AVONDALE WOMEN’S CLUB

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 375, 8 June 1928, Page 4

AVONDALE WOMEN’S CLUB

ADDRESS ON DICKENS The speaker at the meeting of the Avondale South Women’s Club, held in the Donovan Street hall on Tuesday afternoon, was Mrs. Kenneth Gordon, who addresesd the club on “Charles Dickens and His Works.” Mrs. Gordon referred to Dickens’s attitude toward women in public life, as illustrated by Mrs. Jellaby and Mrs. Pardiggle, but came to the conclusion that, were he alive to-day, Dickens—always a reformer of abuses, and the champion of the weak —would be in complete sympathy with the efforts being made by women for improvement in the conditions of life, and the uplifting of humanity. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the speaker for her interesting address. The secretary, Mrs. Taylor, notified the meeting that she felt compelled to resign. The incoming secretary, Miss D. R, Ingram, was instructed to write to Mrs. Taylor conveying the deep regret felt by members at her resignation, and also of their appreciation of her invaluable service since the inception of the club. A report of the annual meeting of the Auckland branch of the National Council of Women was presented by Miss Newton. The meeting concluded with afternoon tea.