CUB CAMP AT MANAIA

Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1933, Page 10

CUB CAMP AT MANAIA

INSTRUCTION FOR OFFICERS. EXPLANATION OF METHODS. A camp of instruction for cub ‘officers from all parts of Taranaki was held at the Manaia Domain in the week-end. There were present about 20 officers located in six tents, and with ideal weather no better setting could have been obtained for the gathering. Among those present were Scout Commissioner F. W. Homer, Miss Nancy Wilson (Akela) of Bulls, New Zealand Commissioner for Wolf Cub training, Miss K. Scotter (Kim) I Palmerston north, and Commissioner L. G. Callis (Hawk Eye), Palmerston North.

On Saturday morning there was a council gathering and flag break, Mr. Homer welcoming the visiting officers and explaining the nature of the camp • and training palaver. Miss Wilson then took charge and ex- ! plained the methods of approach to rhe • child mind and the training of the boy that had been evolved by Chief §>cout Lord Baden-Powell in collaboration with Mr. Rudyard Kipling. In the afternoon instructional woi'k was alternated with cub games and jungle dances. ( Yesterday morning there was a cubs’ own service followed by nature talks and studies and talks on the spiritual side of cubbing. . The visitors were impressed with the ideal situation of the camp in Manaia’s old historic domain and they were grateful for the use of the golf pavilion, also for the excellent arrangements made by the Manaia committee. TAWHITI SPORTS BODY. ASSOCIATION WOUND UP. The annual general meeting of the Tawhiti and District Sports Association was held bn Tuesday night, when Mr. J. B. Laurenson presided over a fair attendance. Mr.' Laurenson traced the movements cf the association since its formation in 1927. He said the first sports meeting held resulted in about £BO profit and the succeeding two meetings also showed satisfactory profits. During the last three years the committee had deemed it advisable to forego sports on account of .the. falling away of. public interest in country sports meetings and the question for the meeting to decide was whether the association should disband, or attempt to run another meeting. A lengthy discussion followed, during which Mr. McCoy outlined a proposal that the Tawhiti and District Sports Association combine with the Jersey Cattle Club and hold a sports and field day on the Hawera A. and P. showgrounds. Mr. C. Ogle moved and Mr. G. Thompson seconded that the association be disbanded, ■' and on a show of hands the motion was carried. Mr. C. Ogle also tendered the sincere thanks of the residents of the district and also of the hall committee to Mr. J. B. Laurenson for the time and energy he had devoted to the sports association. Several other speakers spoke in eulogistic forms of the immense amount of work so willingly done by Mr. Laurenson. Mr. Laurenson, in returning thanks, gaid that the work had been a pleasure, and at the same time he would-like placed on record, the valuable assistance rendered by the honorary secretary, Mr. R. McCoy. The funds of the sports association, which are in .the vicinity of £3B, are to be handed over to the hall committee, and will be very useful for effecting very much • needed repairs. It was reported that when, the hall was being . cleared after the last dance it was found that the mirror and also the electric light bulb in the men’s cloak room had been removed. Much interest is being taken lately of the weather by the Maoris at the Taiporohenui Pa, as they are awaiting a fine day and a suitable breeze to launch their new fishing boat, which was recently brought from Wellington by Mr. Scotty Perenui. THE LATE JOHN LLOYD. MAGNATE OF DAIRY Further particulars have been received of the late. Mr. John Lloyd, whose death occurred at the British hospital, Buenos Aires, on October 29 last. Mr. Lloyd was a former resident of South Taranaki, having farmed on the Hunter Road and on Mr. Tom Robson's property at Te Roti before migrating to the Argentine with his wife and family of five daughters and one son. He came originally from Merioneth, North Wales, in 1886, following the sale of the family estate, Cwmbyehan. He was regarded as one of New Zealand s foremost judges of Jersey and dairy type cattle. On removing to the Ai gentine the late Mr. Lloyd established one of the largest estancias in Germania, F.C.P., which he named “La Cambria. So extensive were his operations in the dairying industry that the milk from his enormous herd of 3000 cows was handled by 24 butter factories and by one, dried milk factory. Writing in the Buenos Aires Standard” on October 30, a contributor paid tribute to “John Lloyd—Cwmbyehan,” and mentioned that no one in the Argentine and few in Britain could trace their ancestors without a break to the Ifth century* This the late Mr. Lloyd could do, to Bleddyn op Cyufyu, Prince of North Wales and Powys, and even further back. ~ Mr. Lloyd'would have been the last in the world to boast of his descent, but all Welshmen who knew and realised its truth were ever ready to do it for him. “A Prince in Israel has fallen,” stated the contributor, “and all the Lloyds who claim to be of the North Walian extraction have lost the head of their clan. Heddwxh iw Iwch! De ed pob Cymro iw angladd! (Peace to his dust! The beauty gvgFy Welshman to be after his funeral!)” . . PERSONAL ITEMS. Miss Gwen Chadwick, Hawera, has passed five musical examinations, four being with honours. The examinations were: Rudiments. of music (Royal Academy), intermediate theory (Trinity College), senior theory (T.C.), higher local piano (T.C.), advanced grade piano (R.A.), the first four passes being with honours. Miss Chadwick the five examinations last year. The Rev. A. G.' Irvine commenced his ministry at St. John s Presbyterian Church, Hawera, yesterday’. ; There were large congregations at both services. PORT OF PATEA. March 12: Arrivals: m.v.’s Inaha and . Hawera from Wellington. |