WYNDHAM

Southland Times, Issue 23337, 22 October 1937, Page 14

WYNDHAM

GIRL GUIDES ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Girl Guides’ Association was held in the Murihiku hall recently. Mrs H. Hunter presided. The annual report stated:—‘We have to report that interest in the movement was well sustained in our most difficult year. No leader having been appointed Miss M. Baird carried on as captain of the company until the end of 1936. Then operations were hampered by. the epidemic restrictions at the beginning of 1937, and again there was no leader until Mrs E. S. Macfarlane took up the work in June. The company roll is small, but the work will improve under capable leadership. The removal of Mrs I. Malcolm, who had filled the office of president for many years, was also a big loss to the movement. Mrs J. I. Mitchell is an enthusiastic brown owl and has a good pack. Both guides and brownies paraded on Anzac Day, and laid wreaths on the memorial. The guides continue to give some assistance at the Plunket grounds. In June the eleventh anniversary of guiding was celebrated with a social evening, at which our district commissioner. Dr I. Woodhouse, entertained the guides and their friends with a travel talk. She gave vivid descriptions of the countryside and interesting information about guide work in the north and the south of England. Finance is quite satisfactory, the balance-sheet having a credit balance of £lO 2/6.” In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, the president said the year had been a good one despite the difficulties they had to contend with. Now they had a leader, they hoped more guides would join up. The movement was a good one, and she wished it all success.

The report and balance-sheet were adopted. The election of officers resulted:— President, Mrs H. Hunter; vice-presi-dents, Mesdames C. Rout and W. O. C McKay; committee, Mesdames R. Pauli, F. J. Lawrence, N. H. Jefferis, R. Clarke, L. Harper, J. I. Mitchell and E S. Macfarlane; secretary, Miss L. A. Marsh. . Discussion arose about the advisability of holding the guide meetings during the afternoon, immediately after school closed, instead of in the evenings as previously, this being favourably commented on by all members present, particularly as it would encourage country children to join the movement. The president and Mrs C. Rout were appointed delegates to attend the annual meeting to be held in Invercargill- . . Dr Woodhouse extended an invitation to the guides to visit Mataura at an early date, this being accepted. She also expressed the wish that the Wyndham company would assist the Mataura company during the Maori war centennial celebrations to be held during December. ANGLING COMPETITION The first competition for the season under the auspices of the Wyndham Anglers’ Club was held recently. It was a half-day competition, any river and any legal bait. Generally, the conditions were good, especially on the Wyndham, and although only five competitors weighed in their total catch was 68 fine trout, averaging over one pound apiece. E. A. Pankhurst, the winner, fished the Wyndham river from the South Wyndham bridge to Cook’s bush and from the bridge to “O’Brien’s” ford. His principal bait was the Red Jesse, and he reports that the trout were moving steadily. This was his first success in a competition. R. K. Bain, one of the most experienced anglers in the Wyndham district, secured a limit bag in about three hours, with an average weight of nearly 11b 2oz each. However, as he was heavily handicapped, he took only second place. Fishing on the upper reaches of the Wyndham river, Mr Bain was most successful with an Anderson dry fly on the dropper and a wet Dark Red Spinner on the tail. E. Mitchell, who is a comparatively inexperienced angler, filled third place, securing eleven fish on the Mimihau. He found the afternoon sun rather troublesome, but his catch averaged 11b 4oz. Beginning early in the afternoon on the Mimihau stream, D. Fraser (Edendale) later transferred his attention to the Mataura. His catch of 13 fish weighed just over 131 b. Ten were caught on the Mimihau and three on the Mataura. S. Shanks fished the Mimihau all afternoon, but did not meet with much success, only eight fish weighing under a pound apiece taking his bait. The weigh-in took place at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company’s store, and the detailed results were:— E. A. Pankhurst, 16 fish, 151 b 9oz, (plus 60 per cent.) 251 b soz, 1. R. K. Bain (Glenham), 20 fish, 221 b 4oz (scr) 221 b 4oz, 2. E. Mitchell (Tuturau), 11 fish, 141 b, (plus 50 per cent.) 211 b, 3. Also competed: D. Fraser (Edendale), 13 fish, 13 lb 12oz (plus 25 per cent.), 171 b soz; S. Shanks, 8 fish, 71b lOoz (plus 60 per cent.), 121 b 2oz.