aui 7 p.m. PRESUYTERIAN. Hamilton—ll a.m. and 7 p.m. Matangi—ll a.m. Hospital—- p.m. Frank tun —3 15 p.m.' PRIMITIVE METHODIST. Hamilton—St. Paul's, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Cambridge—7.3o p.m. Te Rapa—2.3o p.m. SALVATION ARMY. Hamilton, 7 a.m.; 11 a.m.; 3 p.m.; 7p.m. ; at the Barracks. Cambridge, 11 a.m.; 3 p.m.; 7 p.m. Gospel Hall, Victoria street, Hamilton, Lord's Supper at 11 a.m; Bible Reading, 2.30 p.m. * ■ ' _ ■