THE DOMINION PRESIDENT VISITS SOUTH CANTERBURY.

White Ribbon, Volume 33, Issue 400, 18 November 1928, Page 3

THE DOMINION PRESIDENT VISITS SOUTH CANTERBURY.

It was with feelings of intense delight that we receiveed word that Mrs T. E. Taylor would he available for a few days to address meetings in South Canterbury. Needless to say, we lost no time in getting to work, laying our plans for a series of meetings in and around Waimate. Paragraphs were advertised in the local papers, meetings were advertised and invitations posted, so that when Mrs Taylor arrived, all was in readiness for a successful campaign. Monday afternoon Mrs Taylor was accorded a civic welcome to Waimate by the Mayor, Mr Geo. Dash, at a drawing-room meeting in the home of Mrs Hurst, where a company of interested women had gathered. Monday evening, Mrs Taylor met the members of the Women’s Club and their friends in the Club Room, and was welcomed by the President. Mrs Taylor spoke at length on her impressions of the Pan-Pacific Conference at Honolulu to an appreciative audience, and w r as accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

Tuesday afternoon we set out by car for Waihoa Dow'ns, a beautiful rural district some nine miles away, where the drawing-room of the Manse had been placed at our disposal. Here w r e spent a happy time with the women who had gathered to meet and hear Mrs Taylor. In the cool of the afternoon we journeyed back to Waimate, where a public meeting had been arranged for the evening. The Mayor presided over a fair attendance of the public. On rising to speak, Mrs Taylor w r as greeted with applause, and throughout her intensely interesting address was given an attentive hearing. At the close, a number of questions were asked and answered. The best meeting of the series was held on Wednesday afternoon, when Knox Hall w*as comfortably filled with a large company of earnest women. Mrs Taylor spoke in her well-known appealing manner, and gripped her audience from the start. The seed sown at this meeting cannot fall to bring forth much good fruit in the

days to come. Four women were initiated into the membership of the local Union at the close of the meeting. Our final meeting was held at Morveu in the evening, and was attended by a fair attendance, the majority of whom were young people from the Bible Classes, Mrs Taylor taking the opportunity of giving a young people's address. At the close, a number of questions were asked. This ended our series of meetings, hut who can say how fax-reaching the results may be. Many were aroused, uud others received a new vision of glorious possibilities. Many, 1 am sure, went away from these meetings determined to do their bit and do that bit well.