HAWERA BOY SCOUTS

Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1935, Page 10

HAWERA BOY SCOUTS

CITIZENS’ COMMITTEE MEETS. HIGH STANDARD OF WORK. The excellent attendance at the annual meeting of the Hawera Boy Scouts Citizens’ Committee last evening spoke well for the future of the scout movement at Hawera, said Commissioner F. W. Horner. The work was at as high a level as it had been for yfears past, he said. • Scout work was proceeding very well, and the valuable work being done among the cubs should not be forgotten. He paid a tribute to the efforts of all who had assisted the work during the year, particularly those who had made it possible for Scoutmaster T. Lay and several scouts to attend the jamboree at Melbourne.

Parades had been held on Monday nights and had been well attended, stated the report of the Raven troop, submitted by Scoutmaster T. Lay. There were 25 scouts on the roll, consisting of 16 second-class scouts, 5 tenderfoots and 4 new recruits. There were 23 at the last parade. Regret was expressed at the loss of the assistant scouter, Mr. C. F. Carrel. Mr. R. Smith had taken his place. Sixteen scouts attended a camp at Ohawe at Easter and 19 at the Labour Day week-end camp. Badges gained were: Eight tenderfoot, 12 sec-ond-class, 7 pathfinder, 2 cyclist, 1 musician, 3 athlete, 8 reader, 2 basketworker, 2 carpenter, 1 electrician, 5 swimmer and 3 entertainer. Five scouts and the scoutmaster attended the jamboree at Melbourne.

The report of the Tangahoe troop, submitted by acting-Scoutmaster R. W. Head, stated that at April 5 the roll stood at 18, including one first-class and eight second-class scouts. Five of the others had passed their tenderfoot tests, and four were about to qualify. Numerically the troop was stronger than a* ihe same time last year, and there was also a higher standard of efficiency. Fifteen scouts attended the last parade. During March the troop secured five swimmer badges. Officers elected were: President, Mr. J. E. Campbell; vice-presidents, Messrs. W. S. Gibson, W. G. Strange and M. R. Jones; chairman, Dr. A. M. Young; secretary and treasurer, Mr. W. T. Johnson; committee, Messrs. T. M. Ellis, W. W. Gibson, E. H. Linnell, F. Bernard, G. Laurence and H. C. Phillips, Mesdames F. Bernard, H. L. Chadwick, H. Ackroyd 4. E. Cressey, A. B. Burrell, E. Evius and Lewis. ft was decided to co-operate with the Commissioner for New Zealand in the Empire-wide celebration of the King’s jubilee by holding an outdoor gathering, including a bonfire in the chain throughout New Zealand.

PERSONAL. Mr. W. H. Shipton, Hawera, left yesterday on a short business trip to Wanganui. Appreciation of the courtesy and attention to council work of his fellow councillors was expressed by the chairman, Mr. W. G, Belton, at the conclusion of business at yesterday’s Patea County Council meeting. He hoped to see them all at the council table after the election, he said. Sympathy with the relatives of the late Mrs. Gregor McGregor was expressed by the Patea County Council and the Patea Hospital Board at their meetings yesterday. Mr. P. J. M. Coleman, L.L.8., who was managing clerk in the legal firm of Horner and North at Hawera and more recently manager of the firm’s Eltham branch, has been admitted to partnership with the firm at Eltham. At the annual meeting of the Ohangai hall committee on Monday night votes of sympathy were passed with Mr. and Mrs. Trilford and family, the relatives of the late Mr. J. McCarty and the late Mr. F. S. Anthony, Mr. and Mrs. Knibb, Staffordshire, England, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Deegan, Auroa. The death occurred on Saturday night in the y/anganui hospital after a long illness of Mr. Walter Johnstone, a brother of Mr. A. C. Johnstone, Auroa. The late Mr. Johnstone saw service in the Great War and lived for some time at Hawera. GENERAL ITEMS. Apple Tree Blossoming. An apple tree in full blossom is a curiosity in a Hawera resident’s garden. Another unusua’l feature of the garden is that a fine crop of strawberries, the second of the summer, is ripening and being gathered. Tangahoe Temporary Bridge. The Tangahoe temporary bridge will be erected in time for Easter traffic. The bridge is one temporarily replacing that put out of commission by the February flood, and it will remain in use till the new permanent bridge is finished. Harvest Thanksgiving. There was a fine display of fruit, vegetables and produce at the harvest thanksgiving at St. Andrew’s Church, Waverley, on Sunday. The Rev. A. G. Irvine, Hawera, conducted the morning service and Mr. Osborne, representative of the Wellington orphanage, took the evening service. Increased Fire Protection Costs. At the meeting of the Patea Borough Council on Monday, when an application for hose and other material for the fire brigade was submitted, Mr. L. Austin, town clerk, remarked that the year’s fire protection costs exceeded £l4O. That sum was a record, he stated, being the highest annual expense ever incurred under this heading. At Council's Beck and Call. "Mr. H. G. Dickie, M.P., the member for Patea, has placed himself at this council’s beck and call during his term of office,” stated the Mayor, Mr. F. Ramsbottom, at the Patea Borough Council meeting on Monday when appreciative reference was being made to Mr. Dickie’s co-operation with a recent deputation from the council to the Prime Minister. It was decided to record appreciation. Port of Patea. April 9:—Arrived, m.v. Kapuni, from Wanganui; sailed, m.v. Inaha, for Wellington. High water to-day, 4.6 a.m. and 4.28 p.m.