V.M.C.A. BOYS' CAMP.
Everyone has come to recognise that the V.M.C.A. camp is the Ideal place for a boy for at least a period during the summer. Leaders of the camp at Otakl are friendly, sympathetic young men who appreciate the fact that their greatest responsibility Is to help the boys in their charge to develop manly characters. The programme Is not rigidly fixed nor is to left to chance, a.s a great deal of planning has been done by the director and leaders. Mr. Denis Duckworth, boys' work director of the V.M.C.A., is in charge of the camp, and his experience in boys' camps ensures that every moment of camp life will be spent in purposeful activity. There ■ are still vacancies for the periods, but registrations must he in by Monday, December 13.
A widespread search was instituted on Friday in the Auckland Hospital, its grounds, and beyond the precincts, for a radium, needle which had been lost. Four scientists attached to the physics department of the university were called in, and with the aid of an electrical apparatus the needle, the reolacement value of which is said to be about £300, was discovered on Saturday morning.
Mr. H. R. Fraenkel, of Wellington; has been admitted as a member of the Institute of Industrial Administration (M.IJ.A.K
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 136, 6 December 1943, Page 3
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