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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 270, 14 October 1929, Page 6

“People who have travelled the world live next door to me. When they heard that I was going to New Zealand, they told me I was going to see the most beautiful country m the world. Their words were that if New Zealand was nearer the Continent, Switzerland and all the other resorts-would not be in it. These, glowing reports, of course, were transmitted by me to the boys of the club, so you can understand how keenly the South Sydney team" has looked forward to this visit.” These remarks were made at Auckland by Mr C. J. Lynch, the manager of the South Sydney League team. - • > “I am of the opinion that the frequnecy of bequests to social services throughout New Zealand is a sign of a sincere interest'in child welfare,” said Rev. G. Btidd at the annual meeting of the Auckland Presbyterian Orphanages and Social' Service Association, j, The needs of the child were greater than could be fulfilled properly • by orphanages, he said, and by legacies being left to the carrying out of general work as opposed merely to that of orphanages, a new and wider phase of social work could be embarked oil, and the child mind made aware of a wider sphere in religious teaching.