THE BROTHERHOOD WELCOME

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 13 October 1914, Page 4

THE BROTHERHOOD WELCOME

Mr and Mrs Snowden' were the guests of the Hawera Brotherhood and their lady friends at' /tea ■in Keen's Dining Rooms at 6.30 o'clock. There were over 100 people present,, and the Rev. O. Blamires, the president, on behalf of the Brothernbod, extended a warm welcome to the visitors. . Mr Snowden was received with loud applause: He assured the president that the welcome accorded to Mrs Snowden and himself could not have been more cordial, and they both appreciated it very much. As the president; had said, this was the first occasion that they had the' privilege of being present at a Brotherhood meeting in New Zealand.. There was no movement in the Homeland for which he had a greater'symoathy than the Brotherhood movement; and there was no movement in the Old Land doing more to arouse the consciences of the peoplß to a sense' of their social responsibilities than the great' Brotherhood movement. It had revivified the. religious life of the people, and it had brought home to the churches a sense or their responsibilities as to the. social condition of the people—such as the proper housing of the people, the question of temperance and the housing of the poor. There appeared to be a great opportunity for the Brother-' hood in New Zealand in taking up the great cause for national prohibition, and by assisting to remove the temptation of strong drink from those who were .unable to resist it. He wished j tne Brotherhood in Hawera every success m the work upon which it had recently embarked. (Prolonged ap-: plause.) . ■ . ■ .■..•■. .

_Mrs Snowaen also addressed the -Brotherhood, and urged that men and women should work co-operatively in ail that was good, as here in this gathering this prindiple was so excellently exemplified." (Applause.) . On the motion of Messrs Dixon and Howarth, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the speakers. The gathering concluded with the singing of the National Anthem. .