Men’s league formed
A MASS meeting of men, principally officebearers in the Presbyterian Church, was held in First Church Hall on Saturday evening to consider the advisability of forming a Presbyterian Men’s League. The Hon. J. G. W. Aitken (Moderator of the General Assembly) presided over an attendance of close on 200 persons. The proceedings were marked by much earnestness throughout, and frequently were quite enthusiastic.
Mr Crabbe (Wanganui) explained the objects of the proposed new organisation forcibly and clearly. The
great need at the present time, he stated, was to bring the ideals and ethics of the Church more directly in touch with the national life of the community than at present; to permeate the whole of our national life with a deeper spirituality. ‘‘I pray to God,’’ he said, ‘‘that the Presbyterian Church will never become so respectable that it will forget to keep in touch with the actual world of men.’’ Continuing, he emphasised the need of helping the men who returned from the front and also of creating a greater spirit of brotherliness amongst the men inside the Church and out of it. — (Applause).
have a complete staff of waiters. So far, women have not destroyed the sanctity of the clubs, though in
London the neat waitress has replaced the obsequious steward in the majority of houses in clubland, including the oldest and most conservative institution. Very many male hotel, club, and restaurant workers from New Zealand have gone to the front; others, unfit for active service, have been attracted by the transports and by the shortage of cooks and stewards on passenger steamers, where the work cannot well be done by women. Recently another competitor for the services of male workers in catering establishments, has entered the field, in the form of the marble bars. The limitation of the hours of female restaurant workers to 10.30 p.m.(as enacted by the Shops and Offices Amendment Act of last session) has compelled the marble bars to engage men, if they wish to keep open until 11 p.m. or later. Generally, hotelkeepers who have
been forced to substitute female for male labour express themselves well pleased with the change.