GIRLS’ LIFE BRIGADE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26980, 15 January 1949, Page 9

GIRLS’ LIFE BRIGADE

DOMINION CONFERENCE OPENS SEVENTY DELEGATES PRESENT The annual Dominion Conference of the Girls’ Life Brigade, which is being held at Arana Hall for four days, was opened yesterday morning. The president of the Dunedin Divisional Council, Miss K. Knox, welcomed the 70 delegates attending from all parts of New Zealand and in the absence of the Dominion president, Miss D. Moss, representing headquarters, replied. Mrs W. K. Cameron, M.8.E., representing the National Council of Women and the Girl Guides Association also spoke. After officially declaring the conference open, the Rev. A. H. Finlay, chaplain of the Ist Dunedin Company (Caversham Baptist), conducted a short devotional service. With the aim to help and encourage girls to become self-reliant and useful Christian women, the Girls' Life Brigade was first formed in England in 1902, as a mid-week activity for Sunday School and Bible Class girls. The movement was introduced to New Zealand 21 years ago when the first company was formed by the Caversham Baptist Church. This twenty-first birthday is to be celebrated at the conclusion of the conference. The main purpose of the conference is to discuss in what way the movement can best be conducted for the good of the Dominion. The programme is a general one embracing spiritual, physical, educational and social training.