ROTARY MOVEMENT

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 48, 27 February 1936, Page 3

ROTARY MOVEMENT

N.Z. CONFERENCE DELEGATES’ ADDRESSES (Par Press Association) AUCKLAND, Last Night. Suggestions that Rotarians should take an active part in the work of public bodies, and that vocational guidance should be given to boys and girls at school to fit them for future employment, were discussed at the annual New Zealand Rotary. The District Governor, Dr. P. Stanley Foster, of Christchurch presided. Members then stood in silence as a tribute to the memory of the late King George V. Goodwill messages wishing the conference success were received from the Governor-General, the Prime Minister, and the headquarters of Rotary International. The address on “The Motto —Man and the Movement” was given by Mr R. A. Laidlaw, of the Auckland Rotary Club, followed by a talk on “Community Service —Club and Individual,” by Mr H. Halliday, of Dunedin.

The delegates then attended the luncheon of the Auckland Rotary Club at which an address on “The Order of St. John” was given by Colonel J. L. Sleeman, Chief Commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

Colonel Sleeman said he had seen nothing but the most excellent work being done by St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade during his tour of New Zealand. He congratulated the people of the Dominion upon that high standard, and the interest shown by Rotary clubs in that great work.

In the afternoon the delegates and their wives visited the Auckland Community Sunshine Association’s health camp at Motuihi Island. The evening session was occupied by an address by the Rev. H. W. Newell, of the Wellington Rotary Club, on “an introspective view of Rotary,” and a report on the crippled children’s movement.