The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity. WILLINGTON, MARCH 18, 1919. THE EMPIRE CITY WELCOMES CONVENTION.

White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 297, 18 March 1920, Page 9

The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity. WILLINGTON, MARCH 18, 1919. THE EMPIRE CITY WELCOMES CONVENTION.

On Wednesday evening Wellington accorded a Civic Reception to the i‘)jo W'.C.T.I . Convention. 1 he Mayor was absent, having gone w itii ihe l*ailianicntar> party to Samoa, but Councillor Frost, acting Mayor, >l>okc very kindly words of welcome -ad apprcciali n of the work of the I riion; then as lie hatl to leave to at tend another meeting, Mrs l.uke, the took the chair and condoled the proceedings, Mrs Johnson Wright we coined the delegates on be Mf of the Wellington Onions, Rev. Hr. Pinfold on behalf of the South Wellington Ministers’ Association, rxpiessed their pleasure at seeing Convention assemble in Wellington, n<{ hoped the sessions would he : I' ful an 1 inspiring. Mrs Pearson, on behalf of the W.C \., welcomed her fellow White

Kibboners. She h.ul just returned from a toui through ILS.A., and said that itr her first day b.«ck in New Zea land she saw more intoxicated men than in all her weeks of travel in America. She also said that even whdc in the States she was told that ihe W'.C.T.l'. had had the greatest part in the campaign for National Prohibition, and she was glad to wel (Oine delegates from ihp; great or ganisation to Wellington. Mi Faulkner welcomed us in t< e name of the Y.M.C.A., while that veteran temperance worker, Mr Fathers, voiced them a warm welcome from the Rerhabites. Miss Coad, President of the Wellington Branch of Women's National Council, said that she was glad to welcome Convention. Ihe V\.C. 1.1 ~ besides their own special work, co operated with all other societies. W henever you started to work for an> reform, you could depend upon the support of the W.( . 1.1 . Major Daubney in a few well i Imsen words voiced the welcome <>t the Salvation At my, and said that no organisation knew better the evil effects of the drink trade. Rev. Dawson told the meeting that the X.Z. Alliance accorded a hearty welcome to the Convention. A musical and elocutionary pro gramme of very high merit was rendered. Mesdames Phillips, Sloane, Miss Britain, Messrs Phipps and Hood delighted the audience with songs, and Mr \. Evans recited • Matri Dclk tissimae,” »nd as a n en core “Taffy was a Welshman.*’ Mr Crabb returned thanks on b< half of visiting delegates, and invited all the audience to visit business meetings of Convention. Votes of thanks n Chair, perfoim cis, and speakers were given, and C.od Save thr King brought the* even mg to a close.