WHITE RIBBON DRIVE.

White Ribbon, Volume 30, Issue 357, 18 April 1925, Page 9

WHITE RIBBON DRIVE.

Our Business Manager wishes to specially thank those Unions and Agents who did so much to make our Drive so successful. Our Circulation increased by about 450 during the year, and in spite of increase in space for reading matter and the addition of a childrens’ Supplement our financial position is better than last year. As this is Foiling year, we ask for increased activity in circulating oui own paper, those who did well please do even better, and those who failed last year try again and put your Union and your District at the Head of our list.

Auckland District—ls 9 new subs; 7 Unions without one new sub. Waikato District—ls new subs; 2 Unions without one new sub. Taranaki-Wanganui—133 new subs; 2 no new subs. Hawkes Bay—4l new subs; no defaulting Union. Wellington 95 new subs; One defaulting Union Nelson District —25 new subs; 1 defaulting Union. N. Canterbury Dist. —132 new subs; 3 defaulting Unions. S. Canterbury Dist.—7o new subs; 5 defaulting Unions. Otago Dist.—39 new subs; 2 defaulting Unions. Southland Dist.— 69 new subs; 2 defaulting Unions. The number of new subs secured by Unions is as folows:—Christchurch 59; Miss Earnshaw SS; F’ord“!l 53: Ponaonby 41; Onehinga 26; Miss Bradshaw 21; Hawera 18; Warkworth, Feilding an! New’ Brighton 16; Timaru Y’s and Pleasant Point 15; Palmerston North 14; Opotikl, Ormondville, Ric-

carton and Ashburton 13; Invercargill Y’s 12; Bluff and Oamaru 11; Masterton, Nelson, Mayfield, and South Dunediu 10; Blenheim, Opawa, and Wellington Central 9; Timaru, Waimate, Dunedin, Mataura, Penrose, Wairoa (H. 8.), Johnsonville, and Sefton 8; Invercargill Central. Riverton, Auckland, Epsom, Kama Rama, Ngaere, Aramoho, Petone, and Sumner 7; Invercargill South, Whangarei, Takapuna, New Plymouth, Apiti, Wanganui East, Waverley, Feat hers ton, Foxton, and Kaiapci 6; Te Aroha, Stratford, Manaia, Hastings, Invercargill North, and Gore 5; Dargaville, Hamilton, Waitara, Wanganui, Dannevirke, Napier, Carterton, Lower Hutt, Ngaio, Wakefield, Oxford, and Menzie’s Ferry 4; Devonport, Helensville, Maungaturoto, Cambridge, Morrinsville, Normamby, Pukehou, Sydenham, Sawyers Bay, and Orevmouth 3; Pukekohe, Awaken, Tauranga, Inglewood, Waipawa, Wellington South, Richmond, Lincoln, Rangiora, and Richmond, Lincoln, Rangiora, Cheviot, N.E. Valley, Kaikorai, Dunedin Y’s, Otautau, and Ryal Bush 2; Balclutha, Rakala, Eketahuna, Levin, Greytown, Carterton Y's, Norsewood, Waipukurau, Urenui, Elthaiu, Auckland Y’s; Otahuhu, and Leigh 1.