OVERSEAS LEAGUE OPENS NEW ROOMS WITH BRIGHT SOCIAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1019, 9 July 1930, Page 4

OVERSEAS LEAGUE OPENS NEW ROOMS WITH BRIGHT SOCIAL

LARGELY-ATTENDED FUNCTION MUSICAL PROGRAMME A largely-attended and most successful social gathering marked the opening of the new rooms of ' the Overseas League in Short’s Buildings last evening. Dr. Alaguire presided and gave a j short outline of the ideals and aims of the league, and mentioned that it was from a suggestion by the late Air. Cecil Rhodes that Air. Evelyn Wrench first got the idea of an Empire-wide organisation to bind Britons together to maintain the heritage handed down to them, to further tho ideals of justice, freedom and good government. The league, however, has stretched beyond the bounds of the Empire, and toda.y there are nearly 3,000 branches throughout the world. The Overseas League is the largest British organisation in the world, said the speaker, and the membership now stands at 47,000. Next month the league will have been in existence 20 years, and it is hoped that the membership will have reached 50,000 by that time. Airs. Allen, a member of the women’s committee, also spoke, dealing more particularly with the activities of the Auckland branch. She mentioned that it was intended to hold a craftsmanship | class, in which all kinds of leather work and glove making would be taught, for the league funds. An enjoyable musical programme was contributed by Aliss Thompson, Airs. W. E. Duncan, Airs. Howie and All*. AJcDougall. These items were followed by some interesting slides picturing local events and big gamehunting in Africa, which were screened by Mrs. G. B. Totakinson. Supper served by the woman’s com- > mittee, and a pleasant half-hour in j which the members moved about and engaged in conversation, brought the evening to a close. J