Girl Guide Notes

Southland Times, Issue 21199, 27 September 1930, Page 21

Girl Guide Notes

(By

“Tenderfoot.")

Gore Rally. All guides will meet at Girls’ High School grounds on Tuesday, ■ September 30, and also Tuesday, October 7 and Thursday, October 9 at 4.30 p.m. for practice. All names of guides and fare to rally to be handed in to district captain not later than Saturday, October 4. Fare for Guides and Rangers 3/-. Guiders and adults 4/-. Buses will leave guide rooms at 10.30 a.m. and 12 o’clock on Saturday, October 11. Central Rangers. Several members of the First Invercargill Rangers, Central Company have gained their thrift badges while Florence Moore has gained her senior needlewoman’s, and Mavis Foster, Lena Wilson and Rene Harvey their cooks' badges. Quite a number are preparing for the first aid examination next month, and if they are successful, will have practically gained their first class badges. Mrs R. G. Alington is continuing with the physical culture class, in which everyone takes great delight. A shield for inter-patrol competition has been presented by the committee. On Wednesday, October S, at 7.45 the Rangers are holding a social evening in the Guide rooms. All Guiders, Guides and friends are invited. From Foxlease.

The following is a continuation of the article sent to the Christchurch Press by Miss M. G. Hogg, a New Zealand Guider who was present at the recent world camp

Life is very busy', and so much that is interesting has happened during the week. We have had the most wonderful weather for this camp, only one wet day since we came. On Friday afternoon Princess Mary came and spent a long time here. We all went down to the flagstaff to greet her, and then dispersed to our camps and were then visited by her in turn. Our camp decided to entertain her by giving a demonstration of cooking without utensils. For instance, Switzerland made custard in lemon' skins in the ashes, England made damper and “planked chops,” Sweden made a kind of sweet-bread, and we two New Zealanders cooked eggs—mine in the mud and Miss Smeeton’s on a hot stone. We had things well on the way when her Royal Highness arrived and all came up and were presented and then went back to our fires. She seemed most interested, and was very sweet and nice. She looks so young. Luckily the rain kept off till she had left our camp, but it came on later, and we had to have our “camp fire” in the barn. Different countries did dances for her, and we ended up with a “haka” which I had taught them, and which I hope her Royal Highness appreciated. Lady Baden-Powell has been made by this conference the Chief Guider of the World, so we are very' happy. The Chief Scout is coming to speak on Wednesday to close the conference. Later.

There are some wonderful women at the head of the. movement—Dame Katherine Furze, who is chairman of the World Bureau, Dame Helen Gwyn Vaughan, who has been chairman of this conference, and Mrs Birley, Chief Commissioner for England. There is a Danish Countess in the tent next mine, very sweet and nice; you should see her knock in tent-pegs! One of the Swedish delegates is a niece of the King of Sweden, and there are many other interesting people. Our group commander,

Miss Winser, is a cousin of Bernard. Partridge. Miss Bray, head of training for England, was in the chair at our section of the conference, and was most skilful and tactful. Mrs Storrow, of U.S.A., a millionaire, has just given to the Guides a chalet in Switzerland. So many Rangers and older Guides go across there each summer instead of camping in England, and this will be a place for training them to hold conferences. We saw the proposed sketches and plans yesterday. The whole conference has been a most wonderful experience and we all felt at the end we understood much better each other’s plans and ideas.

The conference ended on Wednesday with the visit of Lord Baden-Powell who' spoke very well and later came with Lady Baden-Powell to the final campfire. They are looking forward to their visit to New Zealand next year.