REPORT OF OTAGO DISTRICT CONVENTION.

White Ribbon, Volume 29, Issue 342, 18 December 1923, Page 5

REPORT OF OTAGO DISTRICT CONVENTION.

'i'i, Convention, under the amended organisation, opena in :n Hai Sun.lay School, on 'i N"\ embei ,; t b, Hiett, i'i. si.i. nt. being in the chair, and nswei ini to i oil oaM Hi i I ton, m (levol ive .in Inspiring noli The i h. art) welcomi all '. J Court* Gn from feryman, Invercargill District Union, i [ofie i fnloa and I aunaru. R i .in ; t ii th. i alone waia pre nented and sdppted. Tin >wed that, on the whole, the Unions through out i be district ware la I rai i bt alth) The foUowlag reaolut k movi d an.l earn.'.l: 1. Thai this 1 >ist rut I'mmi sj the \\ c.T.I bekf it Dunedln, urge the Government to enforce the law relating t ( . Tempi Inat i u< I laa la prhnai > Further, that we Inform the Hon < I I'ai i. M ' I HhS ation. thit ii [h tit.' desire tbat Temperam • m ion be madk aa examination sub Ject. rhai hi • invention .•innh.iticall) orot< i. -1 ot tbe i ernment to reman the bar which rente women from <i» appointnv nt Justii ea of ' be i am e, (2) Inclusion up on i nd (%) emplo it "t wi pat i. That tins Convention urgee upon \ i nment i h. n < • wait \ foi ■§« which pel ol maintenance orders ma) bi compulsor i upon remunerative work, •.ii.) theli earnings dei oted to the iup | '• >l t Ol t ll'll .l.'p.'M.l' i n commends that a apecial da i oj nion foi the - onsidei at lon of conned ted wltl md Arbitration I apartment. Whereas the people sre entitled to ~ • ion b) a direct vote bets een < ontlnaani e and l*rohlbl Hon without the Intervention ol ■ third ii-1 whnvas the issur of Stat.Purchase sad Oaatral has bsJM in two • ions to m aura evea I par < ant of the total rotas i en thai Oenvnntina .],,,..- n.i - that the Issue of Male Put

.. i < pirn • 'I t fin the and that, la future the • >nl luanoa ind "l >ohibition 'ii.iiut t.'.i to t he .1., toi.-,, Mini 11v<'s to ii • ev< ) meai that th. B< be nisi thi> ui loa to the Prime htlniatei i h. !.n ii membei "t I ',u llamant. That this i \>n\ cntion rxpi. • ion and norros that I move it it-111 bai been Instituted t.« aecun the inti , of liquor in th«j • '..in ' \ nm\ it calls upon t be <'io\ i ; nment n<>i to entertain a pro! winch means th- 'mai repudiation «'t the as. red ; .to the hfaoiis that nit ould not I" 't.-.i in ih- k ng ( fount i > Tin. » ..n\- ■ ii T i • -ii ui'K»\s t ho (Jovri n nifiit to sco tlun ih' to the introduction ol liquoi into tn. King i '..iin»r> is sti ictl) enfon i d. Kurthei. the i tonventtoa oalhi upon I be i nion i to urge t in i mattei upon t be stten of the < i.\ii niiuin and all \1 I' 7 That this Convention b of opinion t hat, neeing the ob> • ■ ol lea;islatloii m ith \' in ; en I il 84 ase is I h< * nun. ..t ,ii. in nd a.I. quate treatment at the earliest possible moment, and for th< I numbei of Mllffei i»rs, an> >1 n«»t iti.ation I mistake and s U nd to de and, mi ther, I ins • vention urges upon the M nt 11 • i.. • iouM be provided in all par'- Of II ''ion ~ ii, atment of thes< ii i Tint i h. following remit be forward ed to th. i tomJnlon <*<»mention "That ;\ . ! T.I ..I \ in. i ll i to in pre t\ . i nment to N M , i i;i\ i.i s< "tt. Otaga vii in. <• I' panis«i. a.l'hi sstd < '"ii\' nt um, i let ailing their plan <>r aaaasaugsj, and aaked la» himsi If the i'>vai oooparatlan af all whit. Ribbonera la the rarlsaa towns HI ,i \ ho has in entl) turned from is \ atei ng talk on iom lal work among young \. • ... k In the evening 1 , M' H S Vdama of the LTnrfad Tamp< '•" , < • Rt foi m < toun-ohlr.'-.5.'.l ("onvntion on "Coipoiate . •,,ntioi." urging the lmportan< i I th. , of it b) all w.'ik-1 • ih pointed

"iii thai it the petition I'M i itrol wa it would n • things. UJ "I***t m |m.ii uuui.i be o for nine , . d »*• oo ibe ballot papei, two of ru«l I'rohibition; | I would b duo ilrunkenn< d t herefoi < no effoi t it lllllst II Op that th«' propo i : ted. atn i '"M gavi an lnt< Ofl "Tli. Work of Mi. W C.T.I w- ! \\i»l 1.1 [Prohibition, world purit) . and H B wi'Ul'l in vei lin n b lilrh \\. ited Mi H 'in thankj the ' the Baptist Church tor rln" th«> ladies aho tei noon ' a bo Mini to ; he and >: • i \ young lad) caw ess. ■ ■ i»i > «nii' i in. mber of the w CT.I and aft th* nitlator) :u|'« t .ill. . I»■ ■ the < Son oncluded with the iittion.