CONFERENCE ENDS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 940, 5 April 1930, Page 10

CONFERENCE ENDS

ROTARIANS AT CHATEAU ENDOWMENT FUND EXPLAIN Fress A s.soria (ton CHATEAU TONGARIRO, Today The Rotary Conference tinued today. s Greetings from the Vancouver ot • referred to the Canadian flag j n t V; U:> \ sit to the Cliristchuch Club Invitation from the Dunedin ciui for the next conference to be held . Dunedin was accepted a Air. Charles Rhodes gave detail the Rotary Foundation Fund and said the purpose was to n? vide against contingencies that interfere with the carrying out of objects ot Rotary especially i ntern Monal service. Jn 1929 the total nf the fund was 5.909 dollars. He « plained that the fund was not a coni pulsorv liability of any individual Rotarian or club. The object £2,000,000. The details are to placed before clubs for discussion as the adoption of the best method to vide contributions. tn> * It was resolved to forward an in citation to Rotary International t' n allocate the Pacific Rotary Conference in 1932 to New Zealand, but it was consul ei>*d more likely that New Zealand would get the 1934 conference. Reference was made, by Mr. Hho^eto the 25th Convention Rotary i n . ternational to be hold at Chicago in June. It was anticipated the attendance would be 25,000, and he urged tfcaefforts be made for a representativf delegation from New’ Zealand to attend. Mr. Harry Guthrie, president of thDunedin Club, was the onlv nonunrfor district governor, and he was elected by acclamation. The result of the Coltv Cup was - Auckland 1. Wellington 2. Christchuri 1 On the motion of Mr. Free, Masterton. the conference recorded an app r .v ciation of the delightful manner j n which the Japanese delegate had recognised the visit from a New Zealand delegation to Japan in 192 S by the gift of a bronze bust to Mr. Rhodes and set out that the great speech of Mr. Nomura would be remembered. After votes of thanks the conference concluded.