THAT URBAN DRIFT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 673, 27 May 1929, Page 11

THAT URBAN DRIFT

HOW TO STOP IT ROTARY SUGGESTION the formation of ** farming clubs for country boys and girls, and also the establishment of a Better Farming Train to tour the province, Mr. A. J. Hutchison told the Auckland Rotary Club at its lunchean today that it could ijot have a better activity. In an address at the luncheon, Mr. Hutchison explained that the late Mr. H. P. Kissling intended on his retirement to devote the remainder of his life to the establishment of the farm clubs and the train.

The idea behind the proposals was that of keeping the young country people on the land. The clubs had been successfully founded in Victoria, and Mr. Kissling had obtained a great body of information on the subject. Mr. Hutchison outlined the Victorian scheme, and commending it to the chib’s attention, said it would be suitable in Auckland because of the possibility of co-operation between the Auckland Club and other clubs such as those of Thames and Whangarei. The work was important as it was designed to stimulate interest in farming, and stop the drift from, country to city.

The president, Mr. G. W. Hutchison, said the suggestions were sound, and it would be well for the club's new officers to place them on the programme for the rear.