Junior Chamber In Debate
rrrrrr ~ Since the incepti.on of thp Juniqr Ghamber pf Gqmmerc.e in Levin.some tw'o y.egl'S agp, thp Pfibj lic Speaking Group has conducted a series 6*f 'debates *ahd preparea sppeches and the expenence gained has led ' them to ' lssUe a challenge in debate tp thp yypljingfon Twenty-Twp Glub. The cqntpst was held ih Levin last week 'apd the spbjppF phpspp. was. "T|i3-t cpmpqlsory military serviee is'in ihe ^e.st ,• jhfprests qf New Zealarid." As the yis.itqrs are considefably e^perienceh / / .Ihpy entered a 'H" team* only/] • an'd it was this generous gesture ;,that madec the .cpntest/ c^. a wpry • 'dypp. nature. Therp y%|/lj|tlp; bP|^PPh the teams 'and thp adjudfcator, Mr. H/B. TomljmiQh, Qf Lpvin, whp was ,a former headmaster of wairarapa Bqys' College and a spnior inspector to the Education 'Board,* cofnmented that he had difficujty in making an award. Howeyer, the Levin team, consisting of Messrs. C. W. K. Fyffe, H. A. Fenn and N. Thornley, was awarded the honoqrs thrQUgh its insistence that cpmpulsory military serviee was* not* in the best interests Qf New Zpaland. At the conclusioh oi the contest, supper was di§0PHsed and arrangements made for a return contest in Wellingfoh? *
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 July 1948, Page 4
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