“'A Teetotal Commando': A children's meeting has been held in connection with the Band of Hope in this parish. The children assembled in national schools, Old Southend, and then marched in procession, some 140 strong, with a grand array of torches and inspirign strains of the band, up the Pier Hill to the parochial hall, where Rev. H. Seargant, gave an interesting lantern lecture. (...)”