MOTHERS' UNION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20868, 9 May 1931, Page 16

MOTHERS' UNION.

The* St,. Mary's branch of the Mothers' Union held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, the afternoon commencing with an admission service conducted in St. Mary's Cathedral by Canon W. Fancourt. Later the members adjourned to the hall, the vice-president, Mrs. Fancourt, presiding over the meeting. The crisis through which New Zealand, with the rest of the world, was passing at the present time formed the subject ot an interesting address by Mrs. Talbot, who laid particular stress on the way in which women could help. This was by judicious and necessary spending of money on things which were needed and not upon luxuries. At "the conclusion of her address Mrs. Talbot was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Afternoon tea was served by the members of the social committee, a pleasant half-hour thus being spent before the meeting closed. TE AROHA BRANCH. Representatives from Waitoa, Paeroa, Matamata and Putaruru attended St. Mark's Church, Te Aroha, when, to an audience of over 200, Mrs. VVallis, the well-known English lecturer of the Central Council of the Mothers' Union, London, gave an address on the "Ideals of Home and Motherhood." Mrs." Waliis, who is a most gifted and fluent orator, treated her listeners to a most uplifting and spiritual address. Her three main points were: The sacred nature of the marriage bond and the infamy of divorce; the union's endeavour to try and awaken in mothers a sense of responsibility in the training and upbringing of their children; and the banding of mothers together for the purpose of uniting in prayer, thus setting an example to their children, At the conclusion afternoon ' tea was provided by members of the local committee and Mrs. Waliis made many personal acquaintances.