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GLADSTONE. An !< Nine jinemhers |» ;?s* nt. H\mn h> Mrs Ranyihkawaho; pra\ '-r e\ Mi S Xamanay Imnn. Mr Pan gitekawubo; reading by President, Hawea. to the new members; minutes by Secretary, Mrs Hemi. of the last meeting. August 2. Maori baskets were sold by the W.C.T.F, of Oarlerton, money 11s fid. Closing prayer by Mrs Keeti. GKEYTOWN. Aug. Meeting held at Presbyterian Sunday Schoolroom at 2.35, Pane Er» • iniha presiding; 15 members present. Six new members joined this day. among them a man who was one of Wairarapa's worst drinkers- Dr. ltey urged him to leave off drinking, but he tool; no notice, also Drs Young. Heed, and Tweed. All these doctors said if he did not give up drinking he would never live, as all his system was all eaten up by intoxicating liquors. They injected morphia so that he may sleep, but it was no use, as all his system wn affected by liquor, and it got such a h »!d on him he used to In 1 quite Insane, .-■nd to do terrible deeds. He drinks for six months without a day’s spell, and when I’ane Eremiha was made President he used to go to her home and ask questions concerning the W <*T I’ , and was quite interested, and when \v« held our meeting h** and his family came and joined. Dear sisters, would some of you kindly write to this man and encourage him to keep up. as we the Maori sisters of the Greyto" n M.W.C’.T I\ think it is a miracle this man joining, as he now knows that he will be able to abstain from all intoxicating liquors, Go<l helping him is 54 years of age. and starred drinking when quite a lad. He stopped on the 20th August. 1028. So. dear sisters.

please write and encourage him. N;» takou tou. Teina Monica Samuels FRANK TON. July 7. I hui to t’niann kite kuinga o Mrs Kihi itue mai hoki te Tumuaki. Takiwu me tetahi atu kitenei hui wliiriwhiriu nga take menga tohutohu mete- Tulii kite mema kia pan fra kite mihi atu kite whakakaha hoki iaia moana mahi pai e mahi mai ana it«* paramete itino pai hoki nga mema ilmi mai mongn tohutohu papal. Aug. Ift. I karangatia holiorotia tenei hui ite men e hatere ana to hekeietari it 11 ki whatavvhata ihaere atu mat on nga mema o Hamutanu tetana hui Na whiriwhiria ko Mrs Wliatu hei hekerrtari nio'e wa e kitea ai tetahi atu ho pai hoki tenei huinga. Kia ora kia kaha hoki enga I'niana. Katoa tlraihi What u. TK AWAMITT. Jiilv 11. Mrs I’ura Roopata presided over a meeting of eight members After the singing of a hymn, several of those present led in prayer. Mrs Jones then read the Scripture lesson, and gave a helpful address. Discussion on <he work then followed, and the meeting was closed with the Renodiot ion-