"A SILVER WEDDING."

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14707, 15 June 1911, Page 8

"A SILVER WEDDING."

NEW ZEALAND ALLIANCE.

ORGANISING WOMEN'S CRUSADE,

'[l»T TFXEGUAPII.-—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Wednesday. Tire Town I .all was crowded to-night, when a public demonstration in favour of the principles of tho New Zealand Alliance was held. Mr. Wesley Spragg (president of tho .alliance) presided, and addresses were delivered by Lieutenant-Colonel Birkonsliaw, Miss Anderson Hughes, Rov. L. M. Isitt, Mr. A. S. Adams, Rev. J. Dawson, and Mrs. Barton.

Mr. J.sitt said tho gathering celebrated tho silver wedding of the New Zealand Alliance. The party had kept united all tho time, and it was never better welded than now, while members of the party were never more convinced of the logic of their case.

An appeal for funds resulted in tho collection of £32 16s. Tho following resolution wag passed:"This meeting, recognising that women .are most deeply interested in tho question of the prohibition of tho liquor traffic, rejoices to loam of a movement to organise a women's crusade in connection with the coining campaign, and tho women present, voting for this resolution, promise to join tho crusade and to do all in their power to forward its objects and carry both local no-license and national prohibition at the polls in November next." TIIE THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY. [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Welling to n , Wednesday. At the New Zealand Alliance Convention this morning attention was devoted to legislative matters. A number of notices of motion were dealt with relative thereto, and tho Convention once again demonstrated its unity in demanding "those principles for which tho party stands.'' Miss Anderson Hughes, from England, and Lieutenant-Colonel Birkenshaw, representing the Salvation Army, were enthusiastically welcomed. The following resolution was passed this afternoon: —"That this Convention reaffirms the principle of a simple majority ruling in licencing legislation, it maintains the equal value of every vote, it condemns as unjust and intolerable tho three-fifths handicap which has obtained for 17 years, and it urges, electors to refuse to vote for candidates who support the three-fifths majority."