GIRL GUIDES

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 30 July 1927, Page 16

GIRL GUIDES

NOTES BY “01J1DER.”

At the mee-ting qf the executive of the Locul Association held on Monday bust, Mrs. H. T. Lovell waited on the members auul outlined a plan, for a. combine:! Brownie, Guide and Hanger flower .show, to be held towards the end of the year. Airs. Lovell hn.s already interested herself in the nature part qf Guide training, and is prepared to give a series qf talks on plant life Ito the- Guides, one lecture having already been given. She hats also addressed the Hangers on decorative flower work, and the flower show given by the Brownies recently wins the lesult of her efforts. The executive thanked Mrs. Lovell very heartily for her enthusiastic work on behalf of the Guide movement and accepted her offer to organise the suggested flower show. Brownies, Guides and Hangers', it i.s not too soon for you to start making your plans for growing and exhibiting the lovely flowers which kind Mother Nature lias so liberally provided for our pleasure. Seedlings* may soon be planted out, but first we must get to work on the .soil and find out what cultivation it requires. For although kind Nature is liberal with her offerings, she requires that we also do our part, and thus we learn one or the great lessons of life, that "whatever is worth while is worth striving for.

Ait the meeting of the executive, the resignation of Airs. L. O. 11. Barbour as captain of the Hiaiwenia Haugens was received with regret. Alention was made of Mrs. Barbour’# fine work in organising the company, and the disappointment all felt in that she was leaving the town. On behalf qf the Local Association, the president, Airs. K. A. Pacey, handed to Mrs. Ba-iibour a handsome Union Jack for the Hawera- Hanger Company. The following (acting) appointments were recommended by the executive : Ranger Captain, Miss Bi-it land; Range; Lieutenants; Mo.sses J. "Wilson and P. Bell; Guide Lieutenant, Al.is.s D. Clement; Tawny Owl, Miss Z. Curran.

The annual general meeting of the Hawera Local Association has been fixed for the evening qf Alonclay. August- 9, A further enrolment ceremony took plaoe last Saturday at Pa tea, five Guides, two Brownies, and several members of the local association being enrolled by the district commissioner. Airs. J. Houston. This makes a. total of forty-one Guides and thirty-one Brownies enrolled. There was a large attendance of members of the local association and friends from the surrounding district, proving what a strong hold the movement has at the southern end of the province. Afternoon tea was provided by members ol the executive.

The latest edition of that in dispensable book. “Rules and Policy.’’ is non availab'e in New Zealand. The nev volume contains all the latest amendments, and all- Guiders and patrol leaders should be familiar with its contents Some important changes have beer made, including new requirements foi .some of the efficiency badges.

THE CHIEFS IN THE TRANSVAAL The following is an extract from a further letter from Lady Baden-Foweh in the “Girl Guide Gazette” : “Aftei our all too short stay in lovely Natal our tour took u.s away on to the highei uplands qf the Transvaal. Perched in the middle of the grassy widespread plain,s ol the Rian,cl is the huge growing city of Johannesburg, only forty year.old, but civilised to a degree with its spreading suburbs of comfortable, wellbuilt homes for the well-to-do. “Scouting and guiding ha« a big iieh here, coining as it does with all its wholesome interests and training, am with the .added uses of acting as a connecting link between all the varied grades in the population, and a delimit counter-attraction to the restless hunt for pleasure that exists in this—as in other—towns. A full programme happened here. Brownies revelled delightfully in dozens in a woody park; Guid e:s and grown-ups and committees me! in conclave; and on a grilling Novem he.r Sunday Guides mustered with then 6300 brother Scoots fqr .a ‘Guides' Own.’ The East Band and the Wes' Band divisions had their rallies, am one realised that Guiding is very alive and on good lines here as elsewhere Such a fine spirit, too, was shown m the way companies ignored diflieii'tie and distances, and travelled frqjm. fa afield to join in with these rallies; anthe Guides ancl Brownies everywhere turned up -as smart a.s, paint, with that jolly, cheery hearing upon them that b —-or should ibe—one of their hall-marks.

“•(Aur next .stopping place was Pretoria. Tucked away in its snug .surrounding eirc-'e of the- Alegalie-sberg mountains, -tilts town has quite a different atmosphere -about it. There is a feeling that -it belongs .somewhat to the past, its roots having been driven down deep into the soil -from the early days, when, finding a -spring yielding quanti--1 ties of clean, clear water, the YoorLrekikers. under Pre-tori u.s, settled down tli-ene, making it eventually the capital of the republic. “For .half the year now Pretoria comes to life .and acts as the sent <n government, the machinery for the directing qf South Africa's affairs -being lodged in the most beautiful dignifie Union. Buildings standing guard on tin bill overlooking the town. ’ “Thanks to the kindness of the pres?dent .of the Guides for the Union, H.R..H. Princess Alice, Guides Iron, Pretoria, 1 Petersburg, Middle-burg. Rustenburg, Irene, and Wit-bank mustered for -a ly in Government House grounds, and that ended the first ha!! of our tour. “In January the -big annual Guide event -took place as usual, and Guldens rallied from all parts of the Union to take part -in the -sixth annual Guiders" conference. It was the first tune th-. every province and territory in So-iib! Africa had been represented, and they Min in varying numbers f-r.orn the Carre Province. Transvaal. Natal, Orange Free Style, Basutoland. Swaziland, and Srathh-West Africa, the commissioner delegate from the latter having 'travelled foi -three days and two night' from her home in Windhoek to he pro ent! It was just delightful to meet such a line body qf keen, energetic, enthusiastic follow-man i-aos, and for twelve days we worked and played and tn'Vod and listen o *! with one another, fill I v enjoying and benefiting by a*ll the tnafnii'g and ccnlerence discussion". In between the sessions we mainly std-vmi;-ii' i I to (•••ol ourselves in the swi.ni-m-:ng iba.th. this helping abo in its own wov to break down any possible lee'ing of shyness amongst those who had never fore-gathered wd-h e-thro- Guide’s in I ••■’ go iiiiiimbers. It was about a.s frood a. eorfereiicc a-s I have over Iwl ibe good fortune to attend, and the 'Guide snir-ii was rampant amongst- the ■hundred odd folk who were assembled there. (To be continued next week.)