SYDNEY KNOWS HOW

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 935, 31 March 1930, Page 12

SYDNEY KNOWS HOW

GOOD ROTARY CONFERENCE EFFICIENT ORGANISATION “The excellent organisation and the vast field of subjects touched upon by the recent Rotary Conference in Sydney marked this third conference as a striking tribute to the efficiency of Australian Rotarians.” This opinion was expressed bv Rotarian C. Rhodes, at this afternoon’s luncheon of the Auckland Rotarv O' lhh. Mr. C. J. Tunks presided. • A c ,!' t; 66s delegates were present m Sydney, said the speaker, comprising every Australian club with one exception. Japan, China, the Philip, pmes, New Zealand and the United States were also represented. The papers read covered a wide variety of aspects on the influence of Rotary on Pacific problems and peoples, and the discussions which followed were keenly followed by every member. y .. “ T * le . entertainments provided bv the Sydney Club went off without a hitch, said Mr. Rhodes. Tile outstanding ones were a dinner, a ball a pageant and a garden party. , T. 11 ® Pageant was a particularly striking feature, and about 2,000 SydUoU iZCnS we ‘\ e invited in addition to Rotarians. The Sydney Town Hall vas crowded to witness the most spectacularly-staged outline of the i°ni e « . ROtary ' Fla « s represent ing 5o nations were carried in by 55 Boy Scouts, each of whom was followed by two girls dressed in the native costume of thq countrv whose flag -was carried. "nose “Next to the Australian flag, which was heartily cheered, a great ovation Welker 611 " aE ° f Japan ” said Mr. F Leonard, who also attended Rn e es C<> str ren - Ce ’ l Doke alous similar lines, stressing the fact that interf at *°“ al . lsm \ as !) eins taught in the Austiahan schools.