HOLIDAY AT MOTUIHI.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 264, 7 November 1932, Page 9

HOLIDAY AT MOTUIHI.

ninety MORE CHIW>RBN. WAIHEKE CAMPS IN DECEMBER. Another party of 90 ehildien leave for the health camp at Motuihi next Saturday. The children are going into camp at the expense of Mr. John si" ■? ?•» ""VP™ 1 ;- cally cover the cost of the tup._ Mr. Court's donation followed on a donation of £100 by the Auckland Rotary Club two or three months ago. The children, who will remain a " 10 "Vl on the island, will replace the 90 odd ' children who are, at present encamped there and are due to return on featurJhe secretary of the Community Sunshine Association said to-day that the Waiheke camps, will be opened on JJe- ' cember 21 and will continue to the end oi [ January. There are two camps a 1 health camp capable of accommodating . 25 children, and a Boy Scouts camp ' which will take 30. At the latter camp l the total is maintained at 30 but no ! Scout remains more than 10 days, and » usually a week. This enables a large 3 number of boys to enjoy a holiday._ The t discipline is rigorous, as befits such an organisation as the Boy Scout move--3 ment. These camps are not costly to i the association, as practically only foodl stuffs are wanted and no wages arc paid, f "Tli»re will be an appeal made to tlie s public to provide u» with funds for tiie - I foodstuffs," said the secretary. "We feel i sure that the public will not desert us