andra ▁( O tag o ), ▁In ver c arg ill , ▁Gre ym outh , ▁Master ton , ▁the ▁Blue ▁Rib bon ▁Union , ▁the ▁Good ▁Tem pl ars ▁L odge , ▁the ▁Re ch ab ite ▁L odge , ▁and ▁the ▁Well ington ▁Alliance ▁met , ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁union ▁of ▁the ▁temper ance ▁al li ances ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁This ▁conference ▁formed ▁and ▁draft ed ▁a ▁constitution ▁for ▁the ▁New ▁Zealand ▁Alliance ▁for ▁the ▁Supp ression ▁of ▁the ▁Li qu or ▁Tra ffic ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁officers ▁were ▁elected : ▁president , ▁Sir ▁William ▁Fox ; ▁six teen ▁vice - pres idents , ▁including ▁David ▁Gold ie , ▁H ori ▁R op i ha , ▁Sir ▁Harry ▁At kin son , ▁Leonard ▁Is itt , ▁and ▁Sir ▁Robert ▁St out ; ▁executive ▁committee , ▁F . ▁G . ▁E w ington , ▁Edward ▁With y , ▁George ▁W inst one , ▁H . ▁J . ▁Le ▁Ba iley , ▁J . ▁El kin , ▁Dr ▁C . ▁Knight , ▁John ▁Way mouth , ▁and ▁R . ▁Ne al . ▁Henry ▁Field ▁( N el son ) ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁general ▁secretary ▁and ▁T . ▁W . ▁Glo ver ▁the ▁first ▁paid ▁organ iser . ▁The ▁conference ▁adopted ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁Alliance ' s ▁( 1 8 5 3 ) ▁declaration ▁of ▁principles . ▁ ▁Tow ards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁it ▁became ▁apparent ▁that ▁problems ▁associated ▁with ▁settlement , ▁such ▁as ▁lar rik