PROGRESS IN OTHER LANDS.
Id Burmah, a petition in favour of Local Option secured 6,000 signatures. At a Buddhist Congress in Tokio (Japan) a resolution was passed calling upon all Buddhists to work for the abolition of drinking and opium smoking. More than 1,000 Buddhists were present at this Congress from China, Korea, Formosa, and Japan. The W.C.T.U. in Japan lias just gained 1,000 new members as a result of the membership campaign. It now numbers 7,000 members. It has launched a Temperance Education Campaign, which will reach every school child in Japan, and it has aLo created a strong sentiment pgainst the licensing of new Vice Districts. 1,000! new member*! Wake up, New Zealand! Don’t let our sisters in the sunrise land outnumber us. In South Africa, the Cape Province has increased its membership by 281, the Transvaal reports 4 new Unions and 345 increase in members; Natal has 2 new Unions, a membership of 407. and 516 Little White nibboners. The total membership in South Africa is 4,303.
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White Ribbon, Volume 33, Issue 381, 18 April 1927, Page 15
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170PROGRESS IN OTHER LANDS. White Ribbon, Volume 33, Issue 381, 18 April 1927, Page 15
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