BADGING THE BADGERED.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 220, 16 September 1924, Page 4

BADGING THE BADGERED.

LOCAL BODY MEMBERS. '■ '•SIGNS" ON THEIR COAT LAPELS. < "These seem to be the days when people wear all maimer and types of ' badges to show what society or cor- ' poration they belong to," was the j*i remark made recently by a public man, who sa.'d the system had a good deal 1 to commend it. The J.P. medallion was ] now well known by those who were looking for a justice of the peace to witness a signature or take a statu- ■ tory declaration, and the innovation ' had proved a most useful one. lately the City Councillors had adopted a most useful and attractive lapel badge. "When the Fleet was here a badge was -worn by the members of the Harbour Board, and the dessign is a most suitable and choice one, depicting scenes of the ; harbour and waterfront. Yesterday when the chairman of the i Hospital Board, who is also a member ] of the Harbour Board, was showing his -\ Harbour Board badge to some inter- . ested persons, he wa3 asked how it was '] that the Hospital Board members had no badge, seeing that the work they do '-\ is perhaps the most self-sacrificing and \ arduous which public men ; perform. Mr. j Wallace thought that the members should have a badge because their work 1 dealt with the individual more than any other class of public life, and once ; the badge became known ct would help ] many people who . wished to consult > members. ' One social worker said that in the I work of helping those who were down ! and out they came across people who ■ • wore curious badges and charms, for \ which they, in many cases, claimed a good deal of merit. Some wore badges of curious design and ch'efly of forefsn * origin to protect them from sudden ] death. One ' person who sought relief . was asked what a particular * meant, and the answer .was that it ' meant that he lived by faith, and would ' always be provided for. The incon- ' gruity of the reply did not stop the \ person from receiving the relief he sought. . (