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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 August 1924, Page 9

The Fire Brigade ball, which was held in the Winter Show hall last night, proved a most enjoyable function, about 76 couples attending. The ball, room was artistically decorated with coloured papers and liags. and the supper tables decorated with spring flowers and evergreens. Ren wick’s professional orchestra supplied the music. The supper arrangements were made by Mrs Foster. During the evening the Mayor presented Mr and Mrs Pettott with a pan- < l basket chairs. Years after the English girl had gained some measure of freedom, mademoiselle across tiie Channel was goyernessed and chaperoned, savs a writer in the Auckland Star Now, however, especially .since the war, the young french girl has come out into the open, and in no wav is this more shown than in the rapid growth of the Girl Scout movement. Some statistician has made out that there are now actually more Girl than Boy Scouts in the world, and though this is seemingly not true of 1* ranee, their number has risen greatly since 1917. when there wore only fifty. Now Girl Scouts number two thousand. Also, they are of all ranks of society. Formerly’ the working people were the only recruits; today the more leisured have seen the advantage of this training for their daughters. Their organisation is verv much seemingly as in England. Every year there is a summer camping expedition, and training is given m domestic science and in handicrafts.