Y REPORTS

White Ribbon, Volume 33, Issue 381, 18 April 1927, Page 17

Y REPORTS

AUCKLAND. Man-It 8. The President, Mind A. M. M- l.iy, presided over h good attends m e of membera and other*. Tlio usual devotional « xercise* were taken. Tin* President wan appointed delegate to attend Conventual. The vest *>f the evening WIM devoted to !»»*•*«-ti*•«* of the e lioruseft, for the pnge-int, *‘T li»* I.a nips of til* Paines of l.ife," wliiro is I>“!iik prepared for one of the evening* during Convention. April 9. Mrs I«ee-(*<)«:•■ 4 Viee-Urea dent) pi***i(lid over ii good uttendaiaa* of iiiemliera and fr onds, 4£> being present. Deported that llu* pageant. “The Limps of tie* Palace of Life," giviM on one of tlie evenings of the Convention, had been a great sueees*. The proeeeds to date amounted to £l*» 7s The President gave a coneise and interesting :ierr.unt of Conv *“iit ion. for w h eh she received a cordial vote of thank*. Mrs Lee-Cowie reported that the President. Miss A. M. Mrhav, had been appointed ft Dominion Organiser. that the Secretary, Mr Laurie Davison, had resigned on Ills witry us a student to the Bible Training Institute, and a letter was read from the Treasurer, Mr Thos. Thomson, resigning hi* position owr.ig to his having undertaken other duties. These three v:n uneies Were tilled a* f«»l----low*:— Mis* M. P.vle. President pro teni.. With a view to training one of the yoUMger members; Miss Iris Davison, Recording Heeretarjr; Miss Florrie llullali, 4 *nrrea ponding So retarv: Mr Alan Ikivlron, Treiiscrer. Mrs l.ee-Cowle gave an Intereating Tem-poru-uce tala. Three new men hers were initiated. NKW BRIGHTON. March 11. There was afa r attendance of ineinhera, and the PreauUait was In the chair. Pledge repeated and devotion* A short time was spent in singing favourite hvii his. The Rov. J. ft Voung give a very fitting address. Supper was nerved. DUNEDIN. letter was received from the Hand of Hope Union asking “Y’«” to undertake derorating of h M for Band of Hope banquet. Our President left for Conference. We trust she will have n very profitable time She has been invited by the Hastings "Y s" to break her homeward Journey s**d spend a nodal evening with them, and also to give a report of Conference to their meeting. In the si»scn* e of the Superintendent (Mrs McCartnevl. Mrs Hutton very kindly came along to take her place. Tempeiaiwe Fact trad. Tin* tradesmen of Oannru are almost unanimous that No-Licenie has result«•«! in fewer had debts and leas trouble in collecting accounts Certainly the figures tor the Magistrate's Coud returns seem to health is out. Tim number of plaints in civil cases indicate the position. There were 4.4 pla'nts in I*os. ?v?i"c th» *-e were otil» I**2 111 1921. The towns of Wfthnate anti Tetntika. which are I.icense totals of much smaller populations, are quoted for comparison. There are possibly other factors bes‘d**s the itbser.ee of liquor which influence these things: still the table seems to bear out t'*e opip on ’*e'»* lie * *:•' 'ar” s lead'ng men that the influence of No-Llcense has been distinctl\ beneficial t«* business. INVETtCA RHILL. The first meeting for the year of the Irvereargill Y's was in tlio form of a social It was verv successful anil <*»ijovsb'e. Die second meeting, held hi March, wa* a vert Interesting one. the main feature being an address by Mrs Mcllenn on the life of Frances Willard This month's meeting was hehl in the 4th April in the Y.M.C.A rooms The President opened the meeting With a hvmn. wh'ch was followed by a short B hie reading. The minutes of the previous meeting were then read nnd rece ved The bii**"esH of die meefng was tin'll il sruss-d It was decided to hold a Street Pav on the Jfith April. A very ton h‘*'K soil verv •derestine "'hire's was t«ien e ven hv Nuts# Niven on tlie work of t'«e Victoria Home. The imeting closed with the pledge.