Debates on Maine Liquor Law Extend to British Views
A British writer defends the Maine Liquor Law against claims it promotes drunkenness. He cites private imports in disguise, testimonies from J B Gould American Consul Birmingham, Judge Woodbury Davis Maine Supreme Court, and Maine Governor, plus MPs Eustace Smith and Hughes noting improvements and limited public drunkenness.
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Maine
Mehan
McCarthy
H. Barker
U.K.A
John Dalton-street
Manchester
J. B. Gould
Birmingham
Great Britain
England
Sheffield
Woodbury Davis
Supreme Court
Davis
Thomas Eustace Smith
North Shields
House of Commons
Thomas Hughes
Frome
United States
Central drive to stop Sunday alcohol sales launches petitions
The Central Association for Stopping the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday reveals it will back MP Hugh Birley’s bill with a large petition drive. It seeks active church participation, asking every England and Wales congregation to send petitions. Petitions are available free from the undersigned.
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Central Association
Hugh Birley
M.P
Manchester
Central Committee
Auxiliary Association
England
Wales
Church Defence at Blackheath Lecture Sparks Disorder
A Blackheath audience interrupted Rev. G. W. Conder’s disestablishment talk with noisy disruption by local Churchmen and youths from a proprietary school. The showdown ended with a prochurch resolution amid claims of contempt and misrule in the meeting.
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Alexandra Hall
Blackheath
G. W. Conder
Halcyon
Conder
Chancery
Church
Church News
Letter condemns schoolboy disturbance and Church Establishment
A Hater of Meanness from London accuses church figures and a proprietary school of inciting a disturbance by twenty to forty ill behaved lads. The writer questions the value of the clamour and predicts potential violence without police restraint, recalling past executions as context. March 4, 1872.
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Globe and Standard
Tyburn
Smithfield
London
Sunday Labour in the Post Office Rules Spelled Out
The Lord's Day Observance Society reports changes to postal work on Sunday. A two thirds vote replaces six sevenths to stop delivery or collection, with options for cessation by memorialists, and limits on carriers. Provisions require substantial unanimity to end Sunday services and prohibit consecutive Sunday work.
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Lord Dalhousie
George Grey
Monsell
House of Parliament
C. Reed
Hackney
Missing Cambridge pass list from Tettenhall College
FRANK A. ROBERTS of Cornbrook Chemical Works Manchester writes to correct a newspaper item from February 28 listing Tettenhall College students who passed at Cambridge University. He identifies 11 passers, notes one missing name, and provides his brother Thomas Arthur Roberts who gained second class honours in the senior division with distinction in religious knowledge. March 1, 1872.
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Str
Tettenhall College
Cambridge University
Thomas Arthur Roberts
Frank A. Roberts
Cornbrook Chemical Works
Manchester
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