The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-09-19 00:00:00

THE POOLE AND DISTRICT LISCENSED
VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION.

The inane'. d dinner of this newly-pledged societ),
which, t.ience t Itheentnuwasin displ4 -4 by the boa we.
110 W Laing/ale new, 100 utau.rs, Lout
piece et ths S at.oit Itsuol us Wedu. Way. k',•tri ,u
sae OPIVI.d. the d•-iediate• of tau 8001tuunipth0 A.e...clattun
ewe a.. a: L'lC bkiway Stetisci. sad 0 Jin.luo.t d
Styrin‘, and Cie B.e•ery. Olen, a lunOu•cut tees ur..rid..
or tiles, 31.. It., heed ul toe [kw. bean,:
Pr....dent (so N. Society. Aftaweida, t,ey
sLown Over us. sreeery, Sad .apre...t tbeuseeive. Ittqc“
gralhodi. They ...cm aku shoo.. .but the ear.one I
.uLere.t in the ue.gub.urtwed, by tueinuere it t.os
ken) mann.

."ii. then-a t rok plai,e at six ocl ck, and reflected tba
greaidsc credit upois Mr. and Mrs. liceasle Ab tit 60 ,at
doWn rind r too pro.i aeney I Mr. G. P•r,
Toei• were also prisict—Mewrs. it. L. W.lniesiey, S.
Bog:ups (orgehising .ecretary if the Nation.l been..
League), Minion (pr -ablaut if tide S rotr,aiu ton Ass i.. -
atiou), H.. F. Harey Gecretary. S .uthaiwp.oiaL Waiter
Freeman Own. secretary of the Aisocbuutal, and Yr. P.
E. Is. Budge (tie As .ctotions' SAlcitor)
Art r toe 11.0 .11,1a' Whits t. i•t of "the Army, Navy.
ani lt.serve Force. wag Steen from Um chair, coupl.d
with to narirs,.l Mr. floAll• 10r the Army. and
B :go for the Vo.lnitedrd.
lbaukt acre rauried by each, and congratulat iry
Wi.ICIa weld> confirmed On tie folioa los .ay,
Wdre ILI ad rot se progre.. if affairs 10 Egypt.
Tuei, Come trio rdal briousro of.ho evening, writ. Mr.
WALT= FREEMAN proposal "Sono se to the Nati n.l
L won woich t sot ire c tripled th u.ws•
of Mr. Burghope, • very Md. represent dove ot the L ogrie.
Mr. Holdall, too very euergoic A.sociation S crst.ry
from Use Bristol dist. jot; aid Mr. l'.rrdrs, of Soothed...-
ion, another good godlier in the caw.. (Appl.o.e ) H
pointed out the wowsity for such • National Longue by
• remarking Gist twee iippueed to them spent wrsr C 20.1.100
a year' ohil., trey could only aft .rd to spend .62,101.
Mr. BrltolloP6 wad warmly g. e ti,and made a lengthy
speech in ,epty, COucr•ty.st.uat the adaenii•toln opts thtl
IBUCC ,•• of tuoir eiforti, and powtiog out the o iiects for
which thY tied Lieu isilled into ernskuw. Torso were
to plum too trade in low best possibW pot.tion, to defend .
its interest* when *Assailed, to resist ail encroachment.
when attimpted, and to red,... taeir grievances. The
only way in whi:h this could be done we. by the perfect
null, of the trade throughout toe sot re kingdom thiough
One sozdeuesi Sow exi Xing, arid wing Culled Into elis Len id,
•.ting under the direction of one ...sutra' authodiiy. In
the course of tit fur. h ir remarks Le said that evorythiug
tout wee dm.* wrong was attributed to the licensed viituel.
ler., and all toe drunkennow which exulted wee put
down at their tout. He contended, however, that the
greater p irtion or this Odd Wau .ttributable to the tnealle
for secret drinking, which had of I.M yams been caused
by the pasting or out door and or eerie licenses, and
pdints.d out toot Ludes *Ore now ,f 10)
whit, ten yeare ago there were ooly 76 He also cAuplained
of the lacrosse of soicadbd clubs, tilers being no loss than
67 of these in Bury, in tepee/air% some of which were
only rated at from Bic to .65 anutualiy. Alluding again to
toe questiou of drunkenness, he said if they took the
et.ti.tics they would find that the percentage of drunken-
an, only as one In every 10,000 of the inhabitants,
arid he used whether the 11.0) were not to have the
right to that which God had sent to them for QM, oar
because one man abused it? (Applause.)
Mr. PlatatMse if Ilbutnaingt 'a, also responded.
Mr. ita.enau. also returned thank., and alluding to the
Sunday (Aoudad Bill, contended thet the operation of such
oieseures in Si Aland red Weiss had Gruen that it did
not put • stop to buoday drinking, but only tended to
pronict. secret drioluog son ng the people.
Mr. TlL•Vrms (Corte Csotte) caused *odor amusement by
remarking tow ois tot of a Parimosent try candidat wee
by asking him to "drink a 14,11115 Of Wine With in;
r.iusorking that if he could out do that he would not hare
Travers) late.. s .

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--lir. Lil;o7-o-1. lirtetttsne. next proposed "Succor to
SOUL
Mr WAVILY. 01 tioutsouatd" proposed "thous* to Lb.
Pool* Assodseion.." _ _

The ciamvaor, In responding, remarked that the number
of measlier' tad already isenly reactied tors* figures. and
be hoped that before loog Lissa number would be increased
to J. (Aoplauws.)
Mr. 1116F.Itah (11.11. )n. resPJndad.
Mr. Mckidn and Mr. BiLLall) were likewise called upon
to rep:y ou tish if of us P.siof society.
Pezams al t,rwerds proposed "The tows and
trade of P which was ecknowledged inn short speech
by Mr. YOUNG; and this remainins toaatts were " The
visit era" "Toe P.m.," "Tad Coairman. with three
t on, thres_, and one more for his ticep.tslity. and "Tae
Host and Hodets.-
The wine placed on the tables during dinner was prib-
sent 4 by the Ctiairman. Mr. Pope.