ROTARY CONFERENCE.

Wairarapa Age, 5 March 1927, Page 5

ROTARY CONFERENCE.

. DIVISION OF DISTRICTS SUGGESTED. GREETINGS FROM OVERSEAS. AUCKLAND, March 4. The business of the fifth annual conference of New Zealand Rotary Clubs concluded to-day. Charles Rhodes, Arising District Governor, read a cablegram from five Japanese Rotary clubs —Tokio, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe and Kyoto—which joined in sending most cordial greetings and best wishes for a most successful conference. “We Rotarians feel very happy in working under a world fellowship for the promotion of general welfare and the advancement of the highest degree of civilisation through the spirit of Rotary service,” he added. A cablegram extending greetings was also read from Italy. Various group committees drew up recommendations. The most important was a recommendation that New Zealand should be divided into four Rotary divisions. It was resolved to leave the question of boundaries until a later date. The recommendation was unanimously adopted.

Another recommendation, which also was unanimously adopted, suggested that one of the most important needs of the day was the inculcation into the younger generation of a sense of reverence and responsibility. It was suggested that Rotarians, as employers, should be urged to take the very keenest interest in the younger members of their staffs, not only in the direction of their business, but also in the formation of character. A recommendation that the next annual conference be held at Palmerston North was adopted.

Charles Rhodes was unanimously elected District Governor for New Zealand for the year. The Coltman Cup, presented by W. Coltman, president of the Auckland Club, for competition among the delegates from various clubs at conferences, was won by the Invercargill Club. The main conditions were tho percentage of attendance in regard to membership and the number of miles travelled.—(P.A.)