LADY LINTON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 October 1936, Page 11

LADY LINTON.

VISIT TO WELLINGTON. Lady Linton, who is visiting her home town, AVellington, with her husband, Sir Richard Linton, expressed, in an interview, amazement at the changes whicli have taken place there during her absence of 26 years. “Fellow countrymen in London told us,” said Lady Linton, “that we would find AVellington ‘just the same old place,’ hut the changes we found in the city, and the wonderful development of the suburban areas, simply amazed us.” Lady Linton is remembered in AVellington as Miss Ethel Bannister, daughter of the late Mr Robert Bannister, general manager of the New Zealand Times.

Until three years ago Sir Richard and Lady Linton lived in Melbourne, where Sir Richard was an honorary Minister in the MacPherson Government. Then they went to London, where Sir Richard was Agent-Gen-eral. In Melbourne, Lady Linton’s life was a very full one. As well as taking an interest in welfare work, particularly district nursing and hospitals, she played a very active part in association with the Big Brother Movement for the migration of British boys to Australia, of which her husband was founder.

Li this movement the groups of men called the “Big Brothers” met and befriended the boys on their arrival in the new country, and to thenwives fell the lot of “mothering” the boys. Lady Linton might almost be called the mother of the movement.

On Sunday Sir Richard and Lady Linton will be motoring to Palmerston North.

Y.W.C.A. ROUND TABLE CLUB. Miss C. Fitzgerald presided over the fortnightly meeting of the AVomen’s Round Table Club, which was held in the Y.AV.C.A. rooms last night. Mr M. AValker dealt with current events, and made reference to developments in New Zealand and the situation in Spain, concluding with a survey of the adoption of a managed currency by the gold bloc countries. Dr. Kenrick Dean gave an address on “The New Morality.” He spoke of the old morality, which, lie said, had produced creatures of behaviour through patterns of conduct being based on disposition and not an expression of the real self; and'went on

to show that the task of the new morality was to let the individual know lie ha-d a true self or ego and to separate all that was false in his disposition. The real self wanted to grow into usefulness which should bring a feeling of joy. It would be necessary to build lip a new pattern of behaviour expressive of the true personality, thus making a contribution to the world in general.

A discussion followed and a vote of thanks was conveyed to the speaker.