ROTARY’S IDEALS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 591, 18 February 1929, Page 13

ROTARY’S IDEALS

CHRISTIANITY BROUGHT TO BUSINESS MR. STAN REID’S ADDRESS r- fhcre IS nothing new about th°m ry ! the . ver y cavemen banded themselves together with an idea °l serN y ce before there was a surplus of men over animale,” Mr. btan Reid told the Auckland Rotary talub to-day. lenife Ca w, in S, °'L the ■ Hu hject “A Chal,r VI 1 • tl }° ftotarian; What manner m ~M an ls . he . ? Mr - Keid sketched the lustory tile movement which has fir, a,w. m - 4 y ® ars to a membership of 140 000 spread over 44 countries, notary had been added to the many organisations which believed that only by service, mutual aid and understanding, could the progress of man be assured. All men who rendered service in home, . professional or community life, in public or national affairs and who aid so without hope of material gain to the giver were welcomed by the movement. Hotary was just understanding and friendship; the axe it had to grind was for the cutting down ot misunderstanding and prejudice. There was an idea that business was money-making, for power of luxury or pleasure and that business men could bo Christians only on one day of the week. Rotary said that a business man could combine both service and profit and that Christian principles could be applied for seven days a week. A Rotarian should give the best possible article or the best service, and place that article in the hands of the people at the least possible price, consistent with the labour and the capital invested.

Letters were received from Rotartans in Venice and Barcelona. The former sketched the life of his city, which, he said, should be advertised as the “Quietest city in the world.” No automobiles were allowed there, he said, for fear that motorists, having got a hold would want the Grand Canal converted into a highway. The Barcelona man drew attention to the exposition shortly to be held there.