ROTARY CONFERENCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3761, 1 March 1928, Page 2

ROTARY CONFERENCE.

The sixth annual conference of the Rotary Clubs of New Zealand opened at Palmerston North yesterday, when there gathered about 300 delegates, representing nearly every club in the Dominion. The conference was officially opened by the Hon. J. A. Young (Minister of Health) who extended congratulations on the excellent attendance, on behalf of the Prime Minister, who, through affairs of State, had been unable to be present himself. Mr. Coates, the speaker assured the gathering, was *in sympathy with the Rotary movement. Mr Young also welcomed the. overseas visitors. The world, he proceeded, was the richer for the discovery and the inauguration of Rotary—a fact apparent in the literature of the organisation—for, with its ideal of service before self —and not only in business —it must impart to international relations a spirit of good-will, which in turn must reflect itself to the good of national affairs. Every good movement, he continued, was subject to criticism, and Rotary was no exception. It had proved to be of very material benefit to the country. The delegates were also accorded a civic welcome by the Mayor and Mr J. A. Nash, M.P.