W.C.T.U

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 15 July 1915, Page 3

W.C.T.U

! The miontiHy meeting of the W.C.T.L. i was held' on Tuesday afternoon, there beinp- 16 members present. Mrs Watson presided' in the President's absence. Mrs Watson- apologised' fox Miss Atkinson, .who had been obliged to go over to Wellington for a few days; she also expressed! pleasure on behalf of the Union uha* Mirs Field' was again able to bo ; present at the meetings. ' | A (resolution of sympathy with Mrs ■ McLaren on' the death of her busbandi | was p>atssed, the members standing. f It was resolved that Mrs Don's letter to the Moderate league should be published- in '■ the daily, papers as an advertisement. ,*.!«♦ A resolution was passed to the eitect that the next monthly meeting of the Union should' .be kept as "T. A. Taylor Day," and a collection made for the Belgian Fund, members to brir.ig either money or articles of clothing. Mrs Field- read a paragraph stating that two ladies in Adelaide had been mad© Justices of the Peace, and moved ? a ,resohvtion, "That the Nelson branch ' of the W-O.T.U. has much pleasure in conigratulatini'x Mrs Nicholls, Prudent of the Adelaide W.C.T.U:, on her appointment ais Justice of the Peace, and (hopes tibi.t she and- Mrs Pries may lonp be the only women J.'sP. n Aais- : traiasia." Mrs Watson seconded, and the > secretary was instructed to sen.;! a copy of the resolution to Mrs Nicholls. Mrs Knapp stated tbat the literature in connection) with the Purity J[>e;>? l V men* was at the shop of Mrs Phillips, Baird'y-sto-eet. ■ ; An ar>peal was made <m bah.\L c of the Maori Mission Fund., and a, colls-otaon tnkfen up. , , _ , Tt was amnonced that ih& next Good Citizenship meeting woutld be held at "Fairfield" on July 23rd:: *h* subject would be "Wamm's Relief Worfc During the War," anldl .members wiho natf i am- interesting extracts in connection ! with it were invited to bring them.