NBWTA Report 1904-027
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i 50 51 Penzance : Temperance Provident and Clothing Club. Truro: Two public-houses closed. Whitehaven: Temperance tent in sports field. Parcel and donation sent to U.K.A. bazaar. Workington: Support a missioner. which is done quietly behind the scenes. At the monthly Council meetings matters affecting not only our own particular interests, but COUNTY NortH UNION others with. of universal interest to Temperance workers, have been dealt The six Branches of the Union have been active, holding public, drawing-room, and members’ enthusiasm for the work. FLORENCE REPORTS. METROPOLITAN Epitu Berks. The year has been M. Reep, Hon. Police-court UNION. one of steady, strenuous effort. Mission for Women has been as lapsed, number wonderfully when addresses were given by Miss Malvery, Mrs. Boardman, and Mr. Bingham ; the Garden Party in July, held by kind invitation of Lady Henry Somerset, at Higham Hall, Woodford ; and the Bi-Annual Tea and Public Meeting held at Poplar in March. But these few public occasions naturally do not represent the whole of our work, much of Hy AND Hunts. Hon. Sec. UNION. County has been satisfactorily UNION. viz., Burwell, Melbourn, and Branch, which was reported re-organized. The Branches now 23. CoRNWALL There are new my UNION. Our Union continues to flourish in a district sadly needing its We have held three public gatherings : the Annual Meeting activities. in March, to foster Meetings have been held at Wisbech, March, and Cambridge, with Miss Malvery, Dr. Robinson Souttar, Mrs. Lamb, Mrs. Crosfield, and others as speakers. Almost every week during the winter months, County Union speakers go out to the village branches, which are all in a flourishing condition. AELFRIDA C. W. TiLtyarp, Hon. Sec. aerate Lonpon County During the year three new Branches, Sutton, have been started, and the Soham Parliamentary During 1903 the three missionaries have taken 743 blessed of God. pledges, interviewed 5,030 women and girls, and paid 2,362 visits to Under the title of “To undo the heavy burdens,” the South homes. Metropolitan Union has issued a history of this Mission from its The increased demand for accommo- inauguration to the present time. dation at the House of Help necessitates its enlargement in the near future. R. Kemp. East ATKINSON, trying Sec. bye-elections and Municipal contests have received more attention than ever before. Eleven branches presented petitions to Brewery Sessions against the future employment of barmaids. Two new branches have been formed, and are doing useful work. The R. generally Our Union still continues to be a source of strength to our work. Three new Branches, with an added membership of about 130, have been started, and our organizer has also done excellent work in some of the weaker Branches. In aid of the U.K.A. bazaar, several small sales were held, and after helping local funds, our County forwarded £25 and a parcel of goods. In several towns our women combined with other temperance people, and secured the refusal of new licences. The barmaid question has been well to the front, in one case a memorial having been presented to the Bench. Mary E. Newsery, Hon. Sec. CamBs. METROPOLITAN and UNION. The work of organization has again mainly occupied the attention A new Branch at East Finchley has been formed of the Committee. Two Branches have the Muswell Hill Branch. of efforts the through been thoroughly re-organized and 13 meetings have been held in different districts. On May 6th a most successful welcome home was given to Miss There was a crowded attendance of about 350 Florence Balgarnie. members and friends, including many members of the National Executive Committee. The Union took part in the demonstrations in Trafalgar Square and Albert Hall against the Licensing Bill, and is making great efforts to promote the success of the Hyde Park demonstration on June 25th. SoutH meetings, a : q County UNION. 14 Branches affiliated, although two have practically lapsed, and a fifteenth, quite in the north of the county, belongs to the Devon County Union. It is felt that one of the chief advantages of a County Union consists in the opportunities afforded for meeting each other to members of the various branches, and an encouraging feature of our meetings is the free and informal discussion that takes place on the work of the Branches, as well as on subjects of national importance. The subjects that have chiefly engaged our attention have been the Barmaid question and Y work. One of the Branches, with help from the Union, has a refreshment tent in connection with an agricultural show at Falmouth. IsABEL STEPHENS, Hon. Sec. |