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Youth to the fore

"The next dance is a Gay Gordons. Take your partners, boys, form one big circle and away we go - one, two, three, one, two three ...." This is what we heard when we entered the Hope Hall earlier this month, but at that stage the announcement held no particular significance. But when we entered the hall proper, our astonished eyes saw more than 100 young teen-agers thoroughly enjoying themselves dancing. Not go-go, or twisting, but Real Dancing. And nearly all of them were in fancy dress. We made some inquiries and learned that Mr and Mrs George Everett, of Hope, commenced dancing classes for the young people in the Hope Hall and their venture was so successful that every Friday night, from 7.30 to 9.30 pm the hall is filled with young people dancing. Every six weeks the organisers hold a ball at which about 200-odd youngsters dance until 11.30 pm. A wonderful example of the practical assistance a group of adults are giving the younger generation. The dance we attended was a fancy dress dance.

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Winners of the group prize, the Coronation Street trio: Martha Longhurst (Barbara Uden), Ena Sharpies (Wendy Bailey) and Minnie Galwell (Avis Holdaway).

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Boys or girls, we're not quite sure, but the couple is John Henry and Michael Bovey.

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Other prizewinners were Mervyn Smith (a Turk), Jenny Turner (Robin Hood) and Raewyn Mead (Chinese)

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John Hore (Grant Harris) and his wife Minnie Ha Ha (Beryl Inwood).

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Organisers of the dances: George Everett (M. C.), Loreen Thomason (pianist), Leo Haughey (M. C.), Marjorie Bovey and Frank Goodser (teachers).

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A ghastly ghost (Sam Davis) looking for a ghoul friend.

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The mods: Tina Barrett, Willy Jonson, Carol Fahey and Stuart Dunn

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This fearsome Arabian character (Kevin Mead) was a prizewinner.

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Here's an unusual combination, both prizewinners: Annabelle Shearer and Geoffrey Rowland.

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A black-clad grandmama (Lorraine Clay) glares at a hotted-up hippie (Julie Giblin)

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About 2 million super feet of pinus radiata logs, almost all the stockpile shown here, was loaded aboard the Japanese logging vessel, Columbia Maru, earlier this month. Loading was scheduled to finish on August 12. This is the first shipment to leave Nelson since the logging trade with Japan was halted in 1964. A contract to supply Japanese companies with logs has been taken out with H. Baigent and Sons and will remain in force for at least four years.

Our top pic is a panoramic view of the stockpile of logs, almost on to McGlashen Quay itself.

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Special grab loaders were used to transport the logs from pile to shipside

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And into the holds they go