1933 CONVENTION.

White Ribbon, Volume 38, Issue 452, 18 April 1933, Page 1

1933 CONVENTION.

Once more Convention has come and gone. It met in the tar South, and, owing to distance, time required for travelling, and expense, the representation from the extreme North was very meagre. Hut over 100 delegates and officers answered the Roll Call. The Executive met on Wednesday morning, followed by prayer meeting in the afternoon. reception:. Public Reception to visiting delegates was given on Wednesday evening in Victoria Hall. The hall was packed. His Worship the Mayor, Mr John Miller, presided. The hall was prettily decorated. The Doxology was sung, and Rev. C. H. Olds led in prayer. The Mayor welcomed delegate.- on behalf of the city, and wished them a successful Conference. Mr Hargest, M.P., also expressed his pleasure at welcoming the delegates. He was proud of the fact that they had chosen Invercargill as the scene of their 49th Convention. He spoke upon difficult problems facing the world now, and of which we in this Dominion had our share. Mrs MacGregor. District President, welcomed delegates on behalf of the entertaining Union. She said delegates were meeting in a city which was unique, in that it had been “dry ’ for 27 years. She hoped the deliberations would give an impetus to the work for a “Dry Dominion.” Rev. C. H. Olds welcomed on l>ehalf of the Ministers’ Association, and spoke of the great benefit No-TJcen.se had been to Invercargill. Mrs Drown extended a welcome on behalf of the National Council of Women, and welcomes were also tendered

by the Salvation Army, the 1.0. R., and by the local Justices’ Association. Mrs Peryman, in the absence of the President, replied on behalf of delegates to the welcomes. She thanked all for the kindly words; then spoke on the world-wide organisation of the W.C. T.U., its aim to band the women of the world together, irrespective of creed or colour, in the fight for the three P’s— Peace, Purity, Prohibition. She spoke of the racial menace of alcohol, and of its economic waste, and urged all women to join in the fight against these evils. The need for education was also strongly stressed. A fine programme of vocal and elocutionary items was interspersed between the speeches. HEA IXjUARTERS. Report presented by Secretary, and Halance-Sheet by Treasurer. The report was of a cheering nature, for, in spite of bad times, after paying all expenses for upkeep, repairs and improvements. the sum of £l9oTiad been paid in toward interest and rates. Great satisfaction was expressed at the low working expenses and the economical management throughout. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the Management Committee, who were re-elected, viz.: Chairman, Mrs Peryman; Vice-Chairman, Miss C. E. Kirk, J.P.; Secretary. Miss Am\ Kirk; Committee, Mrs Drewer (Brooklyn), Mrs Porte and Mrs Chisholm (Wellington), Mrs Israel and Mrs Priestly (Wellington Central), Mrs Hull (Karori), Mrs Aldersley (Lower Hutt). Mrs Ross, caretaker at Headquarters and officer-in-charge of literature there, was called on to the platform, and was thanked with musical honours for her excellent service to the Union in both capacities.

The following is a Balance-Sneet of the Receipts and Expenditure upon Headquarters House Account: — Balance-Sheet Tor Year ending December 31st, 1932.

In an interview reported by Sydney Strong in “Zion’s Herald,” Mahatma Gandhi said: “As for liquor, it is an invention of the devil. It is said that, when Satan began to tempt man and woman, he dangled before their eyes the red liquor. What makes vile the heart and paralyses the brain of man should never be permitted to enter these bodies of ours, that are ‘temples for God.’”

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