LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNION

Southland Times, Issue 21194, 22 September 1930, Page 3

LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNION

MEETING OF INVERCARGILL BRANCH. The fortnightly meeting of \ the local council of the League of Nations’ Union was attended by Mr W. Macalister (president), Mrs Corkill, Miss .Samuel, Miss Lester, Dr Uttley, Rev. C. J. Tocker, Messrs C. R. S. Barrett, A. E. Featherstone, Geo. Featherstone, G. R. Cooper, A. R. Duniop, T. S. Tomlinson, and A. J. Deaker (secretary). It was decided to have a further public meeting in the Women’s Club Rooms and to invite the members and friends of the local union. On the motion of Mrs Corkill, September 30, was fixed as the date and Mr C. A. Stewart and Mr Dunlop were appointed to give short addresses. The president reported that some schools had already written in giving the number of candidates for the test to be conducted shortly for certificates. It was decided to send a circular to the primary schools to the effect that three further radio talks would be broadcast summing up the subject. These summaries, published in the Southland Times, will be available to all. The closing date for entries would be announced in the circular.

The council decided to go into the matter of forming sub-branches in the secondary schools of Southland, and Messrs Dunlop and Deaker were asked to report to the next meeting.

The president drew attention to the return of the New Zealand representatives to the 1.L.0. annual conference at Geneva. Professor Tocker had gone as the Government representative, Mr Weston on behalf of employers, and Mr Roberts for the New Zealand workers. Professor Tocker had already stressed the need of annually sending representatives to this conference for only by our delegates becoming known to those of other countries, and familiar with the Geneva procedure, would their usefulness increase. The report of Professor Tocker would not be published until it had been considered by the Government. It was arranged that at the next meeting on October 3, Mr Cooper would give* an address on the International Labour Conference.