PROGRAMME of the TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION,

White Ribbon, Volume 14, Issue 153, 15 February 1908, Page 8

PROGRAMME of the TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION,

To be held in the Y.W.C.A. ROOxdS. AUCKLAND. Wednesday. March 11, 2.30 p.m. Reception of delegates. Thursday, March 12. 9.30 a.m.. Prayer meeting. 10.30 a.m., Roll-call. Minutes of concluding sitting, 1907. Appointment of reporters and committees of courtesies and resolutions. President’s address. Reports of evangelistic and homemeeting departments. Noontide hour. (Mrrespondence. 2 p.m., Devotions. Roll-call. M inutes. Departmental Reports: Educational meetings. Sabbath Observance. Report, of Exhibition Bay Committee. Report of Corresponding Secretary. Reports of Maori Work, Work among Young People, and Medal Contests Departments. Friday. March 13. 9 a.m., Prayer Meeting. 9.30, Roll-call. Minutes. Report of Treasurer. Departmental Reports: Unfermented Wine, Scientific Temperance Instruction. Noontide hour. Reports continued: Hygiene, Press. 2 p.m., Devotions, Roll-call, Minutes. Report of Legal and Parliamentary Department. 3.30 p.m.. Paper by Mrs. A. R. Atkinson. Reports of Mothers’ Meetings, Bible in Schools, ana Narcotics De partraents.

Saturday, March 14. 9 a.m.. Prayer Meeting. 9.30., Roll-call, Minutes. Report and Balance-sheet, of “White Ribbon” paper. Noontide hour. Monday, March 16. 9 a.m., Devotions. 9.30, Roll-call. Minutes, Correspondence. Departmental Reports: Work among Seamen, Peace and Arbitration, Literature, Anti-gambling. Report of Resolutions Committee. Noontide hour. Resolutions, Mrs. Seed, Miss Powell (see Convention Report. 1907. p. 5.) 2 p.m.. Devotions, Roll-call, Minutes. 3 p.m., Paper by Miss McCarthy. “How to Make the Work of Small Unions Effective.” Report of Purity Department. Tuesday, March 17. !) a.m., Prayer Meeting. 9.30., Roll-call, Minutes, Questionbox, and General Discussion upon the Furtherance of our Work. 11.30.. Election of Officers. Noontide hour. Appointment of Superintendents of Departments. 2 p.m., Devotions, Roll-call, Minutes. Invitations for Convention of 1909 considered. Appointment of Superintendmits of Departments concluded. General Conversation upon the Work. Wednesday, Marcn 18. 9 a.m.. Devotions. 9.30, Roll-call, Minutes. Any unfinished business. Votes of thanks. Conclusion.