PAN-PACIFIC WOMEN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23259, 31 January 1939, Page 3

PAN-PACIFIC WOMEN

PLANS FOR CONFERENCE GOVERNMENT GRANT OF £SOO DOMINION EXECUTIVE MEETING [BT TF-LKGBArH OWN CORRESPONDENT! WELLINGTON. Monday An announcement that a Government grant of £SOO had been received toward conference expenses was made by Miss Elsie Andrews at a meeting of the New Zealand National Committee executive of the Pan-Pacific Women's Association. The conference will be the fifth held by the Pan-Pacific Women's Association, and is to be opened in Wellington in January, 1940. Miss Andrews, who presided, said it would be fitting if part of the Government grant were used to bring to the conference one or two distinguished visitors who might not be able to come otherwise. She had written to the Australian executive committee suggesting that Dame Edith Lyons might consent to attend. The Australian committee had replied saying that they appreciated this graceful gesture on the part of New Znaland. Nothing further had been done in the meantime, however.

It had been decided to ask the Postmaster-General, the Hon. F. Jones, to consider the issuing of a commemorative stamp, which would stimulate interest overseas, continued Miss Andrews. Various maps and pamphlets had been sent to overseas countries interested in the conference, and an illustrated booklet of New Zealand history during the past 100 years was also to be distributed abroad. The Tourist Department was to draw up booklets of itineraries to be sent to overseas delegates. The probable order in which events would take place was discussed by Miss Andrews. It was expected that a number of delegates would arrive at Auckland on January 8, 1940, and it was suggested that Auckland members might like to entertain the visitors for a day or so before they left for Wellington. Leaders of the delegations would be required to attend a meeting to approve conference programmes on January 11, and on that day a Wellington committee would collect and take charge of exhibits brought by delegates. With these objects of interest concerning culture and art of other lands, it was hoped to establish an interesting section which could be studied from tiuie to time. On January 12 delegates would be required to register their names, anil on January 13 it was hoped that all delegates would meet at some informal gathering before the conference proper began. For the first time at a Pan-Pacific Conference, a women's religious service on the Sunday was to be arranged. Miss Andrews said the committee would appreciate the difficulties this entailed when it was remembered that followers of Confucius, Buddha and Mahonimet were to be represented.