The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity WELLINGTON, APRIL 18, 1922.

White Ribbon, Volume 27, Issue 332, 18 April 1922, Page 23

The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity WELLINGTON, APRIL 18, 1922.

Convention ha.s come and gone. Jt was a record for number*, 112 delegate* answering the Roll Call. The officers of the Hamilton I’nion d:d everything In their powtr to render the vudtors happy and comfortable, and •spared no effort. The Southern express arrive* at 3.30 a m., and member* were up two night* and met this express, conveying delegates to the Schoolroom, where coffee and sandwiches awaited them. At early morning delegate* were taken to their respective home*. . This inconvenient hour of arrival added considerably to the difficulty of the entertaining Cnion. The following letter, from our Australian comrade*, reached as too late for Convention, hut fortunately not too late to be includ«d in our Convention number:—

“17th March, 1922. •To the Officers and Member* of the New Zealand W.C.T.U., in Con vention assembled. “Dear White Ribboners, — “Once more you have assembled in An nual Convention. How quickly the years pass. Another year less of service for as all. How necessary for us to put our very best into the work while we are here, be that a long or a short time. “May you have a very happy and useful Convention, and may you all be greatly blessed and successful in your work for the Prohibition Poll. A most strenuous time is before you. Your Australasian White Ribbon comrades will uphold your hands in prayer, believing that your activities will be crowned with victory. “With warmest greetings.- Yours for Prohibition.

ANNIE CARVOSSO. “Australasian Cor. Sec. Mr Young, M.P. for Waikato, welcomed the Convt ntion. and expressed his entire sympathy with our aims and object*. Mr Kow, Mayor of Hamilton, was present at several meetings, and ex presses his appreciation of our Conven tion in the following letter: “Hamilton. March 27th. 1922. “To the Dominion President, W.C.T.U. "Dear Mrs Don, — “I would like to express my sincere thanks to you and your Association for the uplift you have given this district through your Convention, and to con gratulate you on your decisive stand on public qu* sti'jn*. “I hope that yourself anl colleagues will carry away pleasant memories of your brief stay here, and that this year may prove the y**«r of our eman eipation from the thraldom of the drink traffic. “With best wish** for a glorious victory this year.—l remain, yours faithfully. “JOHN R. FOW, J.P., Mayor." The members of Convention presented the four officers with bouquets, and then insisted that officers and bouquets should be photograph* d and inserted in Convention number, which has been done. Mrs Poraumatl, on behalf of the Maoris, presented Mrs Don with a greenstone tiki, which was greatly appreciated by our Presid* nt.