ROTARY AND PUBLIC LIFE

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21718, 27 February 1936, Page 12

ROTARY AND PUBLIC LIFE

* . SUGGESTION DISCUSSED AT CONFERENCE VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR CHILDREN (miss ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.' AUCKLAND. February 26. Suggestions that Rotarians should take an active part in the work of public bodies, and that vocational guidance should bo given to boys and girls at school to fit them fbr future employment, were discussed at the annual New Zealand Rotary district conference. The district governor. Dr. P. Stanley Foster, of Christchurch, presided. Members stood in silence as a tribute to the memory of King George V Goodwill messages wishing the conference success were received from the Governor-General, the Prime Minister, and the headquarters of Rotary International. An address on “The Motto, Man. and the Movement,” was given by Mr R. A. Laidlaw. of the Auckland Rotary Club, followed by a talk on “Community Service—Club and Individual,” by Mr H. Halliday. of Dunedin. The delegates attended the luncheon cf the Auckland Rotary Club, at which an address on the Order of St. John was given by Colonel J. L. Sleeman, chief commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade overseas. Colonel Sleeman said he had seen nothing but most excellent work being done by the St. .lohn Ambulance Association and Brigade during his tour of New Zealand. He congratulated the people of the Dominion on that high standard, and the interest shown by Rotary Clubs in that great work. Tn the afternoon the delegates and their wives visited the Auckland community Sunshine Association’s Health Camp at Motuihl Island.