The Boy’S Brigade At Niue

riIHE Resident Commissioner of Niue 1 Mr. C. H. W. Larsen, who is Patron of the Boys’ Brigade, recently inspec ted all the Companies, about 450 boys, and assisted the Chaplain, the Rev, M. G. borne ol Checl S A ’ L f in '“f dedication and Potation of the Battalion Colours.

Th e Colours are a gift from the Ist Leigh-on-Sea Company, Essex, England, The Brigades are proving a most satis factory organization in the welfare of Island youth (both boys and girls), and this fact is recognized by the Administra tion which at all times gives assistance to the work.

Mr. J. H. (Lofty) Bower and his wife and family left Apia, W. Samoa, in Nov ember to seek new pastures in New Zealand. For many years Mr. Bower has been Gaoler at Tafaigata Prison.

Miss Sheila Wesley-Smith was married to Mr. Norman Draper in Melbourne at the end of November. Both are members of the Baptist Mission in New Guinea and will return to work there next year.