CONFERENCE

Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1930, Page 3

CONFERENCE

I'AN-PACI fic relations. i Ctiited'Press Association—By Electric ' Telegraph.—Copyright.] • HONOLULU, Aug. 12. . . .^D^ptof;Louise Stanley, Chief of. the of fflonie/Economics. in the DepartVnenf of Agriculture at Washington, and Miss Burleigh, head of the Child Guidance Clinic at Los Angeles, at'the pfiblic. session' ■' of /tho.RiinfPacific ; Women hf Cojiferehce dflKhg/Ufe evening..'s-""V Dr. Stanley described- the ’ organisa--tion of the great White House Conference on child welfare summoned by .President-Hoover for November next. A committee of experts had been incited by the President to make the ptyus fsr the conference. They had committees and sub-com-mittees of specialists in every branch of the subject. Miss Burleigh’s subject was mental ... hygiene, ./..with- special reference to the work done in child guidance. Miss Burleigh ...leaves Honolulu to-morrow. - She Tent her assistance to-day at the Social Service and Healtli sections in discussing the subject, of child guidance. Progress reports from all sections were received ill the forum to-day. This afternoon an inspection was made of the Palomo Hospital Extension Social Service Settleinent, and the Sftlyation' Army Girl’s" 'rfbme, where an 'attractive tea room is run on Australian lines, and affords girls there training as cooks and waitresses. A picturesque incident of the Conwais the presentation to the Director of the Pan-Pacific Institute by the Chairman of the Australian delegation of a silken Australian flag, theiDirector having expressed a desire on tlie occasion of the last Women’s Conference for such a flag. Lady Hordern provided one which Lady Game, at Sydney handed the delegation for the presentation.