CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 March 1939, Page 3

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION

PROGRESS OF WOMEN'S SECTION. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, March 9. I Rapid progress is now being made with the organisation o£ the women’s section of the Centennial Exhibition. Part oi the buildings at Rongotai which will house this section are now last nearing completion, and an advisory committee iias keen set up to arrange the lawout of the allotted space. In an interview, Mrs. C. P. Hainswoith, manageress of the women’s section, said that progress at the site was

so far advanced that it would be possible for the committee to visit the buildings early next week, inspect the section, and formulate tentative plans for the display of exhibits, decorations, lighting, and general furnishings. It was decided at a recent meeting' of the arts and crafts committee to include a tapestry section in the handicrafts display. Inquiries had been so numerous that it was clear that this section would arouse keen interest. Programmes and dates for lectures and demonstrations were being drawn up, and in several subjects, such as nursing, and horticulture, completion I had been reached. | Mrs. Hainsworth said that she was now able to announce speakers and subjects approved for the horticultural section, which was bound to attract considerable attention. The chairwoman of the horticultural committee Mrs. Knox Gilmer, would speak or “Gardening as Seen Through a Woman's Eyes.” and other speakers would be Mrs. A. R. Gower frock gardening;). Miss E. A. Reag'ley (hydrangea, culture). Miss M. Cooper (dahlia, growing), Mrs. 11. 1). Bennett (use of native plants in Maori weavings), Mrs. A. Arlow (art. of flower arrangement). Mrs. ,J. Du Pont (value of indigenous forest II to bird life). :l The. nursing section organised t>\

Miss M. Lambie had also drawn up a tentative programme to he announced shortly. Other committees were working hard. Mrs. Hainsworth si’.id that she was well satisfied with the progress being; made by the-women s section. It would be in keeping with the scale and thoroughness with which the entire exhibition was being planned.

SCOUT .JAMBOREE WELLINGTON. March I). Application forms for the centennial boy scour jamboree ar Wellington in

December and .January are now being circulated throughout New Zealand by the .jamboree organisers. The forms must he filled in ami ready lor return by June .‘1(1. and their collection will be the, occasion of a great cycle race. North Island v. South Island. over approximately equal courses from North Auckland to Wellington. ami from Bluff to Blenheim. Details of the cycle race have not yet been announced, but the idea is that from every scout headqmtrters. local applications shall be taken Io the nearest spot on the route ami handed over to the racers for delivery, the race being to see which Island collects its forms more smartly. In the meantime, jamboree officers tire preparing the site at Heretaunga. At Easter, a rover scout moot will be I held there and some hundreds of rovI ers from all over New Zealand will attend. The moot will be opened by Sir Robert Clark-Hall. The rovers will 1 carry on the work, now well advanced. I of preparing the jamboree site. I A letter has been received by the organisers to say that a contingent of 50 scouts is coming from Fiji to attend the camp al Heretaunga. So far no announcement, has been made. The majority of the boys will be native Fijians, probably the largest body of Melanesian natives ever to visit New Zealand.

Other overseas contingents are expected front Australia. South Africa. Canada. Holland. Great Britain, and Honolulu.

CRIPPLED CHILDREN’S CAMP WELLINGTON March !». As the centennial good turn of the New Zealand Roy Scouts’ Association it is proposed to run a special crippled children’s camp in conjunction with the cenleiinial jamboree to be held at Hereiaunga Hint Valley at the end of this year. Boys attending the camp will be entirely the- guests of the scout movement. The camp is being organised by the jamboree organisation bitt the toc H movement in New Zealand lias undertaken to staff and run it.