TEMPERANCE UNION.
ANNUAL CONVENTION. "Underterred by hostilities and (lie bitter feelings inevitable at war time," said Mrs. T. E. Taylor, Dominion president of the W.C.T.U. of New Zealand when speaking at the annual convention held at Wanganui last week, " tlie women of China and Japan continued to work perseveringly for peace between the two nations.". Resolutions were passed authorising letters of greeting and encouragement to be sent to tho women of China through the medium nf Mrs. Herman Lin, the president of the W.C.T.U. in China, and to the women of Japan through Mrs. Gauntlett. the national vice-president of the W.C.T.U. in Japan. At a discussion which took p'.aco later upon gambling, Mrs. Hugh Kasper, president of the. Auckland district, spoke strongly in disfavour of art unions and raffles being conducted among children. Mrs. T. E. Taylor urged the necessity for individual members and local unions to takf an unswerving stand against gambling in any shape or form. Mrs. Fred Daldy, representing Kohimarama, drew the attention of the convention to tho fact that New Zealand is spending C 15.000.000 per annum on drink and gambling.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21131, 14 March 1932, Page 3
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