PAN-PACIFIC WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23205, 1 June 1937, Page 15

PAN-PACIFIC WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

THE NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATION

Delegates to the fourth Pan-Pacific Women’s Conference to be held in Vancouver, 8.C., from July 12 to 24 will be royally entertained, according to word just received from Miss Mary L. Bollert, dean of women of the University of British Columbia, who is chairman of conference preparations. Mrs T. E. Taylor, president of the New Zealand Committee of the PanPacific Women’s Association, has received a letter from Miss Bollert, detailing plans for the entertainment of the delegates. On July 12 there will be a garden affair and buffet supper at the home of Senator M’Rae; on July 16, a dinner given by the Provincial Government with the Lieu-tenant-Governor and Mrs Eric Hamber present, and on the following Sunday a folk festival in which 40 nations will participate, the all-nation welcome to the conference, the Lieutenant-Gover-nor and other persons opening their gardens for tea. The Women’s Canadian Club will give a luncheon, the Board of Trade a luncheon, and the Institute of Pacific Relations will also give an entertainment. “We have,” Miss Bollert writes, “a good Canadian leader for each of the six topics of the programme, and hope there will be a large number from the United States and other of the 14 member countries. Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt, Miss Frances Perkins, Miss Lena Madcson Phillips, Dame Rachel Crowdy, and Miss Marjory Fry, both of London, and Dr Leyton Richards, of Birmingham, England, are among the headliner l speakers invited.” Mrs Tsune Gauntlett, of Tokio, international president of the Pan-Pacific Women’s Association, succeeding Dr Georgina Sweet, of Australia, was to arrive in Honolulu on May 5, en route to Washington. D.C., and Vancouver. Dr Nadina Kavinoky. of Los Angeles. who was a delegate at the third conference in Honolulu in 1934, will be one of the speakers on “Whither Health? " Australia is sending a delegation of from 10 to 12 representative women as full voting delegates as well ns three associate delegates. From New Zealand the delegation will include Miss F. J. Taylor, representing the Women Teachers of New Zealand: Mrs Hugh Kasper, of Auckland, representing the W.C.T.U, of New Zealand: Mrs Kenneth Gordon, of Auckland, representing the Federated Women’s Clubs of New Zealand: Miss Elsie Andrews, of Now Plymouth, a delegate to (wo former conferences, who will probably act as leader of the delegation: and Miss Hawkens, of Hamilton. It is hoped that Miss Barrer. of Masterton, who has been studying youth peace movements and organisations in Europe and England, will be able to attend the conference on her return journey as representative of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union, and Mrs J. A. Bennett, of Wellington. a former delegate, may also attend. Dr Mildred E. Staley, of Hawaii. formerly of New Zealand, and Mrs Marie Keesinc. of Auckland, a research worker for the Institute of Pacific Relations. Honolulu, have been invited to join up with the New Zealand delegation for the conference.