GIRL GUIDES

Grey River Argus, 16 January 1940, Page 4

GIRL GUIDES

Centennial Camp SPECIAL TRAINING FOR LEADERS. On January 16th., approximately 120 young New Zealand women go into camp under canvas at Tauherenikau Racecourse, for a short period of training for services in time of national emergency. The camp was originally planned to celebrate the Dominion’s Centenary, and arrangements were well in hand to give 600 Dominion and overseas Guides an unforgettable holiday, when war was declared. Since then the camp has been reorganised on a more war-minded basis, with a view to training the older. Guides and leaders of Companies in services which will be useful to their country as well as to themselves, should they ever be called upon topplazay z a more active part in serving their country in time of war.

In England, the Guide training has proved a ready passport into any field of work.

To everyone of the Women’s Auxiliary Services, Red Cross and A.R.P., recruits who have had guide training are welcomed for their efficiency, adaptability and sense of discipline. Here in New Zealand almost all camps are regarded as a jollification for the young, and a time of discomfort and hard labour for everyone else. If the weather is unfavourable, misery for all. Guide Camps are unique . because in them, work and recreation are happily blended, and they have proved that it is possible to learn, and at the same time, enjoy learning.

Visitors’ Day at the Tauherenik.au Camp will be Sunday, 21st. January, and a trip to the Exhibition has been planned.