CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENTS.

White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 223, 19 January 1914, Page 15

CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Dear Sisters, —The annual Convention will open on \\ ednesday, March 4th, at Gisborne. District Vrcsidt nts, Secretaries, and Treasurers, and New Zealand Superintendents of Departments have, ex othcio, a seat in Convention. Each Branch may send one delegate li»r every 100 or fraction of 100 members, but no delegate can represent more than one Branch. All Unions within easy reach are urged to send as full a representation as possible. 1 hose l nions unable to send a delegate may have a proxy appointed In sending ine word and enclosing directions (sealed) as to voting for New Zealand officers and also the following motions, notice of which was given at the 1913 Convention : By Mrs Peryman : “That 1, or s line one in my place, will move that the Organiser and Organising 1 reasurer have a seat in Convention.*' By Mrs Dearlove : ■ 1 hat the W hite Ribbon’ being the organ of the New Zealand Constitution, I, or some one in my place, will move that Article IV. of the New Zealand Constitution should be amended in the direction of giving the business manager a seat upon the Kxecutive when the Editor fs unable to be present.*’ All members of Convention must ■present their credentials either at the ■reception or at the first session of Convention. As the roll has to be prepared beffore Convention begins, will all intending members please send me a letter or post-card, with their official position < leurly stated, such as District President, Secretary, or Treasurer, etc. Wishing all the Unions a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year. — I Yours in the Work, M. \V. MITCHELL, N.Z. Recording Sec. Kaiapoi, Jan. 10th, 1914. IW ill l nions kindly take notice tint* is the February number of “White Gibbon” will contain the Agenda for (invention, it will be published sharp# o time? Unions who wish to hold a. p penal meeting to consider Convention matters may depend on having, the* pa pc'r delivered to them by February 1 Sth at the latest. (jisborne is Convention city this>ear. Perhaps it is not the easiest port in New Zealand to reach, but

the U.S.S. Company’s boat leaves Napier tor Gisborne every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, upon the arrival of the mail train from Wellington. Southern delegates can leave Lyttelton by Monday night's boat, catch the Napier express leaving Wellington at y. 10 a.in. on Tuesday. 'This connects with the Takapuna, leaving Napier on Tuesday evening, and enables delegates to reac h Gisborne on Wednesday morning. Gisborne, like Nelson, our last Convention city, has not very ready means of transit from one part of the city to the other, and it would be well if delegates who are bad walkers mentioned the fact when writing to Gisborne Secretary for hospitality.

Dear Sisters, —1 shall be glad if the Unions who have lost members by death during the past year would, without delay, send me their names, and, if possible, a brief outline of their special work while associated with us, that it may be inserted in the annual obituary notices. \\ ith New Year Greetings to all.— I am, etc., R. DON, Ac tmy N.Z. I'm sident. 54, Canongate, Dunedin.

AYi 11 all N.Z. Superintendents of Departments forward their reports to the Editor by January 31st, that they may be printed in time for Convention ?

Will Secretaries of our different branches kindly forward reports of work done in connection with Refresh ment Booths and Mothers’ Rest I’ents .for the year to MRS C. S. HOWARD, Supt. of Rest and Refreshment Booths Archer Street, Timaru.