£10,000 FUND

Evening Star, Issue 22889, 22 February 1938, Page 8

£IO,OOO FUND

GSFT FROM ROTARIAN FOR BETTERMENT OF POOR BOYS [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, February 22. The sum of £IO,OOO as a fund, the income of which is to be devoted to the betterment of poor boys in Wellington and Christchurch,- has been given by Mr J. R. MfKenzie for administration by the Rotary Clubs of the two cities. There was a thunder of applause at the New Zealand district conference of Rotary clubs this morning when the announcement was made by the district governor. The applause was renewed when Mr M’Kenzie was called to the platform by the district governor. “ I make this gift as an acknowledgment to Rotary,” said Mr M‘Kenzie. “ I have been a member of the Rotary clubs of Wellington and Christchurch for some years under some presidents who have been excellent men, and I would like to acknowledge the debt that I feel personally to Rotary. Throughout the world Rotary is working for the betterment of boys. The boys of to-day will guide destinies to-morrow. I give grateful acknowledgment to the work of the Boy Scouts, the Y.M.C.A., and the Crippled Children’s Society, bfct I feci that there is still something to be done.”