FEATHERSTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1939, Page 7

FEATHERSTON

GIRL GUIDES ANNUAL MEETING OF ASSOCIATION. (“Times-Age” Special.) The sixth annual meeting of the birl Guides Association was held in Martinborough yesterday afternoon. There were present: Mesdames E. C. Holmes (Provincial Commissioner), D. H. S. Riddiford (Divisional Commissioner), J. C. Bidwill (District Commissioner), Miss Duthie, a number of mothers and committee members of four Guiders. Apologies for absence were received from Mesdames Houston, Rowles, Bloxam, Fellingham, -Wilton, Tocker, Jury, Bambry, Jeffrey, R. Davis, Foss, W. Martin, Harris and Miss Martin. Mrs Blundell occupied the chair and extended a welcome to those present. The financial report showed a credit balance of £l7 19s Id. The election of officers resulted as follows: —President, Mrs W. B. Martin; committee, Mesdames Blundell, W. B. Martin. Boyd, Caseley, Tolly, Miss Card; delegates, Mesdames Elliott, Cassidy, Harkness, Chisholm; secretary, Miss M. Bloxam (re-elected). Miss Duthie gave an interesting talk on a Guide Conference which she had attended in Sweden and was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Afternoon tea was provided by the Martinborough committee. LETTER FROM A GERMAN HOPE FOR BRITISH VICTORY. . . •» The following is an extract taken from a letter written by a German resident in Auckland to a friend in Featherston: —“We are now anxious about our relations we had to leave in Germany. We do not hear anything and do not know what happened to our poor people. I hope that the war will be finished soon and that the British armies are victorious —for this war is really a holy war against lies, dirty trickery and injustice. I always think and hope that in a very short time there will be a revolution in Germany; for most of the German people would be very glad to regain their freedom under a new and more decent government. It is a shame that such a lot of poor soldiers and people must pay for this dirty trick of the criminal Hitler with their lives. However, I hope that Hitler and his companions will soon get their punishment. You. my dear friend, know what my family and all my people had to go through in Germany and when there is a Lord he must hear our fervent prayers.”