Mothers' Union.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 11, 1 May 1918, Page 83

Mothers' Union.

;The annual meeting of the Mothers' Union : - was held ori : Thursday, March 14$*. • The secretary • read hejr report, which was adopted.' The branch reports were -then read and adopted. The chairman read an : article from the, workers' paper, telling. how. the money sent by the ; Mothers ' Union m New Zealand, for our. distressed sisters m Europe had -been used. . The-re-tiring officers were re-elected for 1 the. ensuing year. Mrs Murdoch gave an. interesting address oh Church Schools, with an earnest appeal to the mothers to help forward the scheme by prayer and offerings. At the annual meeting of the' Mothers' Union, for 1917 m this Diocese, which was held m St. Matthew.'s : Schoolroom, Hastings, a suggestion 7 was made by Deaconess Esther Brand that subjects should be given to branches, and that two or three mem- ' bers be invited to write papers to - promote discussion. This was afterwards tried m some of the branches, and found to be most useful. The members m the Diocese eon-., tributed liberally to a fund sent from the Mothers ' Union m New Zealand to our distressed sisters m Europe. We have since herrd with what gratitude the various Relief Committees received the portions alotted to them. At the third Council meeting of the year a discussion was held as to how the Mothers' Union could best help forward the proposal to establish Church Primary Schools throughout the Diocese. A prayer was subse- . quently drawn up for use by' the Mothers' Union members. Later it is hoped to send a delegate to the various branches, to speak on the. advantages of Church Schools. : We are now realising to the full what a tremendous loss we have sustained through want of Church Schools ' m past years, and it is to be hoped that Church members will give their warmest support and co-operation iri .. this good work. The annual Festival m .cori junction with the G.F.S. was held m Napier. ' on Saturday, December Ist, arid reported iri the January " Gazette." A meeting of the Diocesan Courieil was held at St. John's Vicarage- on Thursday, March 14th, at 2.30 p.m. The Diocesan Secretary's annual report and statement of accounts were read and adopted;' Suggestions were received from Mrs Ruddock, Mrs Sedgwick and Deaconess Esther Brand for subjects for papers or- addresses, to 7be read at , meetings throughout the year. It was proposed by Deaconess; Esther Brand, seconded by Mrs Hansard, that ; the - amounts received for the Mary Sumner House, •

should be classified Under headg of branches.— Carried. It 'was iaro'posed by Mrs Mayne; seconded by Mrs ' Hansard, ; that Mrs- Murdoch's' tour m support of Church Schools should be arranged by the Committee.— Carried. The balance-sheet; of!. the Mothers', Union, 1917-1918, shows :— Receipts : ; Annual subscriptions . from branches £2 I,os, donation from "A! Friend" £1 Is 6d. ; This, together with :.£i 18s 8d (last/ year's credit balance), amounts to £5 10s 2d. i The expenditure for printing, postages, and literature ariiouhted to £3 0s Id, leaving a credit, balance! of £2 10s Id. . .Suggested subjects for short papers: and discussion at ■ , Mothers ' . Union , meetings:,— ; „...;.'■ ! ■.'•:' " Children 's home reading, how to ' guide, control and encourage it." "The power of habit." •: Children 's* ailments and how to deal with tliem.""The religious capacity of the child" (under 7, from 7 to 11, from 11 onwards).