WITH THE SCOUTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1915, Page 8

WITH THE SCOUTS.

(By WATCHFUL.) ' At tfce meeting of the held on Friday last, toe report of. Jfcjj; A. Hurley, the Council , ! nnanciil orgaeu* mras received, and the- general businee « the meeting was consequently delayeaVvjA special meeting, of the Council will.-oe.V'.iSSl to-morrow to trtneact tie otdinair; ; liestt. ._ . , J^' - The report presented by >ir. gtttlcy wm an interesting one. It showed -how-.eictee-ingly popular is tie organisation wßbrti* inland settlers. -Mothera, without exc** - tion, approved of scout work -lor their bej*., and ■Mγ. Hurley affirmed-that hnndreds «tvy boys could he enrolled: now if .the.Connor cad aa organiser to tour die country. J" , - Hurley suggested that at campingi.™** .' town scouts should be taken right back.inte the country. Farmers had in told him that they woold. like' to boys, and would willingly help them. They could., camp on their .property, aad "eosJ*.'■ have the use of a horse and dray to cat ' their luggage from and to the- -railwayk;j station, and they would tie welcome to »nJ supplies from the farms, ' Th»' chaine**.Ss : said the difficulty was the expense; to ta* troops. The Government would not e»Jtahy concessions on the railway suchae •*"•»'. i granted .by. the Australian ■ Gflverumet, 'hence troops could not go t*r afl«Wac o*""* , - ' ing .times. . ' ( A letter was received from Badge /Secretary Andrewev Christchurch, suggesting. l ■ change Iα the badges necessary in" order -t§s~? qualify for a King Scoot. It: was deeiof*-. that the suggestion should be adopted, a™ that the tests as laid down by the Enjlbii v regulations for 1912 ehonld qualify' for'» : : King Scout. It was decided-that is. *Ie» of there being a shortage of badge* that: a receipt' card be printed and issued to any boy passing the necessary test"-: until »•';- different -badges come to hand. - |j|| On the recommendation of Colonel Cossgrove, General Baden-Powell, Chief .Seoit, nae awarded the honorary medal of :«*••* : -'-' to Lieutenant-Colonel Barclay, V.D.. ilir«-' tor of Ambulance Instruction to th"e s B** , ; Scout organisation, as a dlsht recognttfoi of his services on behalf of the sconti W ' New: Zealand. . " ■ |M No scout officers in Britain or in ovens*- ; fj\ Dominions trere eligible for any scout decoration till Colonel Coesgrore pointed out.tt: the London Council that the word •'Scout in the regulation* included officers as ; .we»' as boys. The matter was gone Into.by. ae council, wtrh the result that otficeii ;=:.;■ throughout the Empire are now eUgiWe..OK. ■ any scout decoration or medal. ." ; J On Tuesday evening last tie three DeVc* port Scoot Troops held a pound night J? Dnder's Hall. A good programme T» s • given by friends and visitors. Amount those present, were Captain J. Kust.*.* 1 ?" several scoutmasters and scouts from Aocis- '. land. The main object of the evenins-t oo * place shortly after nine, when the >MJ?f and councillors of Devonport were presented with .Swastika thanks badges. The Mayor. on behalf of the No. 3 Troop, also preeentre Mrs. Bongnrd with the Swastika toadgfr n « also made a presentation to the memb* ,, / of the sea seont crew, w*o wee the::* , ?*, for the medals and cop. On Sunday morning a cfcnreh jarade" - held by the three Devimport acoot trnoj*. There was a good moatar of aeanta, -**•*. being prawn* SI ai eM,