MOTHERS' UNION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 134, 8 June 1934, Page 11

MOTHERS' UNION.

Mrs. W. W. Averill presided at the monthly council meeting of the Mothers' Union, held in Bishopscourt Library. In the absence of Mrs. Simkin, the actingsecretary, Mrs. Bamford, called the roll and read the correspondence. An appeal that the Mothers' LTnion should support a special missionary in Melanesia was not responded to owinjr to the needs of the Maori mission, which it is felt should always come first in missionary efforts in New Zealand.

Mrs. Cartridge gave an address on youth and its problems. She spoke first of the need of confidence between mother and child, gained front" earliest days through training and interest shown in all the child's thoughts and doings. This confidence in the parent would never bo lost, she said. As the child grew and natural instincts developed and questionings arose, troubles and joys would be confided as a matter of course. The second phase concerned the earliest days of sex problems, and mothers were advised never to shun early questionings but to treat .them as natural consequences of developing instincts. The speaker asked her hearers to remember that particular care was needed for a brotlierless girl. Care had also to be taken in the choice of companions. Lastly, said Mrs. Cartright, young people should be shown that 'their parents trusted them.

In the discussion that followed, the importance of training the young to meet dangers and be able to overcome them was emphasised.

A message of sympathy was passed by the council to the links secretary at Home who, through trouble with her eyes, has been obliged to give up her work for the Mothers' Union.

OTAHUHU. The usual monthly meeting of the Holy Trinity Mothers' Union was held in the Holy Trinity Parish hall yesterday afternoon. After a short service in the church conducted by the Rev. K. J. Stanton, over 60 mothers adjourned to the hall, where an interesting address on the work done bv the Dock Street Mission was given by the superintendent of the mission, Mrs. A. M. Jones. At the conclusion of the talk Mrs. R. J. Stanton moved a hearty vote of thanks to Mrs. Jones, which was carried by acclamation. Afternoon tea was served by Mesdames V. West, F. Matthews, Craft, T. W. Day, R. Fenton, T. W. Nield, Davis, Whitmore and E. Bates.