FLASHLIGHTS

White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 8, 1 September 1947, Page 7

FLASHLIGHTS

Speaking of the National Day of Prayer on July 6th, Mrs. Hampton, at the May meeting of the Gisborne Union urged all to pray for forgiveness of individual and national sins, adding that if the British Nation is to lead the way in post-war reconstruction, Divine aid MUST be sought by its peoples. At the same meeting, Mrs. Morris recalled the great efforts made to win the franchise for women, and showed How necessarv it was for the apathy on the part of some women to be removed before it could become law’. “We also must stir ourselves and work individually for our cause,’’ she said. “Our motto should be: ‘The line shall not break where I stand.’ ”

At the same meeting of Gisborne Union a discussion took place on the radio talk given by the president of the Invercargill Licensing Trust; in which he had told of the enormous Profits made by the Trust and the allotment of money among different organisations, including the Boy Scouts Association. Regret was expressed that beer-drinking should be “glamourised” over the radio net-work and that the Youth of New Zealand should be exploited in this way,