NATIVES' ASSOCIATION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 60, 12 March 1926, Page 9

NATIVES' ASSOCIATION.

I « MORXINGSIDE MEETING. j A fair number of Morningside residents gathered together last evening in ! Hirst's Hall, to hear the objects of the j New Zealand Natives' Association ; explained. Mr. L. K. Rhodes, Mayor of i Mt. Albert, presided. ! The Mayor expressed the opinion t'iat j the objectives were worthy of support. :He said that honest, constructive eriti : fism was always of advantage to any municipal body, and lie felt that the , association would level constructive, not j destructive criticism. He spoke of trad« I within the Empire and the necessary j .-support of local industries. Town plan I ning was another object they could have !in view. It was necessary for them tc i look ahead, planning their cities am( ! country for future provisions. \\Y I should "make provision for civic squares j (laughter 1, play-grounds, etc. If tiif I association did this the generations to i come would have need to thank them, lit ■ pioTiified his intention of joining tin. i association, and left the meeting as a I financial member of the N.Z.N.A. ; Messrs. Reardin, Schramm, Cummings. : and Toomath. outlined the objects of I the association. The speakers were ■ unanimous that the meeting would be i the embryo of a very successful hrancii ;in the district. The president said that ' only yesterday they had received : inquiries for branches in outlying towns. ! one from New Plymouth and another I from Rotorua. A meeting will shortly be held in the Ponsonby district, and. judging from reports, a strong branch, i» cure to be formed there*