Official Correspondence

White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 208, 18 October 1912, Page 11

Official Correspondence

Dear Comrades, — We are to have our tried friend and fellow-worker, Miss Powell, again as our Organ’s r, for one year, noss blv for a longer term. As ’a t vear tlu* Organiser was enga e 1 wholly in the \< rth Island. Mi s Powell will of course wor; ih South Island for the next twelve* months, beginning most li) ely in N< rth Canterbury. Tlu r * are many districts where our organ's itinn is not repres nted, and we sincerely hope that new Vnii ns will be formed in m inv places where the work of temperance women is badly needed. I ask for Miss Powell, kind c >nsideraton and hearty co-operation from those branches upon whom we must depend for assistance in the work now being undertaken. A quiet home, if possible, and opportunities for rest, .ire necessary for those who undertake the work of

organising new branches, which entails in ttianv cases a strain »n ner ami physical energy. Travelling in all weathers, meeting often with disappointments, and sudden emergencies, which troubles are sometimes added to bv coming in contact with those who are not alwavs as hel|>ful as they might be in organising new branches. Our Organiser will need the prayers and I radical sympathy of all our members The work is very necessary, (or the enemy is organising, ami the women must iimte for the protection of home and country from the social evils which assail them. I am sure I may confidently appeal to our Unions to keep the Organising Fund in good order. The demands on it will be heavy, for part of the travelling will have to be done remote from railways. 1 the r efore urge all Unions who have not vet c< ntributed this \ear to the organising work, to do so as so< n as possible, aud I earnestly hope that not one 1 nion will le missing from the list of those who have contributed. Dear Sisters, this work is yours, and in order obe the power in New Zetland that our Union should 1 e, we must have your help. Yours for the work’s sake, F. COLE, N.Z. President.