"FRIENDS TO ANIMALS."

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 217, 13 September 1930, Page 11

"FRIENDS TO ANIMALS."

BOY SCOUT COMPETITION.

STATUETTE TEOPHY PRESENTED.

Boy Scouts in Auckland axe to conipete in an essay contest on the subject,

'Kindness to Animals."

At the monthly meeting of the Auckland executive of the Society for the Pre. vention of Cruelty to Animals, a trophy was handed to a deputation from the BqY Scouts for competition among the boys. The inspector of the society, Mr. Hollingsworth, is the examiner for the "Friend to Animals" badge, one of the decorations of the Boy Scouts. As the result of a report he made, Miss Kendall, one of the members of the general committee, offered to present a trophy to the Scouts, to be awarded for the best essay on the subject "Kindness to Animals." The trophy is a bremze statuette of a boy and dog.

The chairman of the meeting, Mr. L. E. Rhodes, welcomed the representatives of the Boy Scout movement—Mr. W. J. Holdsworth, Metropolitan Commissioner, Mrs. Eoughton and Mr. Veart.

In handing over the tropliy the president of the society, Mr. C. H. Furness, said the members keenly appreciated the good work done "by the Boy Scout movement generally, and naturally they were particularly interested in "the inculcation of the principle that lay behind the motto, "Protect the weak and helpless." It was a principle that was woven into the national character, and. ft was a principal they were all proud of. It was a source of gratification to the- society to know that so many boys were qualifying for the "Friends to Animals" badge.

The trophy is for yearly competition and the boy who -wins it will hold it for .his troop. He will Ije- fsresented with a silver medal and a certificate.,

Mr. Holdsworth, in , ' accepting the trophy on behalf of the Boy Scout executive, said the gift would be keenly appreciated. He was thoroughly in aecord with the ideas of the president of the society in regard to inculcating principles of kindness to animals. There was no doubt the trophy would spur the lads on to qualify for the "Friend to Animals" badge.