COMMISSIONERS RESIGN

Northern Advocate, 19 July 1935, Page 2

COMMISSIONERS RESIGN

GIRL GUIDE MOVEMENT. WARANTS RETURNED. [Special to “Northern Advocate.”! AUCKLAND, This Day. Six of the eight commissioners of the 'Girl Guide movement •in the Auckland district have sent their resignations, together with their warrants, to the provincial commissioner following alleged dissension among their ranks. _ ...L. Officials of the movement are reticent, but. it is learned that the resignations are the result of one highlyplaced officer over-ruling the decision of another of lesser rank.

Miss Beryl Knight, one of the divisional commissioners, appointed a girl to the command of a company. There had been two candidates for the position, but when A was appointed B made representations to the provincial commissioner, Mrs R.„ J... Coates. It is understood that following this ' action, A was disrated and that B was then given the rank of captain in charge of the company. Her decision challenged by the . provincial commissioner, and her captain disrated, Miss Knight apparently believed that the only course open to her was to resign her command. This she did, and forwarded her resignation to thd . provincial commissioner, .Mrs Coates.

Five other commissioners, Misses Hayward, Matthews, Teape, McComb (Papatoetoe) and Johnston (Northcote), contending that a principle was at stake, tendered their resignations when they learned the position. All six resignations are now in the hands of the provincial commissioner, who so far has not forwarded them to the chief commissioner for New Zealand, Miss Herrick, at Dominion headquarters in Hastings. At the moment attempts at reconciliation are being made, and the president of the Auckland girl guides executive, Mrs Bruce Mackenzie, with Mrs Coates, is making every effort to that end.