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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2230, 24 October 1908, Page 3

GISBORNE NO-LICENSE LEAGUE THIS Next Meeting oi : the League will he held in the Presbyterian Schoolroom on- MONDAY EVENING NEXT, at 7.30. A good'attendance requested. C. IHJRGESS, Secretary. NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN. THE TACTICS- OF THE LIQUOR ■ PRESS AGENT IN ' AMERICA. IN a well-got-up American paper, “Collier’s Weekly,” there appeared several months ago a series of ably-written articles on tlie -recent wave of temperance reform in America and its causes. One of these articles describes tlie tactics of the Press Agent- of the Liquor Party, wlio is an important factor in the campaign that is being fought-. Tlie Trade pours thousands of dollars into its press bureau, and is apparently not too ‘careful about the accuracy of the facts that- arc published. The article says : - “The Liquor Press Agent begins by announcing that the brewers, wholesalers, and retailers of liis region have combined tp reform the traffic from within. Sometimes he gets his organisation to do a little real clean-up work as a guarantee of good ■faith and as a basis for advertisement. Bui. when he sits down to plan out his campaign, or to prepare his copy lor publication in the newspapers which oxlllo.se jiroliibition as a-matter of prill- j cilile, or those which he has been able to subsidise, lie is in a terrible quandary. He tries first- to prove that xirohibition does not prohibit, in face of the fact that it usually does. (If one doubts this let him ask any Southern travelling mail of IsA acquaintance). Then he tries to prove that it Lulus towns’; and the prosperity 'of those small Southern towns which have gone dry in the xiast- ten years, rises up to say that he lies.” M e seem to recognise something akin to this kind of publication coming to the fore in our Dominion. It is tt ell to remember that a thing is not necessarily truo because it is* in print. YOUNG MEN TO FORM A YOUNG J LEX ’ S Bit AN CH OF THE j^EAGUE AltE ASKED TO MEET AT THE LEAGUE OFFICE, TOWXLEY'S HALL, TO-NIGHT, AT 7. OPEN-AIR NO-LICENSE ADDRESSES ■ TO-NIGHT.: AT gIEVWRIGHT "j^/j-EMORIAL AT S O’CLOCK. BY R EV ' T jJAWSON 'jtHOMAS and REV- W. G rant - GISBORNE FISH SUPPLY. ’ GLADSTONE ROAD. (Opposite J. Morrison, Painter.) FRESH FISH Daily. Direct from the Trawler. Ring up Telephone 158, and our Oart will nromptly deliver • - v. your orders. AT. RUSHER, Proprieior*