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becomes the "Kiwi Club." Addresses covered the following topics : Rotorua and National Park • Zane Grey and New Zealand Fishing; Refrigeration; Klondyke Gold Rush; Reporting and ewspaper Work; Knots and Their Uses; Construction of Concrete Buildings ; Gliders' Whaling • The "Queen Marv » C°°f Funot r! ° f 5 American Motor-cars ; A Trip to America i • yueen Mary , Coal-mines; Motor-car Engines; Motor Racing; Feats of Suspended Oyster Canning; Flax Industry; The West Coast-Products, &c.; Manufacture of Clothing, Rules of Rugby ; Transport by Air ; Diesel Engines ; Manufacture of Bread • Gas in Warfare ; Submarines ; All Blacks Tour, by a Member ; Model Aeroplanes • Colonel T ē' P™ : oaT„d r U Clme r : $*7S? ' *>*»■*• Wa Trip Abroad, with lictures, Oil and its Uses Gold and How it Circulates; Insurance Companies; Activities of Rotary ; Boilers ; Wireless ; Music, Ancient and Modern. Activities ot Periodical lectures were delivered by the Institution Medical Officer ihe institution usually enters a team in the local Rugby third-grade competition. In 1936 eleven Thk v T Wer ®, l™ 1 and * OUI lost " Various inter-institutional matches S wet Saturdays! however, the weather seriously interfered with play ; there was a succession end tf fCTqs? ST* run b ? the Southland Cricket Association. At the in the New £ "^ Oll ' ° Up ' Wmning foUr out of SIX matches P la - Ved The 1936-37 season was opened with the annual fixture, Officers v. Boys. As has been the position fhrtbSl 7 The B ter i WOn ' ■ H i S orsMp tl i e Ma y° r B P° ke 011 this occasion and bowled the first ball The Battalion Band was m attendance, and also numbers of well-wishers. In the competition, so far eight matches have been played, our team winning seven and losing only one. pyprpit n + lS^ S g ® d and a game is secured now and again with an outside team. Fives gives wXtake oif verv°l i 6 T°" 166 COUrtS available ' lt is llkel 7 that the game of badminton will take on very well A swimming competition was held in January, and an exhibition of lifesaving by members of the Oreti Surf Life-saving Club. This club kindly conducted a class and at an SSHSSdby theboys. S6Ven intermediate certificates, and two elementary'certificates from^sltSi 11 rf T? alt ' of the institution, being conducted by the instructor from the Southland Boys High School. As it is not affected by seasons or weather conditions a marked improvement m the physique of the inmates results. Ist ai/Trfi gattermg for all classes of s P°rt, for those not at the Summer Camp, was held on the fixed for the AT 0n Lab ° Ur Da * in october - The meet ing usually fixed for the King s Birthday (June) had to be postponed owing to the inclemency of the weather. A general sports meeting was held on Boxmg Day, when eatables and prizes were distributed. nf ī e / ea A a uT S U1 I st - ai< ? WOT Jf WaS introduced for the first time, thanks to the assistance of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Examinations for certificates from St. John Ambulance Association will not however, be conducted. Selected inmates took an interest in this class, and the knowledge gained should prove useful to them. 90 aimual summer camp for members of the Association Class was held at Otatara from -3rd December, 1936, to 4th January, 1937. The weather was excellent for practically the whole of tchiZ' oCCaSlon h wken Southland excelled the rest of the Dominion. Activities for the boys brnb + r g ' eelmg '. rabbitln g> ticket, tennis, volley-ball, treasure-hunts, bush-walks, and m the evenings there were sing-songs, moving-pictures, lectures, and concerts. nrnh»hW P vl 1011 i° r ltS and tents was Ver y keen > the standard set this year being was appredfted heretofore. Assistance rendered by the office staff in connection with camp Visitors Day was 2nd January. There was a full programme of field events, in which all boys took part. Prizes were distributed by Mr. W. M. C. Denham, M.P. for Invercargill. for rvr?r a i n UC £ eS ! ° f ? e annual Cam ? w ? are always mdeb ted to business firms for donations tor prizes, &c. Cash donations were received from the following: Rotary Club, Prisoners' Aid Invercamill B^ti*? f bo A utbland Jus tices of the Peace Association, members of nvercargiU Borstal Society (Sir Robert Anderson and Messrs. Pickard and Marshall), Dr. J. G. tlie Nationafy MC A & Baxter - A picture machine, films, and a marquee were lent by the Welfa if v inmates while in the institution and rehabilitation after discharge, there exist here the Invercargill Borstal Society, the Invercargill Borstal Visiting Committee, the mitteeT Voluntary Probation Committee, and the Invercargill Honorary Ladies' Borstal ComPnrWP, Bo s S f a T 1 Society, approved by the Minister of Justice in terms of section 18, Prevention of ITm p f Jtr Establishment) Act, 1924, consists of Sir Robert Anderson, C.M.G., Patron, and Messrs Pickard (Chairman), Miller, Watts, and Marshall, local business men. It is regretted to interested 6 - B on 2 6th July, 1936, of the Chairman, Mr. Wm. Macalister, who for years had been interested n Borstal work and was also a member of the Visiting Committee. A new member was appointed m the person of Mr. Jas. Ward, J.P. memoer was The Visiting Committee, appointed pursuant to regulations made on 20th July, 1925 under the '18 °TP° sed of Mr " W " H ' freeman, S.M., Chairman, and Messrs. Ott, Ward, Parole Board Strang. The members consider individual cases and make recommendations to the The Voluntary Probation Committee consists of Messrs. Chas. Gilbertson, J. D. Gilmore D J MrsTLnh 11 /r'p Comprising the Ladies' Borstal Committee are Mrs. Henderson, and i tte ™ selves visiting the sick, giving advice to the boys, and m other ways. They help considerably in collecting for the Christmas Cheer Fund.

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