NBWTA Report 1904-062
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120 121 The Committee had the option of plac- cation to the Matron. Mrs. Hughes, the President, has from the first PROGRA | { ; 7 out, and letters are constantly being received from grateful patients now restored to happy homes or filling positions of trust with great credit. It should eek ie that the Ree and Committee of the Grove endeavour to keep in communication with patients that have left. This is not always possible, and some pass out of ken. But the cases that have been followed up since 1891 yield the following successful results: There are at the present time 66 with whom we are in frequent correspondence. Some of these left the Retreat as long ago as 1891, and some in each succeeding year down to 1903. All have remained : : : : staunch abstainers with the exception of eight, who relapsed for a short 2, Organization Be YeaWork, 4, Loyal Temperance Legions. i : 1 ‘ YEAR 5. Missions, &c. f i 4 | ' Preparation and circulation of Temperance - Health and Hygiene, 1904-1905, NOI 6. Influencing the Press. and Food Temperance question. 8. Social Purity Work. Literature. ; Reform in reference to the 9. Temperance Work at Fairs, &c. 10. Work at Brewster Sessions. 9 11. ; 4 12. Police-court Mission Work. 13. Drawing-room Meetings. Police Matrons in Police Stations. : ee 14. Parliamentary Franchise for Women. 15, any eect see time, though not to excess, and have again renewed their pledge and are keeping true. Doubtless the same might be said of many more, but we only mention here those we can actually verify. Some of these women have stood firm in the most trying circum- stances ; some have become valuable Christian workers. Many have developed singular independence and even heroism of character. Under these figures lie unrecorded histories of human struggle, hope, and victory. } sida ah can be pointed WORK THE 4 Jemstiirsdnde cases of reformation ( 1. Evangelistic Work, Gospel Temperance | | The Education, as to their responsibilities, of Women already qualified to vote. 16. To secure sale of 17. To work create 18. the passing of an Imperial measure to prohibit the intoxicating drinks on Sunday. against all Parliamentary Legislation which would a vested interest in licensed property. To work for the Abolition of Grocers’ Licences. 19. To secure Earlier Closing of Public-houses. 20. To secure the Law re the cating drinks to children. 21. To secure the closing of public-houses municipal election days. on parliamentary 22. ered ies ; but many OF FO been licensed, as well as the Matron, to conduct the Grove ; and her sympathetic interest in the patients individually, as well as that of other members of the Committee, has always been a marked feature of the work. It is not easy to tabulate the percentage of lasting recover- MME FOR bS oo Reformatories for Inebriates. ing it under the new Act as a Reformatory, but preferred continuing to conduct it as a Retreat. They receive 55 patients of two classes : the better educated, who employ themselves in light household duties and needlework ; and working women. Terms can be had on appli- ; ~I ducted under the Inebriates’ Acts of 1879-88. These Acts were not superseded by that of 1898, which sanctioned the establishment of 24, To enforcement secure more inebriates. effective of the legislation for the sale of intoxi- treatment and of . To secure the prevention of the sale of intoxicants in railway stations, and on steam and pleasure boats, and also to secure in all such places an ample supply of drinking water. To secure the enforcement of the Truck Act. |