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White Ribbon, Volume 33, Issue 400, 18 November 1928, Page 5

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\ u . Nin * neml>P!s i nt. H\ mil b> Mrs lUinyiteka waho; I► • • 0 1 1 by Mrs 8 Namann / hymn. Mi Ran gitekawiiho; reading by President, Hawoa, to the new members; minutes by Secretary. Mr* of the last meeting. August 2. Maori baskets wvre sold by the W .< ’.T.t ot ( arierton, money 11s fid. (’losing prayer I>> Mrs Keeti. GREY TOWN Aug. Meeting bold at Presbyterian Sunday Schoolroom at 2.:t’>. Pane Eremiha presiding: 15 members present. y, ;x new menil)ers joined this day. among them a man who was one of Walrarapa’s worst drinkers- Dr. Rey mged him to Dave off drinking, but be took no notice, also Drs Young. Reed, an 1 Tweed. All these doctors said if lie did not give up drinking be would never live, as all his system was all oaten up by intoxicating liquors. They injected morphia so that be may sleep, but it was no use, as all bis system was affected by liquor, and it got stub a hold on him be used to l>e quite insane, and to do terrible deeds. He drinks for six months without a day’s spell, and when Pane Kremiha was made President he used to go to her home and ask questions concerning the Wi’T I’. and was quite Interested, and when w held our meeting he and his family came and joined. Dear sisters, would some of you kindly wri’e to this man and encourage him to keep up. as we the Maori sisters of the Oreyto" n M .W.CVT D. think it is a miracle this m a n joining, as he now knows that he will be able to abstain from all intoxicating liquors, God helping him is r. 4 years of age. and started drinking when quite a lad. He stopped on the °oth August. IB2R. So. dear sisters.

please write and encourage him. Na takou ton. Teina Monica Samuels FRANK TON. .Inlv 7. 1 hui te Unianu kite kainga o Mrs Kihi itae mai hoki te Turmiaki. Takiwa me tetahi atu kitenej hui whiriwhiria nga take menga tohutohtt mete- Tuhi kite mema kia pa nga kite mihi atu kite whakakaha hoki iaia moana mahi pai e mahi mai ana ite paramete itino pai hoki nga niema ihui mai monga tohutohu papai. Aug. 10. I karangatia hohorotia tenei hui ite mea e hatere ana te hekeretari it u ki whatawhata ihaere atu mat on nga niema o Mamutana tetana hui. Na whiriwhiria ko Mrs Whatu hei hekcH tari mote wa e kitoa ai tetabi atu ho pai hoki tenei huinga. Kia ora kia kaha hoki engn Fniana. Katoa Graihi What u. TE AWAMITF. July ii, Mrs I’ura Roopata presided over a meeting of eight members After the singing of a hymn, several et those present led in prayer. Mrs .tones then read the Scripture lesson, and gave a helpful address. Discussion on the work then followed, and tie meeting was closed with the Benediction.