NBWTA Report 1903-023
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40 41 the paper must terminate at the same time as the agreement for adver- With the authority of the other members of the “ White tisements. she had taken estimates for the printing Committee, Ribbon” and advertisements, and submitted for the approval of the National Executive Committee the estimate of Messrs. Alexander & Shepheard, the terms of which were the most advantageous received, 7.¢., 4.100 per annum for advertisements, 436 to be charged for a 17,000 edition of As this firm, with their the paper, and 25s. for each additional 1,000. advertising agents, required an answer on Thursday, November 27th, she had given a provisional reply, and had an agreement prepared. Messrs. Alexander & Shepheard had no facilities for publishing, and, therefore, acting under the advice of the United Kingdom Alliance, the “White Ribbon” Committee recommended that Mr. R. James, of London House Yard, E.C., be appointed publisher. The agreements with the printer and the publisher were then read, after which Mrs. Boden proposed, Mrs. Giddings seconded, and it was carried :— “That the agreements between the Association and Messrs. Alexander and Shepheard, printers and advertising agents, and Mr. R. J. James, publisher, appointing them as printers and advertising agents and publisher for the White Ribbon, which had been prepared by Mr, Bamford Slack on behalf of the Association, be approved; and it is hereby resolved that Miss Agnes E. Slack, as Corresponding Secre- tary, and Miss Mary Gorham, as Treasurer, on behalf of the National British Women’s Temperance Association (Incorporated), be, and they are hereby, authorized to sign such agreements on behalf of the Association.” In the April meeting Miss Slack read a letter from the Editor on the difficulty experienced in giving satisfaction ve the insertion of Branch reports in the White Ribbon. After discussion Mrs, Pearsall Smith moved, and it was seconded and carried :— “That the Special White Ribbon Committee be recommended to keep a register of all Branch reports that are inserted, and that every Branch have its turn.” Miss Dolton asked whether the quality of the paper used could not be improved. Miss Slack, on behalf of the White Ribbon Committee, replied that on account of the postage the weight of the paper had to be taken into consideration, and that this prevented the use of a better paper. Work IN IRELAND. In the December meeting Mrs. Pearsall Smith reported that, in consequence of an interview she had had with Mrs. J. K. Barney, of America, after a visit Mrs. Barney had paid to Ireland, and also of letters received from Temperance workers there, all of which she had reported to the Sub-Committee, the Sub-Committee had decided to send Mrs. Lamb to Ireland, where she had paid a most successful visit. Mrs. Lamb was asked to give a short report of her work. This she did, stating that she had been most cordially received, and had found an open door for her work. She said the loss of Mrs. Crawford, the late President of the Methodist W.T.A.A., was very deeply felt, and the Society was desirous of coming into closer touch with the N.B.W.T.A. She also stated that they were very desirous of founding a Rescue Home as a memorial to their late President ; and she suggested that it would be a very friendly kindness on the part of the N.B.W.T.A. if any of our members felt inclined to subscribe for the furnishing of a room in this Home, to be called the Willard Room. SunDAY In the December CLOSING meeting Slack, seconded by Mrs. OF PuBLIc-HOUSEs, the following Clarkson, resolution, moved and amended by Miss by Mrs. Toulmin, and seconded by Mrs. Bright Clark, was unanimously carried :— “That memorials signed on behalf of the Association should be sent to the Prime Minister and to the Duke of Devonshire, also to Earl Spencer and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, urging the immediate claims of Sunday Closing upon the Government, and that all Branches be urged to send letters on this subject to their members.” In the February meeting had been sent. UsE Miss Slack OF reported that these memorials HEADQUARTERS. In the December meeting Mrs. Lamb called the attention of the Committee to a resolution passed by the Sub-Committee respecting the use of headquarters by County Unions for their annual meetings, and moved the following resolution, which was seconded by Mrs. Jeffrey, but opposed by Miss Gorham, Mrs. Osborn and others, but was carried by a large majority :— : “That the use of the National Headquarters be granted to any Unions for work which cannot be so well forwarded by meeting elsewhere.” WoRLD-WIDE PLEDGE-SIGNING CRUSADE. In the December meeting a letter was read from Mrs. Hulme, Secretary of the Temperance Ironsides, asking whether the N.B.W.T.A. was taking any active part in connection with the World-wide Pledge- Signing Crusade. After discussion it was decided that the attitude of the N.B.W.T.A. must depend on that of the W.C.T.U. of America, in which country the movement had originated. RESIGNATION OF THE PRESIDENT. In the February meeting a great blow fell upon our Association. Our President had been taken seriously ill in the end of November and had not yet recovered sufficiently to be present. Mrs. Pearsall Smith read a letter from her expressing her regret at having been unable to attend the Committee, and stating that owing to the precarious state of her health she felt she could not accept re-nomination to the office of President at the forthcoming Annual Council. |