ADDRESS BY MISS ELSIE ANDREWS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 July 1938, Page 8

ADDRESS BY MISS ELSIE ANDREWS.

PAN-PACIFIC WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION. Approximately one hundred women, representing all the women’s organisations of the district, assembled at the Century Hall, Levin, on Thursday, July 7th, to meet and to hear ivtiss Elsie Andrews, President of the New Zealand Committee of the Pan-Pacific Women’s Association, who spoke on the aims and objects of .the association. The speaker was introduced by Mrs. Hume, President of the Southern Wellington Federation of Women’s Institutes, and the Mayoress (Mrs. P. W. Goldsmith) welcomed Miss Andrews to Levin.

Miss Andrews prefaced her remarks by explaining that Pan-Pacific meant the whole Pacific and embraced all those countries whose shores touched the Pacific. She traced the origin of the association, the first conference taking place in Hawaii in 1928. Site explained that the aims of the association were two fold: (1) To strengthen the bonds of peace; and (2) To try to improve existing conditions. Miss Andrews described her experiences at the last two conferences, at which she was one of the New Zealand delegates. At the last one, held in Vancouver in 1937, she was elected to give the speech of welcome, and for this she took as her theme, “We are of one blood.” In do-* scribing this conference, Miss Andrews stated that there ivas no hall in Vancouver large enough to hold the large crowds of women who flocked to hear the debates, the Press and the broad-j casting boards giving added publicity to the conference. The next conference! is to lie held in Wellington, New Zea-j land, in January, 194(1, and it will be I the first time that an international con-| ference of women has been held in this! couJitry. Miss Andrews indicated thej topics to be discussed and urged as 1 many of her hearers as could do, to( visit the conference and hear the ideas put forth by these able speakers.;

Everyone was sorry when Miss Andrews’ interesting' and instructive talk was finished, and it was felt that it was a privilege to listen to such a fluent speaker. A vole of thanks was moved by Mrs. H. ,T. McLeavey, who (hanked Miss Andrews for coming and added that she was sure that if Mis Andrews visited Levin again, there would be no hall here, as had happened in Akiiiconver, large cnonpgh to hold all the women who would flock to hoar her. The vote of thanks was seconded by Mrs. Tabor and carried by acclamation. Afternoon tea was served, during which many of the guests met Miss Andrews. Mrs, Tabor was elected convenor of a locality committee. !