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Evening Star, Issue 18032, 28 July 1922, Page 7

The Hope of Dunedin Lodge of Templars held its weekly meeting on Wednesday evening, Bro. South ; C.T., presiding. Seven candidates were initiated and admitted to membership. The officers were complimented on the excellent rendering of the initiatory service, and the musical portion, led by Sister Crawford at the piano, also came in for some praise. Sister Gain and Bro. Gore gave a report of the meeting of the Temperance Reform Council, held the previous evening, said that Mrs Dr Mary Armour (who has been engaged by the W.C.T.U.) would leave America early in August for New Zealand to engage in a lecturing tour, and would be seven days in Dunedin. Sister Gain remarked that we should then hear the truth about the success of Prohibition. In Now Zealand there were over 8,000 convictions annually for drunkenness (she said), and many more that never get into •court. At an interval the chairman presented Sister M. Thorn, of Port Chalmers, with the prize presented by, the brother now in Dargavillo to the sister proposing most candidates during the quarter just ended. He said she richly deserved to win, because, although residing in Port, she attended all the meetings and proposed seventeen during the quarter, of which fourteen had been initiated.