IN THE FIELD.

White Ribbon, Volume 21, Issue 244, 18 October 1915, Page 7

IN THE FIELD.

The month of September was spent in the Wellington Province, in travelling between the city. Lower Hutt, and Greytown. I attended the Provincial Convention in Wellington on ist and 2nd, th**i returned to Greytown to arrange for a Band of Mope meeting on 24th. Upon returning to inaugurate this, 1 found that the letter informing me that the meeting had been unavoidably postponed hid missed me, and there was nothing for it but to once more entrain for Wellington. In the city 1 addressed a Franchise meeting at Constable Street, and Home meetings at the houses of Mesdames Box.ill and Sidev, small additions to our membership being made at each. I had attended two meetings at Lower Hutt, working up each beforehand by visiting. This method was also pursued with the third, which was held on 21st. There was a fine attendance, and eight members were initiated. In all seventeen new members were obtained, and two or three lapsed ones came back, bringing the membership up to 31. On 30th I left Wellington for a final visit to Greytown, when the Band of Hope was commenced, 2cj persons, old and young, joining, and the committee formed and arrangements made for the next meeting. In. Wellington I was indebted for kind hospitality to Mesdames Moulder, Cummins, Weston, and Denton. Friday night (October ist) was spent in Palmerston North. Patea was reached the following day, and at a meeting of officers the same evening arrangements for meetings were made. On the Sunday evening I conducted the service in the* Methodist Church, the Methodist parsonage being my congenial home while in the town, and on Tuesday afternoon Mrs Bridgman, my kind hostess, gave a home meeting. which was well attended. On the Thursday we went out to Kakaramea in a gale of wind and rain to a home meeting. In spite of the weather. we had an audience of eleven. Two had joined the Patea branch already, and when we had duly initiated and pinned the magic bow upon the other nine, Mrs Bridgman and I felt well repaid for getting wet. M. S. POWELL. P.S. —Will correspondents please note change of address, which is now Miss Powell, c/o Mrs Wilkes, 466,

Gladstone Road. Gisborne. Jerusalem badges are ‘off’’ until the end of the war, as no money can be safely sent there just now. Will friends' ordering enamelled badges kindly send postal notes, not stamps?—M.S.P: