Closing Public Houses.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 273, 14 March 1889, Page 3

Closing Public Houses.

[TO THS MUTOS."] Bra,—lf the temperance people of Gisborne have any backbone in' them at all, now is their time for action ; now they have an opportunity offered to them which may not occur,again. The Mayor of Gisborne has ppenly stated his intention of moving in the direction of having three of the local public houses closed, and he ia not only entitled to the thinks °f the tpxnperance people, but also to their hearty support, for it will be needed ifhere are interests at stake which will cause the fight to be one of desperation—already I the opportunity has been taken to state that the other members of the Licensing Bench have not yet committed themselves. Away with the accursed drink, I say, and let those who are vendors of it away to some produc- - tive occupation. Now is the time to drive ' ndmethe wedge, and even though the arguJ roent may be used that the sole object ia to benefit a few other publicans, let the opportunity not be lost. All the preaching and blue ribbonising of the past four years has not opened such a prospect of doing so much towards the removal of temptation, It would be a good plan to have a meeting on the subieot, and now that the ball has been sat rolling to garry the of air through, not in the Publicans’ own interest as has been suggested | tat it be the mere beginning of a crusade that will have no ending until the whole of the public bouses have been swept out of the district—Yours, &e,, Tchpmukcu,