LITERATURE.

White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 274, 18 April 1918, Page 14

LITERATURE.

Supt.: Mrs Moulder, l im department, perhaps more than any other, suffers because ot the war. Prices ot almost .til kinds ot literature have gone up ver> considerably, as well as postage on parcels. 1 here is also the difficulty ot getting literature Iron; Horne, and in many cases months elapse before orders come to hand; but in spite of it all, the depart me nt has done well, and man) of the small Unions exceptionally so. Reports have come in from Walk* worth, Stratford, New Plymouth, Pahiatuu. Wellington District, Wellington Central, Christchurch, Hawera, Redding, Tiinaru, Lyttelton, New Brighton, Wanganui, Napier, Greytown, Oxford, Nelson, Cambridge Gisborne, Palmerston North, all telimg of literature bought and distributed- The railway boxes in many stations are kept filled with papers by our Union members. Hospitals and Old People's Horn i are well looked ..fur, and specially this year have our soldiers and sailors been remembered. Several of our Unions have started libraries, and find it a very good method of circulating educational and other books that are more expensive than the majority care to buy. Country Unions arc specially urged to consider starting a library in con nection with their Union, as a means of circulating temperance and purity print iples amongst those who cannot get such easy access to public lib ranes as the citv members. Our Organiser, Miss Powell, has been a consistent supporter of this department, and has been the mean? of selling many books to the Unions where she has been visiting. Mrs Cowie h-te also helped the department by putting books into it for sale. Many of our Unions have pur chased literature during the year, but have sent in no re|)ort, and to some of these several parcels have been sent. One hundred and eig' ty parcels and letters have beei sent out since April joth, when department was taken over. Balance Sheet from April 30th, 1917, to December 30th, 1917. RECEIPTS

Received from Mrs Dear* low 7 8 (irant N.Z. Treasurer o 7 6 From Sale I iterature 15 12 7 Special from Sale “Defeat” 14 0 6 £# 8 EXPENDITURE PrintinR • £7 6 8 Literature 11 2 0 Purchase “Defeat” • 13 10 0 PoM.iRe l 18 5 Postage “Defeat” ... 1 7 1 £.15 4 2 Balance in Hand 4 1 £tf 8 3 Balance Sheet Purity Literature. From Sale of Literature .•£% 2 2 Expenditure .. 2 5 3 IFdance .. £0 16 II