The White Ribbon. "For God, and Home, and Humanity." WELLINGTON, NOVEMBER 18, 1931. RECESS ACTIVITIES.

White Ribbon, Volume 37, Issue 436, 18 November 1931, Page 6

The White Ribbon. "For God, and Home, and Humanity." WELLINGTON, NOVEMBER 18, 1931. RECESS ACTIVITIES.

(A Paper for your Next Meeting.) After this month our Unions will he going into recess. Meetings will adjourn for a couple of months, hut the work must not cease. During recess time* i.s given for individual effort. Our Itusiness Manager suggests a lightning campaign for new subscribers to our official organ. Many of our sisters are feeling hard times, and have written regretting the necessity for stopping their sn)>. for a time. Now, unless our paper has the support of our I ’nions it will not he possible to carry on. We must get out to a wider constituency, and get them interested in the work of the W.C T.r. every White Kibboner ask her neighttour and her friend for help at this time The brave women of the past worked and sacrificed to give us our “White Ribbon.” Let us U* prepared to carry on the good work. We suggest that every Union and every District study the summary given below, and particularly the work of their own branch. If they are not satisfied, there- is time to improve their standing No branch need lx* reported at* Convention as a defaulter. How many new subscribers can each Union report at next Convention? Since last Convention, in North Auckland district six Unions secured 16 new subscribers, while three Unions gained no new ones. In Auckland, nine Unions gained 20. while 15 did nothing. In S

Auckland, five Unions gained ten, while eight returned no new subscribers; Wanganui, three Unions, gained eight, while five- gained none; Manawatu, one Union gained one subscriber, while eight got no new ones; Taranaki, six 1 mans gained eight, while three did nothing; in Wellington five Unions gained eight new subscribers, while 12 gained none; in Marlborough, three Unions gained 11, and four gained none; In Nelson, foui Unions gained five, and two gained none; N. Canterbury, five Unions sent in lo new subscribers, and 22 sent in no new subscriber; in S. Canterbury, six Unions gained 12. while five did nothing; in Otago, three Unions gained eight, and nine gained none; in Southland, two gained six. while 12 gained none. In the Dominion. 58 Unions sent in 123 new subscribers, while 108 Unions never sent in one new subscriber. Muungukar&mea heads the list for the Dominion, with seven new subscribers. We are sure no district will lie proud of its record. I tut much other work has kept Unions busy. The recess giVH.s a chance to help our paper. Many Unions pay for a copy to be* se*nt to their Library. That these arc* read we get proof. An advertisement in the “White Ribbon" brought over It) answers to the Editor, and only one of the- writers was on the subscribers’ list; others had read it in a Library or Rest Itooin. Many Unions help by i>aying for several copies and distribute them. Wellington Central pays for 14; Auckland and Nelson, for 12; Dunedin, 9; Wellington, 8; Oxford and Kaikorai, 7; Christchurch and Wanganui East, 6; Blenheim and Hamilton, 3; Invercargill S., Richmond. Dannevirke, and Kltham Vs, 2 each. Other Unions take a number each month and sell them at 3d a copy to those who are unable or unwilling to pay a year's subscription. Rrooklyn, U.rey Lynn, and Upper Mutt sell 12 each month; Ngaruawahia, 9; I'onsonby, 8; Onehunga, Auckland Y's, Lowe r Hutt, IVtone, Carterton. Rcmuera. and Pukekohe, 6; .sit. Eden, Ashburton Y’s, and Now Plymouth, 3; and Waipawa, 2. We send thanks to all who have so splendidly helped us in the past, and we urge all our members to do their best to gain 1000 new subscribers Ivefore Convent ion.

Bermondsey, one of the poorest working class districts in London, had a drink lull of iMSMtt tor P.*2i, of which about 86 per cent, was for beer sales only. That huge sum could have provided every child In the Borough with an extra pint of milk every day in the week, a new suit of clothes, including a pair of boots, and a fortnight’s holiday by the sea, and there would still Im* £1,000.900 for the* Council to use in providing homes. “With Bermondsey's annual drink bill we could buy up the Borough.” said Dr. Salter, MIV for the district, “and make it all public property, without increasing - the rates one penny.”