Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1902. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mining and Commercial News will be found on the first page to-day and Cable News on the fourth;page. '

The Political Campaign.—Mr John McLachlan distributes a circular with this issue, in which he sets forth what the Government has done for the farmers and the workers. ■' : -1-' ' :-'

Hofhi^a Day.—The Ashburton Traders will close their "places of busihess on Tifes day npxfc (General Elestioi^ 'tjay) as from 12 noon. —At no,on ,qu Polling Day, Novem ber 25th, all railway gQQda' sheds will be. closed and railway worl? on wharves wilt cease for the remainder of the day.

No-License Campaign. — Mrs C. E. Clark held a successful meeting on the "No License" question at the Hinds on Sunday last, and on Wednesday she held another at Coldstream, and last evening a third pt Willowby. l>uring the week she also visited various places in the same, locality, and found that the names of a gopd many people wore not on the roll. Mrs Clark is expected in Ashburton ou Mpnday.

Painful Accident. -A little girl named Kennedy, daughter of Mr Kennedy, of Winslow, met with a very painful accident yesterday. It appears that she was riding in a trap in a paddock of Mr Gourley's, Winslow, when the horse took fright and bolted. The little girl was thrown out of the trap, cutting her face severely. The little sufferer was brought in to Mrs Cullen's nursing home, and attended to by Dr. Hunter, who found it necessary to insert twenty-three stitches in the child's face. Lats last evening the child was pro gressing as favourably as could be expected The Budge Wh-itwobth has been adopted as the leading bicycle by all classes, manifestly because of its superior quality ; because of its reliability ; because it has proved to be the best bicycle built.— R, D. Johnston, agent, Burnett Street.

Weathek Forecast. — Captain Edwin wires:—lndications of easterly winds; glass full.

Political Meeting.—Mr A. Ager will give his second address in Ashburton in the Oddfellows' Hall this evening, and as the Trades and Labour Council has elected him as the Labour candidate for this electorate, there should be a good attendance.

Furnitube Shlb.—Mr D. Thomas (per MrE. 1\ Curtis, auctioneer) held a very successful sale of furniture i" the Arcade to-day on account of M- S. Gordon, who is leaving Ashburton. The goods on offer, being a choice lot, were disposed of at very satisfactory prices.

■Returned Tkooper. — Trooper T. G. Payne, of the Tenth Contingent, has at last returned from South Africa. A large circle of friends will be pleased to hear this, as he has boen so seriously ill while there.

A Coincidence.—lt has been pointed out to us that to-morrow's subject for study in the Sunday schools throughout the world, as planned by the International Sun day School Union, is entitled " The World's Temperancs Lesson." Members of the No license party are congratulating themselves that the coincidence is a happy climax to the vigorous campaign which they have been engaged in during the last twelve months.

The Southern Alps.—The tariffs at the Hermitage Hotel, and for trips, etc., at Mount Cook, have been revised and re-ar ranged. As there are now two guides available, the higher ascents can be made more frequently, and more minor trips have been provided for. Excursionists can, by applying at the local Government Tourisb Office, obtain full information as to what a holiday in the Southern Alps is likely to cost them, what equipment is necessary for them to take, and what can be hired at the Hermitage. In the revised tariff there are many things that the De partment undertakes to provide, and trips it undertakes to arrange, that were not in the previous schedule, but have been in troduced because experience has proved they were wanted, and were likely to induce more tourists to spend a holiday in the enjoyment of climbing; the higher ranges of the Southern Alps.

The Cyclists' Vote. — Colonial made B.S.A. Bicycles score by an overwhelming majority the largest number of votes every year, and especially those made by such firms as Messrs Oates, Lowet & Co. (sole makers of Zealandia Cycles), who are on the spot, and are ever ready to meet their clients under a liberal guarantee.

News in Brief.

In deference to the request of a number of electors,.Mr Wm, Brock will deliver an address in the Eiffelton school on Monday night.

Mr D. Thomas will sell at the Ashburton Yards on Tuesday, November 25th, 2000 two aud four-tooth wethers.

Mr John Studholrae, ]um\, regrets his in ability to address the electors at Allenton, on account of bhe short time at his dispnsal.

Messrs Friedlander Bros, in conjunction with Mr D. Thomas, will sell by order of the mortgagee at the Arcade on Saturday, Dec. Bth, T.S r 517, Wills Street, with buildings thereon, known as the Panama Boarding House.

Mr J. Newman, proprietor of the livery stables, behind the Somerset Hotel, thanks his customers for their patronage in the past, and solicits a continuance of the same. He also announces that in order to keep pace with increasing business, he has had built to order several new vehicles. For picnic parties he has a drag for hire, and wedding parties cabs. His charges are moderate.

Mr G. H. Carson, of the Eclipse Cycle Works, Tancred street, informs us that he has just opened up a shipment of cycle accessories, including oil and gas lamps, continuous and chime bells, Coaster brake hubs, pedals, hundlegrips, Brooks' saddles, etc. Cyclists should pay a visit to the p.bove address as these' goods at the as tounding low prices quoted in the wanted column are rare bargains.

-A Tvhielcey bottle containing tho following note, neatly written on the corner of a piece of foolscap paper, has been pioked up in the Kaiapoi Eiver at Askheaton: — "Christchurch, Nov. 12. Writer Chas. Jones. Finder kindly report o police station that I hive committed suicide in the Wai nsakariri owing to big losses over the New Zealand Cup. Good-bye. lam the above Charlie Jones." The police are making inquiries into the mattef '.'' '"'

A Useful Machine.

An admirable specimen of an up-to-date motor car or locomobile as this particular machine is called, passed through Ash biiFfcon on Thursday' en r^t'e to Dunedin. It'is from tb£ depot of Mr Henning, Auck land, and, we understand, has been driven all the way from the northern capital, ex cepting of course the crossing of the straits. The representative of the firm in charge of the car states that he is making a tour of the colony on business, and to judge from the impression created by the machine here, we' should say there-cpuM not be a better mode of advertising. The car is driven by steam power,' w|th benzine 'used as fuel, and the cost of driving it iB one penny per mile. The machine works with out noise, and on this account alone pos sesses a great advantage over the electric motor cars, which are liable to startle jibrses, There :;^re t#o passengers oil the par Tyith »' consis6rabje'!quait}ty o'fTuggage, but ibhere appealed to be plenty of room for one or two mcjre passengers. The repre sentative of Mr Henning stated that he expects to, be in Ashburtoii again sqnie time in Januavy.

Election News.

MB JOHN STUDHLME AT FLEMING TON.

Mr John Studholme^ junr., addressed the electors in the schoolroom on Friday even ing. Mr Thos. Taylor occupied the chair, and notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, there was a good attendance. The gyeech was on similar lines to those pre vfous}y''4eliy.^red- atftfie, various egntaas, and was received with 'frequent -'ap'plausg: At its conclusion, Mr E. Gilmpu? proposed, and Mr E. Cowan seconded, a hearty votp of thanks which was carried by acclama tion,

MR W. BROCK AT ALLENTON.

On Friday evening Mr W. Brock ad dressed the electors a* the Allenton school; There was a good attendance and Mr W. Craighead (chairman of the Ashburton School Committee) occupied the chair. _ The candidate received a i'most appreciative he.ar.ing." Atthecloseariuin|)er of; Questions were put and' answered. A hearty'vote of thanks was accorded the candidate, who, in reply, said that hp had b,een twitted with tho faofc that he was being supported by temperance people and the women, but he held that it was an honour to receive the support of such sections of the com munity. A vote of thanks was accorded to the chair.

MR AGER'S MEETINGS

Mr Ager met the electors at Longbench on Thursday evening., and gaye his address in the Men's Dining Boom. There was a gqod attendance, as just now shearing is in oper ation, Mr Agor explained the Liberal position and recent measures of the Govern ment, and was listened to with deep atten tion, and on the motion of Mr Peat, a very hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Ager for his telling address, and one for the Chairman. Mr Ager was at Hinds schoolhouse last evening, but as the evening was so dark and wet only 14 were pesent. However, Mr McKenzie took the chair, and Mr Ager gave j his address, which was frequently ap plauded, although the .audience was small, and, after answering several questions the meeting closed with a vote of; thank's, proposed by Mr Lorgelly, couched in com plimentary terms, arid seconded by Mr ! Johnson, and a vote to the Chairman closed the meeting. ...

No-License in the Clutha.

Last night the Eev. G. Miller, of Milton, delivered an address in the Oddfellows' Hall on the subject of No-License in the Clutha. The chair was occupied by the Eev. G. B. Inglis. The Key. E. Eaine was also on the platform. Considering the in clemency of the weather there was a very good attendance. The Chairman called upon the Bay. R. Eaine to open the meeting with prayer, after which the Eev. Mr Inglis introduced the speaker. He said that before asking Mr Miller to speak, he would refer to a letter in the Christchurch "Press" on the subject of " Liberty," by Mr W. W. Collins. In answer to that,he would quote the defini tion of liberty by John Euskin and the late Professor Blackie. We could not have liberty without self-sacrifice. If they accepted the dictum of both Euskin and Professor Blackie they would find that it differed from Mr Collins. He then read the definition of liberty at length, as set out by Kuskin. When a crew of Ehipwrecked men were on the ocean, there no one thought of anything else but obedience. Self-sacrifice was practised at that precarious time. . They would even divide the sixteenth part of an apple. For example if one man wanted to row away from the shore, did they hink that he would be allowed to do so. He looked upon it the same way as with a nation, and used this as an illustration. In every department of life there must be wholesome restraint. He felt sure that if by eating wine biscuits it had made him morose, and do awful things, then people would not have them, and they would be put out of the market. What he wanted to see was that they should carry no-licenße, and he hoped by God's grace they would. lln introducing Mr Miller, the chairman said he was on his way home and had been intercepted, and asked to stay and deliver an address. ; Mr Miller said he was pleased to find such a large number present. It showed they were interested iv the subject He believed with all his heart that it was not too strong to speak of the liquor traffic as devilish. It did an enormous amount of harm; destroying our homes, and was a great obstacle to the gospel of Christ. No church is worthy of the name, and no minister worthy of the name, and no minis ter worthy of his portion if he did not stand firm in opposition to the drink traffic. A man would be a coward who would not lift up his voice against the traffic. There were men and women in this electorate who were not afraid to lift up their voices against the traffic. It was sometimes ar gued that the church taking up this atti tude was interfering with the liberty of the people. We made stringent laws against one man robbing another, and so therefore we deprived him of his liberty. If these hotel bars were traps for ruining our young men, then we had a right to stop it. (Ap plause). There was no doubt but that drinking in this colony was on the increase, and what did that mean; an increase of crime. Further, an increase of drinking meant that multitudes would suffer through no fault of their own. An increase of drinking meant that it would take more expense to keep up those institutions wherein we put the law-breakers. The habitual use of alcohol exposes the body to disease, and he emphasised this remark by stating that a man who did not drink would be more likely to pass through a serious operation than a man who drank. An eminent physician had said that alcohol was absolutely injurious to the body in many ways. He quoted statistics to prove his contention that the sum wasted an nually in drink was enormous in the ex treme. Then Mr Chamberlain had said that the workhouses would be empty if the drink were done away with. The liquor traffic should be abolished, because it is a fruitful source of poverty. In Lawrence there were seven hotels, and he understood there were nine here. He knew there were tecs of thousands who had been blasted ti. rough the traffic. He asked them to think of the broken-hearted mothers who had no food to give their children because ttie fathers spent their' money in drink. When we" thought of fche" wrong done by $ie drink traffic, oouUI th,e people 'yp.tg anythingelsebut no-license. The'rev. gen tleman then wont on to relate several hirrowing episodes of the drink traffic About 20CO children died on the streets ia the Old Country every week through the traffic. The childi-en called upon them to strike out the top line, and he would appeal to them on behalf of the children and also the young men. Before he left Milton he saw a young lad drunk on the streets. Some people would say, perhaps, that It had nos harmed'them, and whj should they vote |t out. 'He would reply to that to the eff-ec^ (hat it was a shame' to say" so—that they would not help to lift their brothers out p| misery. Some of our greatest men had been ruined through strong drink, and died from its effects. Let them, then, put the] temptation out of the way. Another reason why it shoUld 1 be done a^fay with, was it was the causp Qf'disease and de.at'h!. Sip William G,ull and Sir Andrew Clarke, bp% eminent physicians, had borne out this, testimony. Alcohol was a narcotic, and not a food, and did no good to the body. This was affirmed by those who knew its pro perties. Dr. Nansen had prohibited the use of it when on his voyage to the North Pole. Jf anyone went to the hospitals in England, they would be surprised at 'ifae n'^'mlbec brought through the liquor traffio. Then another reason why it should be dpaa 4way! with was that it was the' cause "of crime and immorality.' Etc then quoted the testimony of some of the highest judges in England. Lord Justice Coleridge said that if Eng|and cc-uld be niade sqher they mighs be able' to shut up nine-tenths of the gapla, there; Men and women who voted for the, continuance of the drink traffic were partly responsible for. the cr^me • th?it wfts caused, ttjro^gh drink. (Heae, hear, and applause.) Euskin said that drunkenness was n.ofc pnly tne cause of crime, but wa.s crime, and Cardinal Manning |ia,d sajd, ?h^| cjrii]^ was, pna of 6\ir worst vices,, j if Christ were here to-day, He would, blot ;it out at once. He would say " shame *' to the man who would be afraid to vote ' against the publican for fear of doing him harm. In recording their votes they would b@ helping either God or the Devil, and he believed that they would vote with, a clear conscience. A great deal had been said about patriotism, but what about the, drink?, The war cost £180,000,000, but Britain's greatest curse ;wa.s the drink traffic. ?!hen, some people.talked ab,o.utj p'roh'itiitidn' affpeeing the:'re.ve#ttfij whis was not likely to suffer as some thought; Before closing, h.e would ?e fep to .the, results of no-license. All were grieved at the logs sustained by the death of the Eevt Hugh^clea Hughes, who said that he had never seefr any city sa beautiful as the' headquarters of prohibition ,• there were do ragged: children, no work for tbepolice.and happiness and contentment were' to be" found on every hand. It was untrue that more drink was sold in Clutha now than jn jfoe da^'o|licefa|e. (Hear, h<?a<T A'nyoi'e* who paused for a mihuie could see xhat such %as untrue. Any' stranger visiting the Cjubha would find it a very difficult; matter to get drink there. There were $ great many people whom th.c seller of ty§ drini could not trust. Did they think for. one moment that the people of Clutha would vote for no-license if it was a fraud and no good came from it ? No, they knew better, and that was. why they voted no-license down there. Only quite recently the leading citizens of Balclutoa sent gut k declaration that prohibition had been a blessing and not a curse, Numbers could be found to say that there was _ far less drinking and a better state of things all round. In the prohibition State of Kansas the wealth had increased, while in the licensed State it had decreased. Last year in Clutha there were two oases of drunken | ness. He did not know the population of Aehburton. (At this stage the chairman said that in Ashburton every three days there was a conviction for drunkenness, and every nine days a person was pro h bited. It cost him 2s to get that infor mation, and the audience were welcome to it. Mr Fee: There were 121 cases of drunkenness in Ashburton last year.) ,Mr Miller, proceeding, said that the average in! Clutlia was 1 to each 19SB head'oi population for the : last i five iyervrs at 'per annum. Prohibition had; not spoiled the prosperity of Balclutha. He had never seen a drunken man iv Balclutha,

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN j

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22j 1902



Ashburton No License Council, When you set inside tho Polling Booth, sco that the Returning Officer gives you two papers. BEAD THE LOCAL OPTION PAPER VERY CAREFULLY, so that you thoroughly understand it. Now look at it. Don't hurry ! Never mind the lines at the very top of the paper. Tho only lines that concern you are the three which begin with the words, J VOTE ... Kirn your pencil through the FIRST of these three lines ONLY, the line which ends with the word " CONTINUE." You don't want tho licenses to continue, so Strike Out that line— and that line only. Score every word of it out plainly, AND BE SURE THAT YOUR PENCIL DOB^ NOT TOUCH ANY OTHER LINE ON THE PAPER. Tour Paper will then look like this:— I Vote that the Number of Licenses existing in the District be Reduced I Vote that No Licenses be Granted in the District Don't put another mark jn your paper.



In tho moantimo. ibid out f 3.0 not roach tlo proper quarter, An Appeal to Catholics, BY THE VERY ETSV. FATHER HAYS, of Holyrood Hall, Market Rasen, i Lincolnshire, England. Electors of New Zealand : % 6 ~fl" Am asked to send you a message in 5 the name of God and humauity. I call upon you to do your duty. Rise up and do it. The labours of philanthropists and of politicians for the social and moral welfare of their fellows must be in vain until they have a sober and virtuous race about them. "Why read these terrible statistics of courts and prisons and do nothing ? " Why bewail the poverty and misery of thousands, and say nothing can be done, because so much has to be done ? "Why stand by with folded arms and seethe Curse of Humanity tearing from us «aoh year so many millions of money, and giving us in return Poverty, Disease, and Death; sending loved ones down to an early grave; destroying domestic happiness and breaking up homes; filling our Prisons, Workhouses, and Asylums, and poisoning alf fchst is good, and wise, and best in our Christianity nnd Nationality ? ■ "I3the Drink Traffic-a blessing or is it a cursß ? If a blessing, Clod speed it. If a curse, then, in God's came, as CHRIS TIANS, as PATRIOTS, as LOVERS OF YOUR FELLOW-MEN, PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN AND YOU it COUNTRY AGAINST TBE ENEMY. "It is in your hands. You have the po-wer of the vi.tte. You elect the men who make your laws. Pend to your Parliament as your representatives men who for Go-1 and country, will proteatyou from a system of temptation whose wealth is wrung from the LIFE-BLOOD AND TEARS OF THK ;"PEOPLE."— Wellington "Evening Post," 18th November, 1902. 11204 ~ V. FERRIJIAN. SAVE THE HOYS.



from the Registrar if your Name is on the 8011. All claims to vote , so make quite sttro by personal enquiry. Bi" fi I!SE ■ S M-TTCBS.' Persons who wish to do their own Painting will find it to I their advantage to call at my Oil and Color Store. i I have Ready Mixed Paints, Genuine White Lead 'and Oils, or I will mix any shade of our own Genuine I Paint. _ J. WILSON, . Paperhanger, Painter, and Sign-writer, NEW ZEALAND CLQTHIN<& F ACTOR Y.



j JCLQTHShG FACTORY. N.Z. CLOTHITO FACTORY. PHOTOGRAPHY. HALMA AN» CO., Samiders' Buildings, Ashburton, ~|TT> FJTTJRN Hearty Thanks for the patronage they have received during the past three years, and beg to announce that during the Month of November WB Srill do One Dozen ENAMELLED PHOTOS and One ENLAEGEMENT on a beautiful p£a&3 synk mount, for 'The work will be up to our usual standard Visit our Vestibule and see specimens. 11 8 SALE, SALE. SALE. . NICHOLAS "& PICKFORD WILL l.old|the first Ciearme* Sale of BOOTS & SHOES. The first and Only Sac in four \&u\s, commencing TUESDAY, NOVEMBERS, 1902 BEING OVERSTOCKED AND IN WANT OF EOOMJ— — In order to reduce Stock and make room for goods arriving, we will hold a Genuine Clearing Sale for 81 Bays. The Sto^k must be reduced. No consideration of profit will bo allowed to interfere with this object. Discounts range fromJlO to 20 per cent. 1 All in want of smart Shoes or Boots for the coming holidays should make a point ot visiting this Pale & securing some of the Bargains, Eemeillber —The primary object of this Sale is*to reduce stock. NICHOLAS &~PICKFORD, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON See Circular for Prices.]



A hard drinker is reported ns baviny said, " I can't reform, but for God's sake save the boys."



Like Dives in the deeps of hell, I ennnot break this fearful spell, No~ quench the fires I've madly nursed, Nor cool this dreadful, raging thirst. Take back your pledge, ye came too late; Ye cannot save me from my fate, If or bring me back departed joys, But ye can try to save the boys.



Ye bid me fling my fiery chain Aside, and be a man again, When every street with snares is spread, And nets of sin where'er I tread. No ! I mu3t reap as I did sow— The seeds of sin bring crops of woe; But with my latest breath I'll crave That ye will try the boys to save. These blood-shot eyes were once so bright, This sin-crushed heart so <<lad and light; But by the wine-cup's ruddy glow I traced a path to shame nnd woe. A captive to my galling chain, I've tried to risel, *>ut tried in vain; The cup allures and then destroys — Oh, from its thraldom save the boys Take from your streets these traps of hell, Into whose gilded snares I fell. O, freemen, from these foul decoys • Arise- and vote to save the boys. O ye who license men to trade fn draughts that charm and then degrade, Before ye hear the cry, " Too late !" Oh, save the boys from my sad fate ! —Feanck W. Hamper.



BUSINESS NOTICES. H- GRESHAM, SURGEON" AND MECHANICAL DENTIST. By Examination, October, 1897 "BT'IGHT years experience with E. G. and .*^J F. W. Gresham, Dentists, Dunedin and Imtrercargill. Has eotnrnenced practice in rooms upstairs fooaa the entrance to Thomas' Auction Rooms., Burnett Street. Stoppings in Gold, Ao&lg.im, and Cement. Gold and Force'ain crowns made ; also sets •of teeth with Vulcanite and Poreeiaia gains. <Gaa administered. All work guaranteed. Sours of Attcsdance —P a.m.—s p.m. Private Ee3ideuce - Care Mas Gbant, Wills Street



Permanent Building and Invest ment Society. 10 AN S GBANTED Fll 0 M £25 aa4 upwards at current rates. Full particulars on application. Office —Tancred Street. Office Hours — 9.30 a.m. till 4 p.m. First Tuesday in Month - 9.30 a.m. till 4 p.m ; and 7 till 9 p.m. ALBERT ROBERTS, Manager. SUPPORT Local Industry. — We have opened up Ashburton Woollen Mills Hosiery and Blankets, which compare very favourably with other makes for quality and price.—Grant and Moohe.



KEER BROS wishing to thank their customers and friends for their liberal support during the last two years have decided to movo into larger premises. We may Etate that we have secured that large now shop three doors above our old one, and in order to h:ive less goods to re move, we have decided to m&kd re ductions in all lines. KERR BROS, Burnett Street. mo SPRING CLEANERS.-Our Oil" JL cloths and Linoleums are prettier and better valuo than ever, and as for Curtajns, Cretonnes, and Muslins, you should rust see theuj.—HITCHED aai TfJß^Eii,, The Drapers. ANOTHER shipment of Japanese China Cups and Saucers to hand. We are clearing them as before at 6s per dozen. Call early at Carson and Go's.



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Religion and No-License.



Virginia, 40 out of 74 counties; in Washing ton, 50 cities and towns. Little Delaware has half the Rate uuder prohibition, and Little Rboda Island has 20 of its cities and towns. In tho numerous cities, towns and counties, it is estimated that there is a total population of about 30,000,000 people."— •• Outlook," Not. 15



Cardinal Manning and Father Mat thew, Prohibitionists.



Father Matthew was one of the early members of the United Kingdom Alliance for the suppression of tho liquor traffic by vote of the people, which denies that there is any just claim for compensation for the non-renewal of a license of which Cardinal Manning afterwards be came a Vice-President, and when Father Matthew joined he wrote as follows: — " With rapture I hail the formation of tho United Kingdom Alliance. I laboured for the suppression of intemperance until I sacrificed my health and little property in the glorious cause. The efforts of indivi duals, however zealous, were not equal to the mighty (ask. The United Kingdom Alliance strikes fit the very root of the evil. I trust in God that the associated efforts of many good and benevolent men will effec tually crush a monster gorged with human gore."



Catholic Church in America. In America the Church of Rome is very ' much to the front in the conflict against the Liquor Traffic, and acknowledges no claim for compensation.



The American Catholic " Times " Supports Prohibition. The American Catholic " Times" said :— "If Intemperance had not been the pre vailing vice in America during the past 40 years, the membership of the Catholic Church would be larger by several millions ; while her receipts for charitable and edu cational purposes would bo more than doubled."



The Boston Catholic Abstinence Society Supports Prohibition. At a session of the Catholic Abstinence Society of the Arch-diocese of Boston the following resolution was adopted : — Eesolvod—" That we give our hearty en dorsement to no-license as a, wise and pru dent policy, and the members of our societ ies are exhorted to labour in their respec tive cities and towns fur the complete and final stamping out of the saloon."



Archbishop Ireland, a Prohibitionist, Archbishop Ireland, who received the letter from the Pope, which has been published, extolling his zeal in the cause of Temperance, said before the Minnesota Catholic Total Abstinence Union, June 5, 1889: —"We thought we meant business years ago in this warfare, but I hope God will forgive us for our weakness, for we went into the battlefield without sufficient resolution. We laboured under the fatal mistake that we could argue out the question with . the Eumseller?. We imagined that there was some power in moral suasion, that when we would show them the evil of their ways they would abandon the traffic. We have seen that there is no hope of improving in any shape or form the Liquor Traffic. There is noth ing now to be done but to wipe it out com pletely." Catholic Fellow Citizens, these are cogent reasons for striking out the top line only on your voting paper on Tuesday next.



Every great mission which seeks to rescue the submerged and improve the condition of the workers is against the Liquor Traffic. General Booth said of himself in the Wel lington Opera House, " I am a Prohibition ist," and gave forceful reasons why.



The cm-rent issue of the Salvation Army's organ, the " War Cry/ sn ys; - - "Wo maintain the chargo levelled at the drink traffic in our las£ issue. Tiio time is ripe for strenuous act-ipa, and it must be proved again that the Salvation Army, in n ■.wat public question of this kind, oai. stand by truth and righteousness. We say ngaiu, we fight—not men—but the J forces of evil holding sway over men, and j the cMflk trafiic is the bisreest curse uncler._j tlm sun. It is an unmitigated, inexcusable blight on modern society, the cause of misery ar f d linhappiness, sorrow, suffering, despair and dark doeda in every community. . We can find no reasonable plea for any j man or woman of an unbiased and impar- j tial iudgmont declaring their desire for a , continuance of the licensing of such a body and soul-destroying monster. Stern, hard, unquestionable facts of life, history and ex perience are against it. The Salvation Army enters its strong protest against tho n>annf:\cturo of more drunkards and the multiplication of the vicious classes. We hfiye more on r.and than we can help as we wish; and the rescuing agencies, wero they many times greater, would still be inadequate to deal with the mass of ruined and wrecked bodies and souls of those ready to perish.



Hence, we vote, and advocate that others should vote, No-license, by striking out the top line, and the top line only, of the ballot paper."



Attitude of the Presbyterian Church The Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, which has just closed in Wellington its annual session, resolved without a .diss.entipnjb yqice as follows :— "The Assembly expresses gr.ititude to God for the progress vf total abstinence and for the good results of " No-Heeuse " in the Clutha district; that while disclaiming all desire or intention to coerce the judg ment of others, thia Assembly believes that' in view of all the circumstances, it is the duty of Christian citizens to adopt the" No license " platform at the approaching licensing poll, and feels bound to exhort members and adherents of the Church to 1 -r.te accordingly; that the Assembly direct Ihn nhe^-v&v.ai of the fourth Sabbath of I Ms present montS « Temperance Sabbath, and again commends the WCT* of lempor ance to'the people." These deliverances ngrae .completely _witn those above quoted of the great Catholic , No-license movement ia America, and, like ' that movement-, spring from the sacred religious motive of love to God and love to icen.



Extent of No-license in America The extent of this No-license movement; in America is little understood. "No licenso" by local option is very different ifrom State prohibition. A Sta^e may carry prohibition, though important parts of the State are strongly opposed to it. But with ; local option licenses are not suppressed in , any town or district until that place is ripe for it, and voluntarily yot.es No-license. This is the New Zealand system, and this is the system which is gaining ground so tre mendously in America, and is so splendidly supported by Catholic prelates and priosts there. It niakes provision for what is nec essary for medicinal and sacramental uses. For example :—" Harper's Weekly finds that under a voAme of local option, applied to towns or counties, much more has been accomplished in tho way of prohibition legislation than most people are aware of. The whole of Georgia is under prohibition or local option laws, with the exception of four cities and towns ; South Carolina, with the exception of 10 cities j and lowa, with the exception of 25 cities. In Montaua only a faw counties have adopted local pro hibition in any form, but in most of the other States there is a goodly army of towns, counties, and cities which have de cided 'to reform themselves concerning strong drink. In Now York State there are 700 cities and towns that have thus drawn tbe strict line of abolishing tho sale of spirituous drink, and in Massachusettes, out of .353 towns and cities, 263 have fallen in line. jlUnois has to her credit 650 cities and towns enjGyii+g local optitonlaws; Ohio, 500; Michigan, 400 ; Naw .Tifrs.Qy, 200; and California, 175. In some other States the voting unit is the county instead ot the .township, and where this obtains the results are equally satisfactory. 'In Arkansas, 50 out of 75 counties; in Florida, 30 out of 45 counties ;in Kentucky, 90 out of 119; in 'ij'owMsiana, 20 out of 59 counties; in Mis souri, 84 out o£ 116 counties; in North. Carolina, 60 out of 90 counties'; Penusyl- \ yania, 60 cities and towns and 20 cpurijfcies ; jin Tennessee.7o ouj; of 9§counties;in West



COMPENSATION.



Compensation is never dreamt of in America, nor advocated by prelate or priest, or parson, and the highest Court in the British realm, the House of Lords, has, in appoal cases, decided that no compensation is due for the non-renewal of a license. In New Zealand this question was thoroughly threshed out a few years ago in the news papors, on the platform, and on the floor of tho House, and the legislature here, now re cognises that there is no just claim for com pensation for not renewing a license. The building is not taken away from its owner and in nny case, only a very small portion of it, which was u?ed for a bar, has to be otherwise used, and all the rest still remains as before for the boarding business. Nothing is taken away but the inflated value which comes and goes with the license. If No-license is carried next Tuesday, the existing licenses will not be taken away, but will be allowed to run out their full year tiJl the end of next June, and then no new license for the next year will be given, and the liquor bars will close, and the hotel busi ness be carried on without the drink.



Clutha Falsehoods and Facts, Many falsehood* are told about any No license district like the Clutha, by people interested in the trade who seldom sign their names. There was published recently a significant protest against such falsehoods respecting Clutha, signed by the Mayor of Balclutha and a number of its business men, and Mr James Allan, M. K.B-, has since said that the men who signed that protest represented the brain and character in Bal clutha.



Here are testimonies which have recently appeared in the " Otago Daily Times," from two other towns in the Clutha, by well known men, who have no need to be as hamed to sign their •names to the truth they write: — Tapanui, Clutha. " In a request from Mr Malcom, o^Kelso I may statu I have been a resident of Tapa nui for 17 years. Since prohibition came, into force 1 have twice extended my busi ness premises and have had a proportionate increase of business, my turnover beiug now double what it was then. When no license was brought into force there were three persons employed in the business : there are now six. I dp not make the numerous small bad debts that I used to under license. As to other businesses the National Bank and Bank of New Zea land have both been enlarged, a large furniture warehouse (which will compare favourably with any outside Dunedin) has been established, council chambers have heon erected, a large town hall is to be erected by February, and arrangements are being made for the establisinent of a dis trict hospital. The Farmers' Club Hotel is increasing its bedroom accommodation, and there has also been an increase in the number of smaller businesses. Dnring no license the debt on the Wesleyan Church has been reduced from £200 to .£ls, and and a new iron roof has been added to the church at a cost of £50. The value of property has greatly increased. The im provement in business and business pre mises are the more remarkable inasmuch as the sawmilling industry, on which Tapa nui depended, has completely died out. The district has in every way bedefited by no-license.—



Tapanui, Nov. 6. J. T. Bubrell."



ASHBURTON NO LICENSE COUNCIL,



many others who are neither 'extremists' nor' fanatics,' has been we regret to say, drawn frequently of late to the far too common exhibitions of drunkeness among a portion of the youth of our City. The many cases which came under public notice on Monday afternoon and evening merely accentuated and emphasised the prevalence of thii vulgar and detestable vice. The spectacle of a human being reeling and foolishly mouthing under the influence of intoxicating liquors is at all times and under any conditions painful, but the shame and the sting of it are infinitely in creased when those guilty of this offence against Temperance, decency, and manhood are comparative youths. It passes compre hension why the young men to whom wo refer, the majority of whom have comfort able homes and no ignoble surroundings, should seek recreation in the mere drinking of stuff that can in no way benefit them either morally, physically, or spiritually. There is nothing manly nor commendable in shouting ribald songs and reeling along the streets, besides wasting money and health into thebargain.however much such doings may raise the loud and stupid laugh ter of unthinking companions. . . .



Cliijtqii, Clutha.



"As contrary' opinions are boing ex pressed as to the real result'of no-licen^e in Clutha, I wish to state a few facts and al low your readers to draw their own conclu sions. Having been in Clutha fora great .jaa-ny-ycars, lam in a different position from many who write upon""tuts--sulrjecfcrfor I am personally cognisant with the facts I give. Being a resident of Clinton, I shall confine my statements to what has taken place hero—although I am satisfied that its experience fairly represents the electorate. Ten year;, haivyo np-Jicense was carried there were four licensed houses 'in Cljfaton, and daring the ten years they were conducted by LI different persons. Of the 11 nine went bankrupt, and the other two were unable to make a competent living. In all other businesses for the same period there wore 13 bankrupts— making a tutal of 22 bank ruptcies out pf not more than 30 business people, (including ts'e' hptelkeepers). The amount of inpnpy insrolVpdfn {jhesp bank ruptcies more than equalled the total y'aiue of all the property in Clinton, and, at the time no-license was carried, the place was miserably poor, and there was no money in it. During the 10 years we witnessed some of our best business men drink themselves first out of respec'able posititions and then $xs> of house and home. It is nu_e years 'since ho-licence'was carried, and during that period, onljrone regident'of Clinton' has been arrested for drunkenness, Thgfg are, "two temperance hotels which have been con ducted by three different persons, one of whom has made a small fortune, and another of whom is doing remarkably well. None have gone bankrupt. Of other businesses for the samp tiiiiG, only Q'ze person has been unable fco meet;'bis'obligations "tp'M'g tors. The hotel propettV is quite as Valu able to-day as it was under license, and th.c Government get 3as much for refreshment rooms ns it did when they were licensed. Lately a t^rpiblp disaster overtook a family, and in one week was i-aispd as an ex pression of sympathy with them. That we are not devoid of life is seen by the fact that we have bowling, tennis, football, and cricket clubs, whilst our volunteer corps numbers 60 members. The Oddfellows ape building a new hall, and the Athemnura Hall is being '"'wrovod, The above statements are facjs which cannot !.f vetutad, and all I ask is cprsjiarison between the two sets and the drawing' lit an honest inference.— Clinton, November \. ' tyi?. Ni^so?;..''



Save the Boys. "Liquor and Crime.—Mr S. E. M'Carthy S.M., took an opporlunity at the Police Court yesterday afternoon to refer to the .increasing number of offences committed by the youth of the town for which drink alono was responsible. . . . In discharg ing the culprit his "Worship said that he would take the opportunity of placing en recpr^ the fact .that the way in which the youth of this town are'being corrupted by drink is pimply app4Kin ff- 'He was speaking from &'1 investigatiQn of the court records since he had had the honour ot presiding in Invercargill, and he found that the great majority of the offences foj? which men and boys were brought up had their origin in drink." —" Southland Times," Invercargill, May 14th 1902. The " Southland Times " in q, loading article on May 16th, 1902, said:— "No cjtizen can any longer feel confident and complacent when he is told that the youth of his town arc becoming dissolute and cor? rupt owing to their falling, in increasing numbers, into the vice of drunkenness.. And that Mr M'Carthy was right cannot be denied. A fortnight ago we ourselves re marked upon tho signs of excessive drink* ing which obtruded themselves upon people in the streets, and our opinion is now con firmed by the records of the Police Court as they have been summed up by his Worship. It would be idle, we think, to dispute that drunkenness has lately become so habitual with large numbers of young men and boys that hardly a day, and never a night, passes but some riotous conduct occurs in the streets. Brawling and swearing, and depravity jn all its phases, are becoming so bold that they have alfflopt ceased to fear the light of day, and the magistrate has nof; too soon called* upon the town to look to this matter." The Dunedin " Evening Star " on June 5, 1902, had the following in a fading article on the same painful subject: "■""Our attention," iii common With tbsjfc of



This must be checked. The number of cases recorded iv the Police Court do not repre sent the number that actually come under the notice of the police. They mercifully overlook inebriates who are not hopelessly incapable. ... As the matter now stands youthful drunkeness looms up omin ously on our social horizon, and we are, in the number of its votaries, presenting a spectacle to the community that can only give birth to a feeling of intense humilia tion."



Save the Children. The Christcburch " Star," in a leading article on June 20, 1902, said: " But the most pitiable feature of the story is the unheard silent " CRY OF THE CHILDREN." If there is anything in the doctrine of heredity, and we cannot doubt it, what earthly chance in life has that piti ful little morsel of humanity who was born and natured in drunkenness ? To be sure, he is to be visited by a policeman, who will inspect his condition and report on it, but that can scarcely prevent his life being a perpetual ' kicking against the pricks.' Our whole moral code and the whole prac tical machinery of our system of social re form stand absolutely mute and hopeless in a case of this sort. It is good to know that some of those women who are always wait ing to help their unfortunate sisters are interesting themselves in this case, but even they cannot enter uninvited into homes where a similar state of things may prevail. When the last word has been written and said upon the subject, we are brought face with only one conclusion : That if there is not speedily a very much stricter control of the liquor traffic many of those who have hitherto hesitated to adopt a policy of absolutism will be compelled to throw in their lot, with the cause of COMPLETE PROHIBITION. We cannot afford to have these stories told in our Courts.



Who will name the compensation the Trade owes to Fathers and Mothers whose sons it has ruined, and to the little children whose parents it has besotted ? Sec that you do not so cast your vote on Tuesday as to become responsible for the injury to your neighbour— ,the .Jio_telkcei>ers^_._victiiii.—.. which your vote may enable him to iaifiict. It would be better to fold up your voting paxier, and put it into the ballot box without marking it, and so not vote at alj, than vote so,. Etat if you 40 vote. STRIKE OUT THE Top Line Only, for the love of God and your fellow man. 11217 The New Zealand Official Year Book for last year bhows that: — Qf Anglicans Bj}7 were conimijjfced to goal, 242 of thgm for. '"drurikesjiieaa only. Of 170,503 Presbyterians, 33i5 were com; nritted to goal, 114 of them for drunken ness only. §f 109j522 Catholics, 70§ were comm^ed \,q goal, 263 of tfrem for. drunkenness on'y Of 83,802 Methodists, 78 were committed I to goal, 20 pf tUe-fii fop drunkennpsfi only.