HAWERA AND MANAIA

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1934, Page 8

HAWERA AND MANAIA

SCOUT AND CUB EVENT WINNERS. IMPROVING STANDARD OF WORK. The Tangahoe (Hawera) Bulldog Scout Patrol won the Ollerenshaw Cup for the second year in accession and the Manaia Grey Cub Pack the Legion' of Frontiersmen Totem Pole for the sixth year in succession at the South Taranaki scout and cub competitions at Hawera on Saturday. In gloriously fine weather the events were entered into by officials and nearly 20 scouts, who came from Stratford, Toko, Eltham, Manaia, Hawera and Patea, with keenness and enthusiasm; Competition was Keen in the scout division, four Hawera patrols finishing within 13 points of each other. The performance of the winning cub six, Manaia Grey, was most meritorious, the six securing highest points in five out of eight events, being second in one and third in another. The judges were pleased with the improved standard of work, which was under eight heads in each division, and included many useful fields of general knowledge. The. cub work was carried out in the morning, and in the afternoon prior to the scout events, the participants marched through High Street to King Edward Park headed by the Hawera Municipal Band. At the conclusion of the events, Commissioner F. W. Homer congratulated Scoutmaster F. Head and his patrol under their second success. As time went on the work was becoming keener and the standard was being raised. It was all the more meritorious that the patrols were not specially chosen, but were just ordinary working patrols. Mr. Horner then presented the cup to Scoutmaster Head. Cheers were given for the winning patrol, the runners-up, the officials and judges and the Hawera band. The Totem Pole was presented earlier in the afternoon to the Manaia cubs by the Mayor of Hawera, Mr. J. E. Campbell. The general supervision of the competitions was undertaken by Commissioner Horner, with Mr. E. H. Linnell as marshal. The organisation was in the hands of the secretary of the South Taranaki Scouts* Association, Mr. E. M. Bardsley, with Mr. George Laurence as competitions secretary. The general committee was Messrs. W. Fossey, L. H. Clapham, Linnell, T. Lay, and F. Head. Thet'women’s catering committee comprised Mesdames'H. E. Cressey, J. Ogle, L. B. Lewis, L. H. Clapham, E. Evans, H. Ack- ' royd and W. T. Johnson. The judges were Mrs. S. R. Veitch, Miss D. Britland, the Rev. W. A. 8001, Messrs. A. Blackman, L. H. Clapham, F. Head, H. N. Murray, W. R. Shaw, M. R. Nelson, H. G. Whitehead, W. E. Grogan, Capt. A. E. Stevens and Scout R. Graham. The scout events were: Patrol marching, compass test, lashing trestle, signalling, ambulance, physical drill, artificial respiration, tent pitching, 100 points being allotted to each event, except physical drill which carried 175 points. Details with points in the above order . are:— Tangahoe Bulldog: 85, 71, 79, 95, 57, 132, 84, 90, total 693, 1. Hawera. Seagull: 86, 77, 87, 73, 55, 148, 72, 86, 684, 2. Tangahoe Beaver: 87, 82, 81, 60, 59, 135, 85, 94, 683, 3. Hawera Bulldog, 91, 72, 77, 93, 53, 135, 72, 87, 680, 4; Eltham Kingfisher, 82, 85, 74, 85, 58, 131, 68, 88, 671, 5; Eltham Morepork, 76, 71, 86, 85, 58, 108, 75, 93, 642, 6; Hawera Bull, 82, 59.. 70, 80, 51, 125, 73, 88, 628, 7; Toko Eagles, 67, 60%, 83, 40, 33, 105, 67, 87, 542%, 8; Toko Grey Duck, 76, 44, 77, 70, 19, 103, 62, 86, 537, 9. The cub events were: Forming circle and howl, walking plank, knot tying, with explanation, semaphore alphabet, jungle dances, skipping, first-aid, points of compass, 100 points being allotted to each event. Details, with points in the above order, are:— Manaia Grey: 76, 74, 81, 89, 76, 92, 65, 95, total 648, 1. Manaia Blue: 72, 78, 76, 70, 75, 96%, 65, 88, 620%, 2. . > Hawera Grey No. 1: 60, 84, 81, 83, 71, 90, 50, 86, 605, 3. Eltham Blue, 64, 70, 75, 75, 60, 80, 45, 88, 557, 4; Stratford Red, 54, 75, 72, 74, 68, 80, 60, 65, 548, ’5; Stratford Gold, 50, 72, 62, 65, 66, 87%, 57, 70, 529%, 6; Patea Red, 58, 87, 78, 76, 53, 97, 55, 25, 529, 7; Eltham Red, 64, 58, 71, 64, 60, 87, 40, 65, 509, 8; Toko Red, 52, 91, 72, 80, —, 89%, 50, 50, 484%, 9; Hawera Silver, 50, 82, 82, 64,, 17, 896, 55, 40, 479%, 10; Hawera Black, 48, 76, 82, 60, —, 88, 50, 38, 442, 11; Hawera Grey No. 2, 46, 70, 74, 50, —, 77%, 60, 20, 397%, 12. HAWERA AND WAVERLEY. IN DIFFERENT DIRECTORIES. Advice was received by the Hawera Chamber of Commerce on Friday that on the grounds of expense it was not possible to include Waverley telephone numbers in the Taranaki directory and Hawera numbers in the Wanganui directory. Mr. J. S. Fletcher, postmaster at Hawera, said a check had been made over a period and it was found that calls between Hawera and Waverley had been infrequent. Mr. B. C. Bennett said it was desired to create a community of interest between Waverley and Hawera and this was one way of doing it. Patea was in both directories though Patea businessmen received a copy of only the Wanganui directory. PATEA PORTS INWARD TRADE. HARBOUR BOARD’S DIFFICULTIES. The opinion that not enough was known of the difficulties of the Patea Harbour Board in trying to arrange back freights was expressed by Mr. J. E. Campbell at the Hawera Chamber of Commerce on Friday. To assist the board it was decided to call another conference of those interested in the port. The board wrote thanking the chamber for its support in the attempt to recover. inward trade for the port. The Hawera Dairy Company wrote expressing its wilL | ingness to assist in any move for the reduction in railage charges on seaborne freights. PATEA MINIATURE SHOOTING. TROPHY COMPETITION FIGURES. The second of a series of three shoots was contested at Patea by members of the Miniature Rifle Club on Wednesday, when good scores were registered. Rifleman N. Coad again topped the score off the rifle, Rifleman R. Allen being run-ner-up. The handicaps are sealed and will be opened at the final shoot on Wednesday. The scores are: Rifleman N. Coad 49, R. Allen 44, D. McDonald 43. W. Black 43, F. Joynt 41, Miss E. Willis 41, N. Nansett 35-