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 the world. Mrs Leavitt possessed a cool, logical brain and admirable organising ability. Making short halts as she journeyed from Auckland to the Bluff, she addressed meetings of women and formed District Unions in each of the larger centres of the Colony. These in their turn established local Unions in the smaller towns, and at the present time the Colony is practically covered with a network of Unions. In February, 1886, a Convention of delegates from the various Unions was held in Wellington, and a chief governing body for the Colony, now known as the New Zealand W.C.T.U., was constituted. Definite departments of work were decided up-