HAVELOCK NORTH

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 283, 14 November 1929, Page 8

HAVELOCK NORTH

SCOUT COMMITTEE MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Havelock North Scout Committee was held on Tuesday evening. Present: Messrs Greenwood (chairman), H. Lyall, F. Ferguson, G. F. Leicester. E. Phillips and F. Lay. The Scoutmaster reported that the average attendance was 20 at the five parades. The boxing tournament has been postponed. until the beginning of next winter.

It was decided to combine with the Girl Guides for an evening and have Commissioner Cooksey give a talk on tlie trip of the Boy Scouts at the International Jamboree.

The Scouts felt themselves to be out of touch with the committee and considered that funds paid into the committee were lost to them. The Scouts wished to have the funds collected on Guy Fawkes night for their gymnasium fund. The Scoutmaster, having but one troop leader, desired that two assistants be appointed. It is probable that the company will be divided into two troops and so make the management easier and cause competition between troops. WOMEN’S INSTITUTE. The monthly meeting of the Havelock North Women's Institute was held in the Village Hall yesterday afternoon, Mrs Chapman-Taylor presiding over an "attendance of 95 members. The afternoon opened with the singing of the W.I. song. Three new members were elected and the resignations of two were received with regret. The resignation o‘ Mrs Barltrop, who is leaving the district and who has ably carried out the duties of secretary for some time, was regretfully accepted and she received a hearty vote of thanks for her services to the Institute. Miss C. Hunter has taken over the duties of secretary. Mrs Baird, one of the delegates at the annual Federation meeting in Waipawa last month, read an excellent report on the work of the Women Institutes in New Zealand.

The speaker for the afternoon was Mrs J. H. IVilliams, who gave a vivid and interesting talk on her eaily experiences in New Zealand, describing in witty terms the many hardships and conditions of life under which the pioneers lived and worked. The hardships were great but the joys were many. She gave a brief outline of the trip from England in a sailing vessel, which took three months for the voyage and described her experiences during the great earthquake and the disastrous floods in 1897. Hastings then was not thought of, Havelock being the place of importance and boasted of several stores and three hotels. It was only since the formation of the railway that Hastings had grown into the town it is to-day. At the conclusion of her address Mrs Williams was accorded a veiy heartv vote of thanks.

The egg collection resulted in the satisfactory number of 36| dozen, which are to be sent to the Hawke’s Bay Children’s Home.at Napier. A very instructive demonstration of cake icing was given by Mrs Gold finch, which the members watched with keen interest. A dainty afternoon tea was provided by Mesdames Bridgman, Watson, Young. Harvey, Biggar and Miss Coulson. The singing of the National Anthem brought a very interesting afternoon to a close.