ADVANCE ROTARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 86, 13 April 1926, Page 5

ADVANCE ROTARY.

AN INTERESTING VISITOR. I MR. A. TETEKS. OF ENGLAND, j An interesting visitor, in the person j cf Mr. Alfred Peters. Fellow of the! Royal Geographical Society, who is also 1 a prominent Rotarian. was scon on j I hoard tlie Marama. which, arrived from j Sydney this morning. Mr. Peters, who ] is on a world tour, has just completed j a six months' visit to the Eftst and Aus- ■ tralia. and brings with him messages from all Rotary Clubs in the various countries he has visited to the New Zca- ' I land clubs. Mr. Peters was the first vice-presi-ident of the Rotary Club of Sheffield. England, from which city he hails., and ! from 1923 to 1024 was director of the .' British Rotary Club, and chairman of ! the National Rotary Boys* Committee. : Dealing with the movement, for which jhe expressed much enthusiasm. Mr. ; Peters said it had made more progress |in New Zealand than in Australia. There were more clubs here, and the movfj ment had taken a greater grip of the : | people. As far as other countries were' ! concerned. Rotarianism had gained an !enormous influence on the Continent, so I much so that the next international con- | ! Terence was to be held at Ostond. Bel- ; j gium. in 1927. Great interest was mani- j rest in China and Japan, both countries ' 'visited by Mr. Peters, and in China there : : .were big clubs in Peking. Shanghai and: •.Tientsin, while in -japan five clubs were i ■in existence. j In England triers were 212 clubs, while I' the total number throughout the world i' ! was 222"). with a membership of 112.000. ' i consisting oi business men and profes- i ! sional men. The Rotary movement had ! been established in 3o countries, and last ! I February its 21st birthday wa- cele- j ! bra ted. ' I Mr. Peters expressed himself as beinc ! | delighted with the progress of the move- j i men; :n New Zealand and it was ins i j intention to pay a visit to all the clubs! ;in the Dominion. '