BOY SCOUTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 4, 5 January 1910, Page 4

BOY SCOUTS.

The Xorthcote" Boy Scoute broke eampr on Monday evening last, after %-fort':; night's- pieusant -outing a* Sioai Bay: Through the. courtesy ot 3lr. deXueu', the tents' were pitched on. Ms property; on the fringe: of the-harbour. Thoseboys wha were ob*Eged. to" return ite-their ordinary avocations off the intervening; day* between: Christmas- and New Year holidays' were thus enabled to do-so without inconvenience. -During -the" fortnight,- the scouts besides? 'being: drilled in infantry work, signalling, scouting, etc;,, enjoyed in. the 1 evenings -their camp-fire- enter* tainments, and- the. excitement, incidental to night raids, on-and by other troops. As" the health of the boys was mount- importance;' it was decided not •btrjeeep sentries' out. setter: Iff pint or before-5 aun. Many of tie\bby* by this arrangement'- werew to attend to farm and other home duties, in:'.the interval between drill during the day ■without experiencing fatigue- The camp, whiclr was under the supervision of ChiefScoutmaster Horace-Sfebbing' and' -Assistants A. Sharp and.H. Hatrick, was visited .by st larjre number of .those interested in the movement, amongst -whom were Dr_ J_ S. Eurdie,. JL W. Moodie,, rnspectoT of Boy Scouts, G-isboine district', Scoutmasters Spooner (Buckland), •amtßust" (Epsmn).. CSrarrfr parades and camp services were held on Sundays, and a good standard of discipline was maintained during' the whole time. -Tlhe boys, were delighted -when informed that thw scout movement had. been emi»raced in the'new Defence' Act