Fares of Delegates.

White Ribbon, Volume 16, Issue 188, 16 February 1911, Page 5

Fares of Delegates.

L’o the Editor of The White Riuhon. Dear Sisters, The time for the meeting of Convention being near, 1 see Mrs lull and Miss Powell are both bringing before the unions the question of the pooling of delegates’ expenses, and it is necessary to do so, as I am sure the subject has not been fully understood, and requires a good deal of consideration by the unions, and those intending to take their seat at Convention, whether or no they will take part in the scheme. It is very hard on the little unions of Taranaki. The unfortunate request that all should be loyal to the scheme puts them in a quandary. The whole years’s income of some would not pay the fare, and the unions it was intended to benefit by holding < Convention at New Plymouth, must content themselves with proxies, as if the sitting was in tho other island. I paid £8 for travelling to Invercargill last year; this year I cau go to Convention for Bs. Is it reasonable I should pay T 3. You say it would be made up next year, but I may not be appointed Superintendent again, and may not go to Convention, so of course I shall not take part in the scheme,

but pay my Bs, and risk being considered disloyal. I would urge all who can to make an etiort to go vs visitors ; all are welcome at the meetings, and from among the visitors the proxies are chosen. Yours for service J. E. Maunder.