GIRL GUIDES

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 10 March 1934, Page 2

GIRL GUIDES

NOTES BY “GUIDER”

PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER AT MANAIA.

On Thursday Mrs Morrison, Provincial Commissioner, and Miss I. gikiniier, deputy Provincial Commissioner, were the guests of Mrs Instone, president of the Manaia local association, when they met- the- Guides of the local company and Guides and Brownies l of the Otakeho district. The function was held in the. garden and in such pleasant surroundings the true Guide atmosphere seemed to be present, and everyone present enjoyed the visit. Mrs John Houston, Divisional Commissioner, and Mrs T. N. Watt, District Commissioner, were in attendance uixm the Provincial Commissioners, who were also accompanied by Mrs Wilson and Mrs Balharry, members of the New Plymouth executive. The Manaia' Guides were in. charge of Miss Bessie Young, acting captain, and tlie Otakeho Guides and Brownies. were in charge of Miss Linda Putt and- Miss Mara. Mackie, acting captain and lieutenant respectively, and Miss Violet Parker, acting Brown Owl. The Guides and Brownies were inspected by Mrs Morrison who spoke on the happiness associated with Guiding anti reminded the girls' of the importance of keeping the. law and the promise. The Brownies then gave Mrs Morrison a. Grand and Mrs Houston presented them with the totem made by Mrs Whitehead, Hawera. Afternoon tea was served by Mrs Lnstone and the members of her committee, and the afternoon ended with an enrolment of a number of ladies of the Manaia and Otakeho associations, followed by the singing of Taps and the National Anthem by the Guides. Among those present were Mrs Corkill and Mrs Bell, president and secretary respectively of the Otakeho local association, Mesdam'es Hobday, Miller, Innes. Winter, Christie, Garner, Crompton, Kennedy, Oottani and Miss Vine.

RANGER GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

•Everv Ranger is given a. list of short questions, such as “Who is your Provincial Commissioner?”, “Give the colour of cockades and cords worn by the diqerent grades of commissioners?”, “You are out to tea and suddenly someone asks, ‘Now do tell me just what Girl Guides are?’ —what would you sav?”. “What office in the Guide administration does the' World Bureau hold?”. “Where is the Chateau known as Adeiboden?”, “Who presented it to the Girl Guides of the World?”. Five or more minutes can be given to prepare, during which, if desired, the Rangers may consult any books or ask questions of any other Rangers; then thev all -write down answers in a given time, when captain will supplement fifty knowledge. This is a good way of fixing things in the memory. STAINS. At one meeting everyone- suggests all the possible mishaps in the vay of stains they can think of—ink ui the wallpaper, spilled hot fat on the bench, etc. All fnake a list, and find out the best way of eliminating the stains during the week. Next week the P.L. brings the lists, points being given for numbers of remedies .rid extra points for having! tried if the\ were successful.

CHIEF GUIDE VISITS GIBRALTAR

, Have you ever heard the phrase “as strong as the Rock of Gibraltar”? Well, if vou saw that old rock you would certainly think that that is a very good simile, for it is indeed a wonderful sturdy, great miniature mountain, sticking right up out of the sea, and standing as a huge bluff dominating the Straits. It has seen a lot of_history, the invasion 1 of- Spam by tne Romans at a time when the Roman Empire. practically held all Europe. Later the Moors came over from Africa and took Spain, and some of the very great attractions in Spain even now are the ancient Moorish towns and buildings and ruins that are left. . The influence of the Moors is felt s,o much in the architecture of so many of the houses and the whitewashed Avails and deep rounded archways are so attractive in the blazing hot sun and deep blue sky that one associates with that Southern land. __ Gibraltar is, as you know, a. Britisn Colony, and lias belonged to Great Britain for over a hundred years, and it is a very important harbour and dockyard for our Navy. . The population of Gibraltar consists very largely of soldier's and sailors and Air Force men and their belongdngs, and so most of the Guides and Btoai’nies fire girls', whose parents are quartered in Gibraltar just for a year or bwinrr to this you may imagine that there is not very much chance of keeping the same members of a. company for verv long at a time, and it. is most distressing how often changes come in the patrols and sixes. Things may be going forward awfully veil with company work and then suddenly a regiment is moA-ed, and the company gets half its members removed in one day! But in .spite of that they are a jolly lot, and I was so glad to see three companies and two packs all working away with keenness.' ... There are also a few Gibraltarian girls, daughters of people ivlio always live on “The Rock.” and probably of Spanish origin; these in many eases talk Spanish, and that makes it just a little difficult to carry on with games and Guide activities with another language mixed in with our usual: Guide jargon. It is A-ery nice to realise, though, how Guide activities .appeal to these girls, and' that they can enjoy playin o- the game alongside those of British origin. These companies that 1 sa-Av have got splendid club rooms qf their oavii, and the different patrols had got .some good collections' of shells, home-made miniature rock gardens, log hooks, etc., and the two Brownie packs wlio mustered' for me to meet' them Avore about as happy a. lot as I have seen for a long time.