GIRL GUIDES IN CAMP

Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1932, Page 8

GIRL GUIDES IN CAMP

SUCCESS OF TOKO VENTURE. FIRST TN STRATFORD DISTRICT. In a sylvan setting close to the Patea River a camp for - Girl Guides has been established for the past week on the property of Mr. T. A. Bowe, Toko. It was the first time that a camp for guides has been held in the Stratford district and the complete success of the initial venture should make the camp a popular adjunct to guiding in the future. From Stratford there were two officers, Misses G. Close and M. Smart, and 22 guides while a Hawera contingent was composed of two officers, Misses P. Lennon and M. McDonald, and five guides. The camp was set up on Tuesday last and broke up yesterday. The time was occupied with athletic and swimming sports, hikes, instruction in camp routine, country and poi dancing and fancy marching. Gatherings round a camp fire were the chief features of the evenings and the girls supplied the items for a concert on the final night. , Sunday was visitors’ day and attracted, a large number of parents and friends. Afternoon tea was served by the girls. A visit was paid to the camp on Friday by Mrs. D. K. Morrison (New Plymouth), Provincial Commissioner, and Mrs. D. Steven (Stratford), District Commissioner. They expressed pleasure at the way in which the camp was conducted. . Mr. and Mrs. Rowe took a keen Interest in the camp and assisted the guides in many ways, while Messrs. H. Bishop and G. Smart furnished conveyances for the transport of the guides and the camp gear. The health of the guides was excellent while the experience and induction imparted to them will be a valuable asset. CALEDONIAN SPORTS. PREPARATIONS AT ELTHAM. A meeting of the committee to run the Taranaki Caledonian sports at Eltham on January 28 was held at Eltham on Tuesday, Mr. J. L. Campbell presiding. It was decided that the amateur athletic events be managed by the Eltham Amateur Athletic Club. The Club will appoint the officials on Friday night and they will also attend to the preparation of the grounds. ; . Mr. G. W. Peebles was appointed treasurer and the erection of tents was left in the hands of Messrs. 'R. Darling and H. L. Kasper. Arrangements for a concert and dance in the evening were left m the hands of the chairman and Mesrs. Murray and Darling. STRATFORD CLUB SWIMMING. LAST NIGHT’S COMPETITION. Warm weather, providing ideal swimming conditions, .prevailed last evening for the club night of the Stratford Amateur Swimming Club. There were good entries and a fair attendance of the public. (Races resulted: Junior girls’ 25 yards breaststroke: H. Webby scr 1, F. Black Isec 2, P. Villers 4sec 3. Junior boys’ 50 yards free style: N. Turnbull scr 1, W. Davis 2sec 2, R. Ross 2sec 3. Senior men’s breast and back stroke; lirst heats A. Robson scr 1, B. Trueman 3sec 2, R. Watson Ssec 3. Second heat: T. McCluggage 4sec 1, B. _ McMillan Bsec 2, J. Caryer 6sec 3. Final: Robson 1, McMillan 2, McCluggage 3. Senior ladies’ 50 yards free style: First heat: L. Wickham 3see 1, M. Voght 2-sec 2, N. Nelson scr 3. Second heat: R. Black 2sec 1, G. Hale 4sec 2, P. Villars 4sec 3. Final: L. Wickham 1, R. Black 2, M. Voght 3. Intermediate boys’ 50 yards free style: H. Skuse 2sec 1, T. Villars 3sec 2, C. Power 7 sec 3. .Mixed relay race: Captain’s team 1, secretary’s team 2. GENERAL ITEMS. The following will represent Eltham Cricket Club against Stratford at Stratford.’ to-day:—Kerr, Arthur, Donnelly, Partridge, Lester, Barker, Palensky,‘ Lcatham, McKay Cowell and BurreiL The 15,000 trout that are being held in the hatcheries of the Stratford Acclimatisation Society until they reach the yearling stage are doing exceptionally well. Though one or two could be expected to die every week, the curator, Mr. L Jones, stated yesterday that fatalities among the fish had not averaged one a month. Ex-servicemen are reminded of the “diggers’ ” smoke concert to be held as a farewell to their secretary, Mr. L. E. Lyons, in the Stratford Town Hall on Friday evening. BUSINESS NOTICES. There is still time for the New Year photograph and you can have 12 mounted photographs in sepia and a larger print for twenty shillings at McAllister’s Studio, Stratford.* KING’S THEATRE. “GREAT MEADOW.” Hardships, love and comedy in one of the very earliest periods of American pioneer life is the theme and background of Charles Brabin’s new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, “The Great Meadow,” which screens at the King’s Theatre to-night. “The Great Meadow” has been admirably translated from the much-discussed book by Elizabeth Madox Roberts. John Mack Brown, Eleanor Boardman, Lucille La Verne, Anita Louise and Gavin Gordon are the principal protagonists of this excellent attempt to mirror the hardships of the first group of Virginians to cross tne Daniel Boone trail to Fort Harrod, ihe “Cradle of Kentucky.” The story is a swiftly moving one. Its first portion concerns itself with Indian fights and other difficulties of the long Wilderness Road. The latter part takes on a striking Enoch Arden twist in which Berk Jarvis, captured by Indians, returns to find that is wife has married another.