Home Skills deeded In Age Of Packaged Life

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30499, 22 July 1964, Page 2

Home Skills deeded In Age Of Packaged Life

WELLINGTON. July 21. Wherever people turned they had thrust at them packaged life, said Lady Fergusson. opening the Dominion conference of New Zealand Country Women's Institutes. The institutes’ interest in home skills was vitally important. for the yardstick of quality had to be the best that human skill could produce, she said.

Members of women's institines were the ones who set the standard for quality, who were the critics of ■ what was in New Zealand shop windows, her Excellency added. The c-rgamsatioß’s seek.Eg after hisn standards in tsetitiess and toe like was of far more g>sod than toe immediate aesievemetn. A gesera“:oe a~ned to leave its mark and that was very much, in toetr bands. Lady Fergtsssca hoped toe day weald ecme when there woold be no people in toe eooKnnnity suffering from I'C-sielmess-Her Exeeiletsey said members might feet their de.tberatiarts were far retnoved from those of toe reee-t Prime Ministers' etxsference. bttt they were nac. New Zeaianc had won a tremendous plate in world affairs and this' rested largely in them hands Cowrage of Pioneers Women of today retprired toe escrage of toe pianeer women to Kard flrm for what was right and to tondemr what was wrong, said the Dotninion president Mrs E D. Holt Women had to be well informed, thinking and eenragee-us. Mrs Halt said there were now more than M 66 institutes and raembers were eantintong to be active in public affairs a-.-d educational, etotaral and philanthrope work. The Leader of the Oppo;tion (Mr Nordmeyer) said there was a danger that men’s

eapaety to harness the forces of narinre had tended to outstrip his ropra: and spiritual capacity to esaffirto tfeesa. This was sssrefy a fleid to ■ wtocn wkdmj rosin help tremendomsiy to arrest the draft and correct the balance. Rea. rational wealth roold not be meaaired to m-aaey. bat to moral flsre. character and spkritoal capacity of a nation’s More than 159® delegates are attending toe conference.