MEETINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 127, 29 May 1914, Page 3

MEETINGS.

Vur.VG WOIiEN'S CHRISTIAN \ ASSOCIATION.

A most in tcrestincr d*"-mo nitration v.*as by the secn-Uiries of the I Women's Christian Association in the Wtlleaipy Street 'lt«oins last evenins- Hefore a ileliphted audience they showed Ijow ■ they had to carry on Their work throuih | many and varien iuiprriiptlon-". smh as visits from worried boiisekceper- who : wanted sr-rvanls land w'lio were under the, impression t!*ar tin- aiWiwla-tSnn k'-l't a \ sufl'ly always on hand and ready for d— Hveryi. land agents, new-comers who wanted to enrol, etc. They shon-wl ho* | they met. trjiins and Imats in order to ex-I tend a welcome io travellers arriving! without l'rien<ls to meet them, nn<l vLsiteil tional. and physical i-ulture classes.'literary i circles, etc.. nn.l had to he prepared at .111 time? to siep Into breaches tuatli , l.v. workers them at th<- last' moment. The trouble* in the kitchen catUlMl by rue -ras failini at the .-riti<al • pratnl finalp the secretaries save a i-iever : and a-niusii.- r.-citatioa of the many aa<l I varied calls made on their time. Mr-. \ Hill icliairwomani save a p:eas«nt address , ou the need of earnest workers for she 1 association, and ibe Misses (JnlrtPS ami Hammond contributed a and piuJioforte solo respe-tiv. !y. i ATTKI.ANP TNiri-TTiY-KEKPRUS-ASSIM'I AT I ON. A nieetins of the above association was held in the Trades Hall. Auckland, ou I Wednesday PYp-nlnjGT. There was a very I larfie attcudaoce of menUjers from town a.n<l cotintry, also the public, to he.ir v lecture delivered by Mr. C. Cussen. of the Ruakura Exporimontal station on -Modern Methods of Kearlns (lilckens." It was &' very instructive evening, and all who attended were deeply t'rate-ful to Mr. Cussen | for the able and kindly way in Wuk-li lie; nnswere-l all questions aske.l ;•' the dose of his lecture. The A.l'.K. Association is rioins a pocxl w.irli In arranjrini meet | ings and le.-t.ures like the i>ne ou Wedno-| ' d-:iy last, and ponltry-kpi-pprs in the Anek- j I ment. as it Is the desire .if the association j 1 ami its members to organise on rijsU-l lines. | 1 Its members are incrrai.-inu at a stfudy 'rate, and include representation from ;i-. far soutli r.s -Kotorua and Ilaintllnn. a\A\ up nortb as f;ir as Hlkurausi an.l Walpu. ] 'over 4.) districts in tlie Au.kiati-1 i-rovim ■• i j tion members. A census is now bcinu' taken M-f 'ill ti'.' association tnem'bers to find nt.t ' how munj fowls and ducks are ow.ied or. or-irolled by them, and the tp*i\<* will be to 'waicli closely the Interests i.f t'ae pcmltry keepers of Auckland provlm-p. j XORTirfOTK ATIIKN.EfM. | The fortniplitiy mopiing «f thi- Nortli.otn Athenucuiii. held .hi Wi'diii-sd.iy i-venliii:. was proidi-d over by Mr. V. Kilt, and there I was a (,'ood att.-ndajivc A uiL-. ■i-llaup.-iw i I proKram-ine of sonss. recitations. .•.<•., was cotitrilHitcd by Misses M. jind <'. Hulterworth, Messrs. (i. lliisot;, 11. V. i;-rlbl>lc. K. B. Heron. 11. Hcilfprn. and S. C.\rler. The iicconipaniments were phiyinl by Misses (iiff.vrl and Uedfcra. RIBLK IN" RmnOl.S. At a meeting of memjicrs of the Newton •OoD-sn-KO-tiomi! I iiun-h. Auckland, hild "it 15)Ui Ins*., In Jhi! Congregational •Churcii, I Winlr.irg.h Street, the following resolution »ras carried:—-That this meeting, representing tbe Newton c.i: t grreat l<.n:il Church, expresses the conviction that a Kutli-ii-ni. nuuTlicr of the people of New Zealand have evidenced their ilesire for the referendum requested by the Isihle in State &-l."«ls dacin*r T.he neii-ssary nicasure, an«l resolves t-> support the eie.-uiivc nf the League i;i Hi.it the ipiesiion shall be subiuHted In the ' electors of the Dominion .it the next s eneral ! election; and that a copy of till* resolution Cab-In- ;.'■ ! W.CT. UNION. j The Ttsn.il fortnightly meeting of 'he ■ An<-.kland W.i'.T. Union was held in iVntral Mission Hall ou Wednesday afternoon. : Mrs. Uanaway presiding. Ure.-ll interest was taken in the ■•Questi..n Rn\." ami questions bearing on the work of :he W.C.T.r. I Evans. the W.C.T.r. organiser. ' The I meeting ci'.-eeKi with an inltlatioti i-tvlcp. SALVATION AIUIY. An ni.ioyahle tea prei-eded the public (meeting held in the Harra.-ks. Albert Street. with tin- 'thirty-first " anniversary of the City Corps. Brigadier Vinee I presidi-.l over a large K .-ilh.-rin s of I officers and friends, representatives nf the ! Army's n-ork in the city and words of couI gratuliition were given by Treasurer Mackeroll. Staff-Captain Dailies, and r.rig.-i----dier Vlirce. Mii-ical ilernv were {riven by Miss ciia-pman. the <"itv Jiand, and songsters. AXNIVEUSARY I'KLKHRATION. I with the Pitt Street Methodist Sunday ! School were continue', on Wednesday i .-venrng. when about »l::ee liundr.il ; people sat down to (en. The mcci I ing after ti-a was held in the eliureh. H"v. : .7. A. Laxforrt. a former minister of the church. occupi.Hl tin- chair, and was warmly web-otiied. Addresses \v,. r c given by Itev. IC. 11. Laws. H.A.. Mr T. 11. Chapman, nn il Mr Oorge Wiustone. A presentation, which took the form nf a set of hymn Looks for family use. was made to the musical i-i.n- ---| dii.-t.or. Mr K. H. Dellow. on the occasion UrlloUirs, solos' by Misses Nielsen and "Pay.' IMr bellow, and a recitation by Mr liruusIticld. ("TimcHES I.N TIU-: .NORTH. ■ ! A lecture on the '•Koun'Ws North." with I ispppi.il reference to tlie need for the | erei-tion of more churches in that par! "f I the Dominion was delivered on Wednesday j ' affernonn by Miss PnllPn-Buxry, an Eng-1 ! lish anchoress and traveller, tv a .lnnvi-]g-| i room meeting held at the residence of Mrs It. A. Ctirr. Epsom. Hishoj, Avcrill. who ' presideil, s : iid thai, he was kecniy interested in the subject of the lecture, as he had j no; long compltted a tour of Hie northern j : pan of bis dioce~c. Miss Pnlion-ißurry ; ' describe*! her experiences .luring a s-t.iy | . effort by city dwellers to assist t:hc people I of the "bai-kbliicks in procuring religious | ' niinirttrations. She was a<;..>nished lo fln.li j that tit the settlement of Waiotetrraramu ! the 'Maoris possessivl a churcii, while the j F-iiropeaii settlers had none. At the r-iose ■ of the 1.-.riire a sum of £H wis «.||i<n-rlbe.l ! Ito form tlie nucleus of a fund for tli» : j erecrion of au Auglictin eliurtih In t' ir " sectlernent. j