Echoes of the Convention.

White Ribbon, Volume 15, Issue 178, 18 April 1910, Page 7

Echoes of the Convention.

Heard in Invercargill: A gentleman, who read religiously through all the daily reports. “ What clever women you must have in the Union.” Another : ‘‘l had no idea you had such a broad platform. I thought it was only temperance.” At the first meeting held in Invercargill after the Convention members bore

testimony to the uplift received, one or two emphasising the holy influence which pervaded the devotional exercises each morning, and the readiness of the women to engage in prayer. A northern member wrote : “ We were very sorry not to send a delegate, but we did the ne t best thing—carefully followed the 'i poits in the daily papers.

Says a northern president : “ Miss lb has done nothing but talk Convention ever since she returned. She makes me quite long to have been there.” Greymouth is “ delighted that we were so veil represented. Mrs. Wright’s letters were read at our meeting yesterday. and also extracts from the papers.”