NBWTA Report 1903-033
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60 61 enthusiastic public meeting, brought this most successful gathering to a Headquarters in connection with the Scottish Christian Union close. havenow been established at 4, Hope Street, Edinburgh. Literature and badges are kept there, and the Secretary is in attendance daily from ten till one o’clock from October till June. Ina FINANCIAL REPORT; SMITH, Hon. Sec. 1903. AM glad to again present to you our accounts duly audited, with a balance on the right side. Our takings compare favourably with other years, but I think we ought to be able to show a much larger permanent subscription list. HospiTaAL FUND. The completion of the above fund was announced last year. The final payment was made the occasion of a very pleasant gathering on the 23rd of last September, when Lady Henry Somerset and the staff of the London Temperance Hospital received representatives of the London and suburban Branches, at a meeting held in the board room Alderman T. Vezey Strong, J.P., chairman of the of the Hospital. Hospital, welcomed the visitors. Mrs. Aukland, Mrs. Hooper, and other friends who DuxuHurst had formulated the scheme, after explaining the movement they had met to complete, said the bed they endowed stood in the Women’s Surgical Ward, and would bear a brass tablet with this inscription :—‘‘ In loving memory of Margaret Bright Lucas, for twelve years President of the British Women’s Temperance Association, this bed was endowed with £1,000, contributed to the hospital by the members of the Association, as a mark of their warm appreciation of the late President’s work of faith and labour of love.” Lady Henry Somerset then handed a cheque for £424, the last instalment of the £1,000, to Alderman T. Vezey Strong, and ina brief speech referred to the work of Mrs. Bright Lucas for the B.W.T.A. and the Temperance cause generally, and the enormous help which such an institution as the Temperance Hospital was in demonstrating, beyond the power to gainsay, that alcohol is not necessary in the treatment of disease. Mr. Strong, in acknowledging the gift on behalf of the trustees, commended the hospital to the extended and continuous support of the Association, pointing out that the interest on the 41,000 would not bring in a sufficient income to cover the actual upkeep of the bed. Dr. Dawson Burns and Mr. Hilton moved and seconded a resolu- tion thanking Lady Henry Somerset, Mrs. Aukland, and the ex-Com- mittee, and through them everyone who had contributed to the fund. Farm Co.ony. _ The Branches have taken a very great deal of practical financial interest in the Duxhurst Farm Colony. A great many lantern, drawing- room, and garden meetings have been held with collections. Help and Hope Bands have been formed, and the following Branches have in addition given £1o towards the furnishing of rooms :—Felixstowe Rochdale i TEMPERANCE The Chairman then announced that a life governorship of the hospital had been conferred on Lady Henry Somerset. The meeting concluded with the singing of the National Anthem. Y, Penarth, Woodford, Howe, Ipswich, Winsford, Oakleigh Park and Hadley Wood (jointly), Swansea and Maidenhead (jointly) North and West Finchley. Carnarvon has given £25, and the Bed- fordshire Branches £83 towards the new buildings at the Nest. All who take an interest in the Colony should pay an early visit to see all the improvements and additions that have lately been made. No one having examined the scheme and visited the place can be surprised that it has become the object-lesson to the country of hcw to deal with the most perplexing proplem we have to face. , There is still a debt on the new buildings. We shall be very glad if our friends, in preparing their summer and winter programmes of garden, drawing-room, and evening meetings, will include meetings for Duxhurst in the list. All financial details will be found in the Duxhurst report and balance sheet. ORGANIZATION. : I do not think we are making a very brave show of work in this epartment. There must be a great deal of land to be possessed, but Heng not seem able to get at it; it must always be more or less a 1 ely for a stranger to go and plough up new ground. The ideal method seems to me for every Union to possess its ow 1 so work the counties. % i oss NRCP a f I should like to see a good fund in hand that would enable us to offer half the salary to any Union employing an organizer full time. At present we can only offer, as far as funds permit, the sum of £1 15. to any Union forming a Branch. ‘This has proved a certain stimulus. e I should like to extend this offer to any Branch forming another te ee ene: With a little real effort I am sure this eee easily y be done and th e £1 1s. would cover necessary, expenses I should like this to be considered, but at the same time I must ean) beg those who have hitherto given donations to continue a Pena es and if they are not able to give as much as hitherto ee se meee ep whatever it is, an annual subscription, so t Pi foc € may nha definitely know how much we may y rely rel upon for this i most I also consider that it is most important that we support at least asvoeest at worker at headquarters, not merely for the formation of et ‘ ranches, but to be ready to go to weak Branches that are so con- ually in danger of lapsing. We have a terrible leakage in this way |