Welcome to Rev. L. M. Isitt.

White Ribbon, Volume 1, Issue 12, 1 June 1896, Page 9

Welcome to Rev. L. M. Isitt.

The tenth Annual Alliance Meeting and third Colonial Prohibition Convention is to he held in Wellington, begin ning on June 24. In the morning the annual business meeting of the Alliance will be held, the President, Sir Robert Stout, presiding. In the afternoon the General Prohibition Convention will hold its first session, under the presi dency of Mr A. C. Begg, of Dunedin. Papers will he read on “ The Legis. lative Programme ” and “ Action re Parliamentary Candidates.'’ At six o'clock there is to be a Welcome-tea to the Rev. L. M. Isitt. At the evening meeting the welcome will he con tinued. Sir Robert Stout will preside; Miss L. M. Kirk will represent the W.C.T.U., Rev. P. R. Monro the Canterbury Prohibition Council, and Mr. A. R. Atkinson the Wellington Prohibition League. The Rev. L. M. Isitt is announced as the chief speaker. On Thursday, the 26th, the Convention will he resumed. Papers will be read on “ Police Administration,” “ How to Vote at the Option Poll,” “ Does Liquor Revenue Pay ? ’ and “ Work During the Year ” In the evening there is to be a mass meeting, and on Friday there will also he a public meeting. The Convention meetings will be held in the Courtenay Place Congregational Church. The tea is to be in the Taranaki.street schoolroom, and all the evening meetings are to be in the Skating Rink.