TEMPERANCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42780, 19 September 1905, Page 1

TEMPERANCE.

' - <:. ' ' (B? (V ; |j TEMPERANCE WORE IN! THE ROYAL NAYY. ■ : T ■ ■ -fy .1 .. ITBBI?E r ' J ' 1 _-i 4 • - . I first;: sdreait difeulties were encountered ; indeed, Miss. Weston describes the work, after shed undertook its superintendence as very up-hill. She says: “ThyJ mightbe* to Mf hu| st4sl|jst number as prejudice was dis- I armed, and it was found by I commanding officers that the I work did- not clash- in-any-wa3 withy the rules of sheyService; | m ptefcent £bcy sta.u4; at 220,60 which! 200 are floating The total number of ships in I commission does not exceed 230 J thus it will bS seen v at-".a gjaiice I what an advance Navalj work has -■ madefy ;;Thesl ital “ tell-tales” ;as to the powers j and industry Cf» the r Wifrk&fr jo&J board) the ship; ;; TbeyTpe as ■ follows:—“How many plefe*! have you tOv-contend : -witlt^U^ : fl you receive* ’.'and distribute?,l Monthly a suffibent numberpf ropiest!*! “Doyoureceiveandldi,mute| the Monthly ahd|hapw you a! sufficient bisiip'l plies ?—lf. so,-p|ea6e ! “ Do you want our ?—if so, state themen-’s name I and the dates of signature.’ * I Pocket pledge-books, were very I useful to active members—who I car ry them with them, and are thus I fully equipped,and able, to, nail I a messmate on the spot —are also I sent/out, with temperance tracts* and papers for distribution. Thiil p s aa pfworkiug'is eminently :su:m c.issful, "and quiet, steady ' influence ‘ which* fofo or three seamen/may exercise* over the; many. ■ The; “cards, of I honour,” r!em4l blazoned in gold and col<|iira ? ; are ■ preseiiteil according tjfr jhe 1 jernM .of years' which the men keep the* pledge ; they, value thehij'vei'yß much, and it~is tid uncommon* thing to see them, framed and* hanging up in their rooms aw home, side by side with tfie pledge® card which records the day and! month wheni.thg first restdMjpdH was niade to. give up the drihk.B Each honorary agent has. if ■ possible, a committee of four or® five “ blue jackets ” and.marines ■ to assist, him ln M the /: w®*krlS namely, two dupty agents, secretary,? qand; a treasurer V; theß latter keeps account of any money® received or spent fertile So-M ciety’s work; the secretary iaß the active meiflbdr, ehgaged in® correspondence. J -’''"-®