ROTARY CLUB.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20545, 13 May 1932, Page 14

ROTARY CLUB.

NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE. <i*tt£33 iSSO<-I>TION 'I'SLBaKAIi.) DUNEDIN, May 12. I'he tenth aniiual conference of llotary Clubs was continued to-day, when the first business was the civic welcome, which ' was extended to the delegates by the Mayor (Mr li. 8. Black). The International President (Mr 8. W. Pascall) was received with cordial applause, and a song of welcome. He spuke of tlie aims of llotary, and ot the success it had achieved, notably in the discussion of international affairs. He also toiiched on the mattor Of the use of Christian names. In 1 the clubs in New Zealand they called one another by their Christian names, but he thought that sometimes they were slightly irreverent Christian names o r nicknames. In England they did not use Christian names, but surnames, which was more in accord with British custom. ll' the use ot' the Christian name developed with acquaintance, well and good, but tliev did not believe in forcing things. Forcing did not produce the genuine article, however, if they had adopted that [idea let them stick to it. It was friend-ship-that they were after Three addresses were given, namely "Rotary in Business," by Eotarian James Hogs (Dunedin), "Buyer and Seller Relationship," by Rotarian l l '. •N. Ambler (Auckland), and 'Employer find Employee Relationship," by Ro-< tajian CL E. Jones (Chnsit&ure&U