32nd Annual Convention

White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 259, 18 January 1917, Page 9

32nd Annual Convention

Of the N.Z. Women's Christian Temperance Union, to be held in Auckland, March 21 to 29, 1917. AGENDA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21st. i.* m. Executive Commit-tee. Meeting of N.Z. Officers and District Presidents. 7. >» p.m. 1*111)141’ Reception. Note. If l)i strict President is absent from Convention, District Secretary or Treasurer is entitled to a seat on Executive.

THURSDAY, MARCH 22nd. 9 a.m.—Convention tailed to order by President. Crusade Hymn, “Give to the Winds Thy Tears.’* Reading of Crusade Psalm responsively. CRUSADE PSALM. Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. While 1 live will I praise the Lord. 1 will sing praises unto my God while 1 have any being. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no heip. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God; ♦ Which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; which keepeth truth forever: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: Which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners. The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind : the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth tin righteous. The Lord preserveth the strangers; He relieveth the fatherless and widow ; but the way of the wicked He turneth upside down. The Lord shall reign forever, even Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord. Prayer. 9.45 a.m. —Roll Call. Minutes. Report of Executive Committee. Appointment of Committees on Courtesies and Resolutions, Convention Letter Writer and Press Reporters. Corresponding Secretary’s Report. Treasurer’s Report. Organiser's Report. 12 o’clock.—Noontide Prayer. Letters of Sympathy. Miss Maundcr’s Notice of Motion. Mrs Crabb’s Notice of Motion. 12.30 p.m.—Luncheon Adjournment. 2 p m. —Devotions. Roil Call. Minutes. Organising Treasurer’s Report. Mrs Houldcr’s Notice of Motion. 3 p.m.—President’s Address. FRIDAY, MARCH 23rd. 9.30 a.m.—Devotional Meeting. 10 a.m. —Roll Call. Minutes. Departmental Reports: Maori Work (Mrs Walker), Evangelistic (Mrs Johnson Wright), Mothers’ Meetings (Mrs X. Jones), Home Meetings (Mrs Jones, Hamilton), Unfermented Wine (Mrs Gaskin), Na rcotics (Mrs F. S. Wright).

12 —Noon tide Prayer. Mrs Evans’s Notice of Motion re Vice-President's Expenses. Resolutions. 12.30 p.m.—Luncheon Adjournment. 2 p.m.—Devotions. Roll Call. Minutes. Resolutions. Reports: L.T.L. and Cradle Roll (Mrs Neal), S< ientifit Temperance Instruction (Miss Maunder), Work Amongst Seamen (Mrs Hatchnell), Good Citizenship (Mrs Judson). 5.30 p.m.—Adjournment. 7.30 p.m.—Model L.T.L. Meeting. SATURDAY, MARCH 24th. Harbour Excursion. SUNDAY, MARCH 25th. 7 p.m.—Convention Service. MONDAY, MARCH 26th. 9.30 a.m. —Devotional Meeting. 9.45 a.m. —Roll Call. Minutes. Re* port of “White Ribbon” Editor. Report of Business Manager. Appointment of “W hite Ribbon” Editor and Business Manager. Reports: Prison and Reformatory Work (Sister Moody-Bell), Sabbath Observance (Mrs Boxall), Medical Temperance (Mrs Neal). 12 o'clock. —Noon tide Prayer. Resolutions. Reports: Bible-in-Schools (Mrs Houlder), Flower Mission and Relief Work (Miss E. C. Cole). 12.30 p.m. —Adjournment. 2 p.m.—Devotions. Roll Call. Minutes. Report of Sub-Committee for Revising Scope and T it les of Departments. Resolutions. Plans for 1917 Campaign. 5.30 p.m.—Adjournment. TUESDAY, MARCH 27th. 9.30 a.m.— Devotional Meeting. Favourite Quotations. 9.45 a.m.—Roll Call. Minutes. Reports: Rest and Refreshment Booths (Mrs Upton), Educational Bureau (Mrs Young), Notable Days (Mrs Harrison), Peace and Arbitration (Mrs Lee-Cowie). Military Camps (Miss Hclyer), Y’s and Medal Contests (Mrs S. Evans). Unfinished Business. 12 o’clock. —Noontide Prayer. Resolutions. 12.30 p.m. Adjournment. 2 p.m. —Devotions. Roll C all. Minutes. Mrs Evans’s Notice of Mo-

tion, re Payment of Dominion Superintendents’ Travelling Expenses to Convention. 3 p.m.—Paper on Proportional Representation, followed by practical illustration of same, or S. bool of Methods, or both combined. 5.30 p.m.—Adjournment. 8 p.m.—Public Meeting. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28th. (j. 30 a.m. —Devotions. Favourite Hymns. 9.45 a.m. —Roll Call. Minutes. Reports: Literature (Mrs Dearlove), Back Blocks and Railways (Mrs Israel), Home Science (Mrs Macdonald), Press (Mrs Duxtield). Resolutions. 12 o’clock.—Noontide Prayer. Report : Legal and Parliamentary and Anti-Gambling (Miss Henderson). 12.30 p.m.—Adjournment. 2 p.m.—Devotions. Roll Call. Minutes. Report: Purity and Moral Education (Miss Macarthy). P. per or Address on Work of the Y’s. 5.30 p.m.—Adjournment. 7.30 p.m. Intercessory Service. THURSDAY, MARCH 29th. 9.30 a.m. Devotions. 9.45 a.m. —Roll Call. Minutes. Appointment of Tellers. Election of N.Z. Officers. Appointment of Superintendents. Resolutions. 12 o’clock. —Noontide Prayer. Question Box. 12.30 p.m.—Adjournment. 2 p.m.—Devotions. Unfinished Business. Votes of Thanks. Conclusion. Note. —Members of Convention .ire to have an opportunity one afternoon of visiting the new Auckland Boys’ Grammar School. Unions are requested to send in suggestions for 1917 campaign, and also questions for Question Box, the latter to reach the Recording Secretary not later than the morning of Wednesday, Marc h 28th.