GIRL GUIDES

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 163, 19 July 1935, Page 8

GIRL GUIDES

COMMISSIONERS RESIGN OVER-RULING OF DECISION AUCKLAND, Last Night. Six of eight commissioners of the Girl Guide movement in the Auckland district have sent their resignations, together with their warrants, to the provincial commissioner, following alleged dissension among their ranks. Officials of the movement are reticent, but it is learned that the resignations are the result of one highly-placed officer over-ruling the decision of another of lesser rank. Miss Beryl Knight, one of the divisional commissioners, . appointed a girl to the command of a company. There had been two candidates for the position, but when A was appointed B made representations to the provincial commissioner, Mrs R. J. Coates. It is understood that following this action A was disrated and that B was then given the rank of captain in charge of the. company. Her decision was challenged by the provincial commissioner, and her captain disrated. ’ Miss Knight apparently believed that the only course open to her was to resign her command. This she did, and forwarded her resignation to the provincial commissioner, Mrs Coates. Five other commissioners, Misses Hayward, Matthews, Teape, McComb (Papatoetoe) and Johnston (Northcote), contending that a principle was at stake, tendered their resignations when they learned of the position. All six resignations are now in the hands of the provincial Commissioner, who so far, has not forwarded them to the Chief Commissioner for New Zealand, Miss Ruth Herrick, at Dominion headquarters in Hastings.