COMMITTEE REPORT.

White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 256, 18 October 1916, Page 10

COMMITTEE REPORT.

At last Convention a committee was set ui> to prepare a report and present a scheme for lessening the number of our departments of work, and to prevent overlapping. The Committee met in Dunedin last month, and suggest that the following departments be grouped together under one Superintendent: 1. Evangelistic, Bible-in-Schools, and Sabbath Observance. 2. Mothers’ Meetings, Home Meetings, Notable Days, and Educational Bureau. 3. L.T.L., Cradle Roll, Band of Mercy, and Medical Temperance. 4. Scientific Temperance Instruction, Norcotics, Y’s, and Medal Contests. 5. Prison Reform and Legal and Parliamentary. 6. Flower Mission and Relief Work, and Refreshment Booths. 7. Work Among Seamen, Backblocks, Military Camps. •S. Purity and Moral Education. <). Good Citizenship, Peace and Arbitration, Press, Home Sciences. 10. Literature. 11. Maori. Then* is a notice of motion, that the travelling expenses to Convention of Superintendents of Departments be paid by the Dominion Treasurer, to be considered at next Convention. To enable this to be done, the departmental superintendents must be still further reduced. The Committee was therefore instructed to prepare an alternative scheme to submit to Convention in the event of this notice of motion being carried. The Committee recommend the following as the alternative scheme: - 1. Evangelistic, Bible-in-Schools, Sabbath Observance, Mothers’ Meetings, Home Meetings, Notable* Days, Educational Bureau. 2. L.T.L., Cradle Roll, Band of Merry, Medical Temperance, Scientific Temperance Instruction, Narcotics, Y’s, and Medal Contests. 3. Prison Reform, Legal and Parliamentary. 4. Flower Mission and Relief Work, Rest and Refreshment Booths, Work Among Seamen, Backblocks, Military Camps, Purity and Moral Education, Good Citizenship, Press, Peac e and Arbitration, Home 1 S< iences. 5. Literature. 6. Maori. We recommend Unfermented Wine to be dropped.

The Committee request Unions to give* these schemes their careful consideration, and to come to Convention prepared to discuss them and to suggest improvements.