WORK AMONGST SAILORS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 101, 1 May 1930, Page 5

WORK AMONGST SAILORS

,A SUCCESSFUL YEAR

A successful year is recorded in the twentieth annual report of the British Sailors' Society, Wellington. "There has been, a slight decrease in the number of men who visited the rooms, as against 1928," the report states. "This> is accounted f or_ in the number of ships that have been in port. There has been a #total of 20,077 men using the rooms during the- year, or a'weekly total of 386. These figures in .themselves show how popular the rooms are with the men who ■? follow the sea. The popularity is in a great measure due to the bright and cheery band of workers who are ever ready to extend the hand of friendship and bid the sailorman welcome; also to the spirit of good comradeship that is so prevalent amongst the workers themselves. " Details of tho work of *the society are as follow: —Number of men visiting rooms, 20,077; number of ships visited, 697; number of seamen taken for picnics, 402; refreshments provided for men visiting rooms, 18,476; number of mcii attending Sunday services, 2875; beds and breakfasts provided for distressed seamen, 570; number of men attending Sunday teas, 2136. The report records with regret the death of Miss Mabel Wilson, who had been a social worker for eleven years. "The thanks of the society are due to all the workers for the way in which they attend at the rooms* night after night to help entertain the men, and endeavour fro make them feel at home and amongst friends," the report adds. "Without the band of social workers the rooms of the British Sailors' Society would not be the pleasant and homely ones they are." On page 17 of this issue there is an interesting story about the Paw Paw tree and how you can benefit from the extract of Paw Paw fruit.-—Advt.

| OLYMPIA SKATING RINK.

A •special one-mile scratch race will bo held ,at the Olympla Skating Kink to-night, and thrills aplenty should bo experienced. Somo of tho speediest skaters in Wellington ,havo entered, and an exciting finish should bo witnessed. Ladles are beginning to realise the value of skating as an exerclso, and the afternoon sessions ■ are becoming quite a vogue. An excellent floor, with good skates, guaranteo a pleasurable evening's pastime. Popular prices are charged, and for parties and regular patrons special concessions are announced.