WELFARE OF PAPATOETOE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 634, 10 April 1929, Page 7

WELFARE OF PAPATOETOE

LEAGUE HOLDS MEETING H,o olo S el clos ®y, president of the Papatoetoe Welfare League presided over a large attendance 5 of members at the monthly meeting of the league, held in the Methodist Hall on Monday evening. Th° secretary was authorised to write to the Minister of Internal Aftairs asking when the £3,000 allocated for the erection of police court and policeman’s residence at Papatoetoe, was going to be expended, and to urge an early start of the work, to lelieve the unemployment question. The Railway Department advised in reply to a letter from the league that tne provision of railway carriages with communication cords had been considthat it had been decided to install the cords at an early date. A letter was received from * Sir Joseph Ward, advising that it was not intended to increase the fees for the use of the baths at Rotorua and J e Aroha, in consequence of the proposed improvements to the buildings Tlle secretary was authorised to convey the league’s appreciation to Messrs. R. Corbett and J. Gibbons for the supply and erection of a public clock on the Central Theatre buildings. It was agreed to defer the question of asking the town board to provide better lighting at the junction of Kolmar Road and Dunataur Avenue till' the next meeting. In consequence of the Railway Department having decided that passenger traffic from Auckland to the South would travel over the Westfield deviatioif when completed, the secretary was instructed to inquire if any increase was contemplated in the price of workers’ tickets, on account of the extra mileage travelled.

GIRL GUIDES’ CORNER The township of Pukemiro is shortly to have a Girl Guide Company and arrangements are now in hand to make an eager group of girls members of the Great Sisterhood. Redfeather will have a particular interest in this new venture as the first intimation of the need of a company there came in a letter from the chosen spokeswoman: “We want to be Guides. Please help us to become them.” Such assistance will always be willingly given. Several Girl Guide officers of the First Cambridge Company called at the Wigwam last week, Sun Cloud (Lieutenant Jessie Anderson) and Miss Florence Clark (captain of the new Ranger Company) being en route to Otimai, where they spent the weekend at the Guiders’ camp, this being in charge of Miss Wilson, a Blue-Cord Diploma Guider from England. The girls had just returned to Cambridge from the divisional guiders’ camp in Hamilton which Crystal Lake (Captain Claire Richards) and Moccasin Maker (Lieutenant Pat Levesque) also attended. The companies in the Manukau district will combine in a sports meeting on Saturday, April 13, at Seaside Park, Otahuhu, when a cup will be presented to the company gaining the most points in sports events. In the April issue of “The Dominion Girl Guide” an interesting competition is announced as follows:

“The undermentioned prizes will be given to the Guides who can secure the greatest number of new subscribers to ‘The Dominion Girl Guide.’ “Conditions: Full name and address of new subscribers must be given. A year’s subscription of 3s 6d must accompany name and address, and reach the editor before June 12. “The following prizes have been presented by an interested friend: First prize, £2 2s; second prize, £l* Is; third prize, 10s. Six small prizes.” The object is to raise funds for the Dominion camp in 1930. This publication should be in every home where the navy blue uniform is worn. Evening Gold (Margaret Hicks) has been promoted to the position of Tawny Owl in the First Cambridge Company. Singing Stream, scribe of the First Otahuhu Company, writes: “During March we were busy preparing for the badge examinations which were held on April 6. Nearly every girl in the company entered for at least one badge. On March 23 we went for a picnic and had a gay time practising for the athlete’s badge. “In our company we have a silver cup which is competed for by each patrol and this month (March) it was won by the Violets. “We are now looking forward to the picnic which is to be held for our district at Seaside Park on April 13.” Still Woodland reports for the Second Otahuhu Company: “We commenced our meetings for 1929 on February 11. As Miss Muir has had to leave. Miss Byers, our firs* lieutenant, is acting-captain until another captain can be found. Meanwhile Miss Moffitt is the first lieutenant. “On the first Saturday in March we tramped over to Panmure Lagoon, striving there about 12 o’clock. A t Guides then went for. a swim whil captain and the remaining Guides cooked dinner. Later we walked to Panmure, after which we played some games and had tea. “About a fortnight later captain took those Guides who were willing to Anzac Cove to practise cooking c--

an open fire for the cook’s badge. TV e also played some games and practised running for the sports which are to be held next Saturday.

“On Monday. March 25 (our meeting night) we held a little social at which Florence Castles, the youngest Guide in the company, presented our late captain with a book of modern poem«.