Y.M.c.A. AUXILIARY

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 52, 2 March 1934, Page 11

V.M.c.A. AUXILIARY

A TALK ABOUT AFRICA'

Af rica in" general, -and. Durban in pariculaiyweretliej.subjeets of an address ;iven at the'meeting of the ladies' iuxiliary of the "Sf.M.C.A.,•■at. which ixs. Gieenberg. presided.;/ Th&'speaker old of the beauty .of' Durban, with, its itreets outlined "with, flamboyenj;jacka•anda, and other lovelylowering trees, )f the city and private gardens,, and. of ;he Continental seafront with Tjrilliant lighting at night which, made the place seem..like fairyland. '■■.-•■• ■'■;. ' She had had ;an opportunity given lier of meeting a number of the social service, workers,'.and told of the'■difficulties . met with, on V'aeoouut: of the mixed; nationalities,' the .native, " the "poor whitej^ tlie English, and the great-number of Indiana. A.visit.to a mosque, and. to the.lndian arid .kaffir markets were described, and the making and distribution of the "kaffir beer," which is .entiroly controlled by ; the Government, was explained, with the information that t any profit that ■ may accrue is spent on, the' native people for their special advantage. Some work done entirely by girls appealed to all present. The Cambridge Home, opened for the girls by Lady May Cambridge when she-was in South Africa, has been instituted, run, and financed by an assemblage oi! Durban girls of good position, who call themselves the Bachelor. Girls' Club: The girls have this-pleasant place on the hillside in a good part of the- city, plainly and prettily furnished, and with a good garden, arranged for girls who are recommended by Magistrates or pro-bation-officers from the' Courts. The only older, person about is the matron in charge,'who. is a woman of experience, and takes, the responsibility of ,the young inmates. A visit showed about'twenty'girts, all busy and happy. The committee- of management consists of bachelor girls only, and the results of their work are excellent. The speaker remarked .that there is the greatest need "for a similar institution in New Zealand. It would be a pearl beyond price to those who iyprk for the young de|linquenk in this country. ■. . . Later, Mrs. 1 Millwar.d sang two songs, giviirg -much ploasure. Leave o* absence .was graritisb!;tii Mesdames Eaton and R. H.- Nimmd. Mrs.'J. Hannah' was welcomed back to Uie auxiliary after a long absence. Other new members welcomed wero Mesdames J. p. Beaumont, A. Ironside. Corlett, Lovitt, McPhersbn, and Miss P. Hope-Gibbons; Mesdames Vernon, . George.. Scott, Thomas, and Norman. Mrs.. Johnsron was appointed in. the place of Mrs. Eaton, on the-executivc.