ORGANISER'S REPORT.

White Ribbon, Volume 15, Issue 172, 16 October 1909, Page 7

ORGANISER'S REPORT.

ON S„ unlay, Sept. 4th, I travelled to Ormondville, where I was met by Miss Alice Webb, and conducted to her home. Our comrade, Miss Paterson for several years a familiar figure a' Hie Annual Convention though very frail, likes to see her friends, and takes as keen an interest as ever in all details of our work. Mrs Webb has a very fine assortment of Purity literature, of which l took a large parcel for sale. The books vary in price from a halfpenny up to 4 ft. and Unions will do well to send a sum of money to Mrs Webb and ask her to make a selection for them, stating what class in particular they wish to reach. On Monday, 6th, we commenced our Maori tour, after which 1 spent a week or so at Waipukurau. The Union here is most healthy, constant additions to the membership taking place. Meetings were well attended and enthusiastic. Hastings and Waipawa have each a hard row to hoe. M rs Te Tau and 1 spent an afternoon in each to bring our Maori work before the friends. In both cases the meetings, though well advertised, were very small. Wo both spoke, and Mrs Te Tau charmed the audiences with her singing. However, the friends who there took up my collecting scheme energetically. A similar meeting at Waipukurau was attended by a number of women and two men, one being our indefatigable White Ribbon brother, the President’s husband, the other the

editor of the local paper, who gave us a tine report I am now in Feilding: things are rather slow here, but two or three energetic women have worked up the meetings nobly. On October Ist I attended the Franchise celebration at Palmerston North, and spoke on the Maori Work M. S. POWELL.