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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 19, 1869
Page
6
Advertisers are informed of rates for single lines and additional lines in the Tas Nonconformist. Pricing includes quarterly, half-year, and yearly prepaid amounts with unstamped copies available at railway stations and local booksellers. Postage rules require stamps on unstamped postal copies.
Advertises Dr. Smith's Student's Dictionary of the Bible for Correspondents at a price of 21 shillings.
Cable dispatch from Philadelphia reports Motley's sailing for England with authority to reopen Alabama negotiations if the U S proposes a new treaty. French election meetings rise to rioting but liberal leaders contain disturbances as Paris hosts mass campaigns. Political clashes in Britain trend toward peace and retrenchment while Irish church questions loom. Archbishop Leahy urges restraint amid agrarian violence and calls for Act of Parliament deliverance.
The return of Sir Wilfrid Lawson to the House of Commons brings extreme remedial legislation into focus. The article questions official drunkenness statistics and suggests data may undercount those taken for being drunk among artisans and laborers.
The piece argues that drinking excess harms the sober poor and supports Lawson’s bill to curb liquor outlets. It notes MPs' votes show partial support and doubts total prohibition will pass this generation, while urging empowering ratepayers to regulate public houses to protect vulnerable communities.
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