GRANNIE GOSSIPS.

White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 286, 19 April 1919, Page 5

GRANNIE GOSSIPS.

my dear, tin* referendum figures «ir not too encouraging, l>ut I'm not a >t down. 11 we don't get our wax tin*' t him', woll, i ex|net that tlio Lord 11 *» tliat trade to go out \Mtfiotlt any (om|H*tisatiot I got fair uiegustcd with some ol my neighbours w lio wouldn't tak» tin* trouble to vote hecnuvc tlu»y didn’t believe in eonipcmintioii. I don’t believe in it, but I voted to get rid of the trade; I van t help it. I alwavs vote against it on tl»o broad principle that it's tbe greatest enemy to our race, and when it’s a question Imtween l*ox s and dollars I always vote for tbe buys. Well, it was so muiix of our kavs xoted tor tbe trade, and are xxe not to blame War never improve* anybody, and we allowed Imvs who bad never lawn nxvny from borne before to tempted by tbe rum ration And tln*n, lads, they think that we are depriving them ol tlieir hl>erty. Jus* fancy, liberty to get drunk! Is that ji tiling to Ih* eoveted r AN ell, before we vote again our soldiers will be civilians am| will learn the lesson that their |h>ison.d liberty is rest riel ed when it :n----terferes with another person's liberty. Vou know they won't let me amuse WVaelf shooting eats in my garden ’>e«m*o it s against Itorough by-laws, ami I mustn't keep fowls within hi many feet of tile street nr of in;, neighbour. In fact, 1 bw‘l sometimes as if I'd got Oo liberty. I’m getting old and grey; I’ve fought this light for many years; many of my fellow-workers have gone hnn.e before victory, but, please fowl. I’ll live to see the end of the truth Hi my own fair New Zealand, and then

I’ll told my bauds and say, “Lord now b'ttest thou thy servant depart in jM'aee.” “I’ut I want to finish tight mg, where the bolts of danger fly. And to strike my best and b ,, rdest for (•oil’s Kingdom ere ! die.”