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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19866, 14 June 1927, Page 9

LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNION. A well-attended meeting, organised for the local branch of the League of Nations Union by Mr. H. Goldsbury, was held at the Friends’ School, St. John’s Hill. The speaker of the evening was the Ven. Archdeacon R. Creed Meredith who gave a survey of the work of the League of Nations, dealing first with League ideals and theories, and secondly, with the manner in which these theories arc put into practice. League theories were found to spring largely from the interdependence of all countries and peoples of the modern world, for from this interdependence arises the necessity that all problems of unrest, and of social, health, economic, and labour conditions shall receive treatment world-wide in its uniformity. Any examination of League ideals and activities, said the Archdeacon, revealed the fact that it depended for existence and efficiency on the conscience of the world. Herein, then, lay the work of branches of the Leagtie of Nations Union to become conversant with the purpose and work of the League, to create and foster national conscience and to make very sure that national representatives have behind them the interest and support of the people they represent. After thanks had been tendered to the speaker for his address, the meeting joined in a League competition, which was won by Mr. J. McMillan.