Y.M.C.A. HEALTH CAMP

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21354, 22 December 1934, Page 4

Y.M.C.A. HEALTH CAMP

FIRST CONTINGENT TO LEAVE TO-DAY SITE SELECTED AT WAINUI The annual camp organised by th» boys' division of the Christchurch branch of the Young Men's Christian, Association will open at Wainui tow day and will continue for six weeks, For 10 days, an advance party ha* been preparing the ground, and when the first contingent arrives to-morrow everything will be in readiness. Last year 120 boys attended th» camp, but this year there are already many more than that total, and record numbers are anticipated. So great has been the demand that there is no room for anyone more until January 12, and applications cannot be considered till after that date. The site of the camp is in beautiful native bush, and within easy reach art the beach, and clear, freshwater streams. Swimming, fishing, and boating will fill the day, and in the evening there will be the innumerable distrac* tions arranged by those in charge ot the camp.

Mr D. W. Ross, director of boyif work at the Young Men's Christian As« sociation, will be in personal charg? of the camp, and he will be assisted by Messrs K. A. Muff and A. Ii Rounthwaite. Mr C. C. Pegg, physical instructor to the association, will be in the camp for a time, as well as a number of other leaders in the association.

The programme is varied and offers almost everything that a boy could desire in a camp. The tents are in firstclass order, anvS as all have board floors, there is co danger of discomfort, even if the weather becomes bad. A hall is nearby, and on rainy days there; will be plenty to do. The fees for the camp are most moderate, and the officials in charge of' it advise that boys should be left there lor at least a fortnight, because iV taKes a boy a few days to settle down and begin to enjoy himself. Charges t? r camping decrease in proportion to the length of time the boy stays in it.

. estetday was pay-day at the Pensions Office in the Government buildj day a long line of people to the pay-clerks, many of fc ut many of them being P e °P le deputising for persioners.