PAPAKURA NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 303, 22 December 1926, Page 8

PAPAKURA NOTES.

RAILWAY LIGHTING. BOY SCOUTS' CAMP. (Bj Telegraph.—Own Correspondent* PAPAKURA, this day. The Papakura railway station .hse I now an up-to^iate, lighting system mii stalled throughout Approaching it from any road, the station can now he eeen from a good distance at night. Everything ie fitted neatly, and . there is no com- , parison between the neat electric bulb and ; the old oil lamp. This is another result ; brought about by the local Chamber of . Commerce, to whom residents can. be thankful for quite a number of up-to-date improvements in Papakura. The Papakura Boy Scouts will begin their camping expedition in the first week in January, when .they will go under ■ canrae at Otau, Hunua, for a. period of ten dare. Mr. Parker has kindly loaned , the boys his wool ehed -t Otau, a kind : nees which is very much appreciated. ! Their programme will be training, for higher exams, and the routine will be reveille at 6 a.m., ewinj, run, breakfaet and drill. During the day they will be 'trained by their scout master (Mr. Lound). No doubt this-experience will be enjoyed by the scouts, and it should be very beneficial to them-