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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 220, 17 September 1930, Page 17

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(By. MICHAEL.)

Census Forms. Scouters who are etill in default are asked to eupplv returns at once. # ♦ ♦ ♦ Lone Troops. Any lone troops in the Auckland province' who have not received a circular from Auckland Metropolitan District Scout office should communicate with the secretary, 35. Albert Street, Auckland, at once." Headquarters are desirous of knowing at an early date how many troops will be attending the rally and what billeting arrangements are to be arranged. First Class Tests. An excellent field day in connection with first class examination work was held at the Western Springs on Saturday last, 13th instant. The following 'troops were represented: St. \lban's 1, St. Barnabas' 1, St. Columba 2 Edendale 1, Fame Sea Scouts 1, Gordon 5, Grey Lynn 5, Hawke Sea Scouts 1, Heme Bay 2, St. James' 3, Kitchener 3, Mount Albert I. Most of the work was of a high standard, especially in the conventional signs test. There is still a decided weakness generally in judging distance, weight, etc. Results are as follow: — First Class Badge.—Cooking: Midgley (St Albans'). Dowsing and Jopson (Gordon). McMillan, Tweedie, MeElroy, Guyam, Raper (Grey Lynn), Blakey (Mount Albert). Signalling: Dacre (St. Barnabas), Murray (St. Columba), Oliver (Fame), McMillan, Tweedie.. McElroy, Guyam, Rtper (Grey Lynn), Langabeer (Hawke), Cowan and Fletcher (St. James'). Judging: Dacre (St. Barnabas'), Hicks (Edendale), Jacombe (Kitchener), Cowan (St. James')/ Oliver (Fame), Dowsing (Gordon). First Aid: Oliver (Fame), Anderson, Jopson (Gordon), McElroy, Raper (Grey Lynn), Langabeer (Hawke), MeKeown 'and Wilson-Elder (Heme Bay), Blakey (Mount Albert). Conventional Signs: Watson, Dowsing, and McLachlan (Gordon), Dacre (St. Barnabas'), Jacorabs (Kitchener), Fletcher (St. James'), Blakey (Mount Albert), Hicks (Edendale).

Model Journey Keport: Lanjrabeer (Hawke), Dowsing (Gordon), Storey (Edendale). The next first class bad?c field day ■x'ill be held at Lake St, John on Saturday, September 27. Entries close at headquarters on Monday, 22nd instant. The next and last field day at Western Springs before the arrival of the chief will be lield on Saturday, Xovember 1.

Proficiency Badge Night. The next, proficiency badge night will be held at St. James' Hall, Wellington Street, on Tuesday, October 7, at 7.15 p.m. Entries close at headquarters on 20th instant. Note: This will be the last proficiency badge night before the arrival* of the"Chief Scout. Prospective King's Scouts, what about that Ambulance and/or Pathfinder badge? • • • • S.P.C.A. Trophy. The essay must reach the office of the S.P.C.A. on or before Tuesday, September 30, marked on outside "Scout Competition.*' Scoutere, please see that there is an entry from your troop. The trophy may now be seen at headquarters office. • • * • Ambulance Trophies. A definite announcement regarding the date and place of the contests for the Miller First Aid Cup and the Court First Aid Shield will be made shortly. • • •' * *.. St. Peter's, Onehunga. The first public function held for some time by the St. Peter's Troop is arranged for Friday next, > when parents and friends are invited to attend a parents' evening. • * • • Ifo. 1 Division. The six-weekly meeting of all Scoutere of No. 1 Division will be held to-night at headquarters, at 7.30 p.m. • * » • No. a District. Activities o> some of the groups of No. 2 district are set forth below in the report from A.D.C. A. V. Windsor. Edendale. —"Spear-thrower" advisee that a very successful "annual birthday party" was held recently. Games occupied the whole of the afternoon, and supper was served at 6 o'clock. Toasts were proposed by various officers and members of the committee, and after items by some of the troop the programme was continued in the upstairs hall. The system of instruction has been altered and several improvements in the general routine of parades introduced. The troop is in a healthy condition, and is progressing steadily. St. Alban's. —Scout funds benefited as the result of a very successful dance recently held by the committee in the Mont le Grand Hall. Over eighty people were present and a very enjoyable evening .was spent. St. George's.— Part of each parade night is being devoted to working up a concert to be given shortly. The troop was joined in a church parade last month by the Guides and Rangers from the AkeEungi and Kakami' companies. Fine weather prevailed and the turnout was very successful. ist Kitchener Group.— The Kitchener Group still continues to advance in numbers and efficiency. The cubs have shown good progress during the last few months, but we hope to increase our numbers, which now total 24. The boys are showing a keen interest in their work, and we hope to have a very successful year. The- troop, with the Rewhiti Patrol, now numbers over forty, while the Rovers, although still few in numbers, are very keen. Recently a,hike was arranged for Scouts and Rovers to Te Henga, on the West Coast, but, much to the° disappointment of all, we* weather caused the trip to be postponed However, five of the Rovers braved th<elements and made the trip in the after noon, and in spite of an over-abundanci of mud and moisture, the little part. l had a very enjoyable time. Arrangement; for a concert to pay for six new aik tents are now keeping the Rovers busy Needless to say, everyone' was very, pleased with.the' repetition of our usur ' success on Daffodil Day.

New Xyna Club Pack. "Michael" has been asked to publish the following notice. Miss Johnston will continue with the Cubs until the second Friday in October, and until then, the parades will be as usual, 6 to 7.15 p.m., Friday evenings. Last Saturday week the Cubs had a day in town. They spent the morning tracking up Mount Eden and visited the Museum in the .afternoon. • * * • Boxing Carnival. The members of A Squadron, Legion of Frontiersmen are again interesting themselves in the work of the Boy Scouts' Association, and the arrangements for this year's boxing carnival are to be gone into" at a meeting to be held shortiv. *♦* • ♦ Ist Cornwell Group. An invitation is issued to all interested to be present at the annual meeting of the Ist Cornwell Group, to be held in the Dominion Road Methodist Centenarv Hall at 7.30 p.m. to-morrow. • -.-■■/■• ♦ • Edendale Cubs. On Saturday next a play produced by Mr. Ivan Whitehead will be staged in the Carlton Hall, Sandringham terminus, in aid of pack camp funds. It is hoped that the proceeds will enable an extra number of boys to be taken to camp this year. * • ♦ • * Waterview Troop. Scoutmaster A. Service of the above troop reports that there are now twelve boys in the troop, which parades- on Thursday nights. This is the most recent troop that has been revived, and is included in No. 1 division. * • * ♦ St. Heliers Pack. The St. Heliers Pack under CM. E. Watson is described as being in a most flourishing condition. There are 36 cubs altogether, and seven boys were passed recently in ambulance and six succeeded in obtaining their second star. When the tests were over the D.C3I. was invited to a sit-down afternoon tea.

Matamata Troop. It was very unfortunate that the entertainment organised by the Matamata Troop of Boy Scouts, "which was held in the Town Hall on Monday, should clash with the screening of one of the most popular pictures in world. This undoubtedly militated against the attendance, which was not so large as had been expected. Those who did attend were loud in their praise of the excellence of the programme submitted, and it was generally admitted that the boys had excelled themselves. The evening's entertainment was provided by the Rovers, Scouts and Cubs, assisted by Mr. H. E. Schofield and his Matamata orchestra. During the evening Mr. A. Thirlwall. president of the Boy Scouts' committee, thanked those who had supported the boys' efforts to increase their funds, and especially members of the Matamata Musical Society, who had given their services. The programme was as follows: —The National Anthem, by Rovers, Scouts and Cubs; tumbling exercises, the Cubs; recitation, Scout A. Thomas; gymnastic display, the Scouts; recitation, "The "Pants that Mother Made/ , Cub R. Bell; selection, Matamata, orchestra; Cub scenes, Cubs and Beaver Patrol; first aid display. Lion Patrol; recitation, "The Christmas Turkey," Cub A. Howes; selectyn, Matamata orchestra; sketch, "Ten Little Wolf Cubs," the Cubs; playlet, "The Burglar Trap." Boy Scouts; sketch, "Mr. Pickwick in Trouble," the Rovers. The cast for "The Burglar Trap" was as follows: Mr. Brown, P.L. Thirlwall; Mrs. Brown, Pi. A. Quigg; cook, R. L. Ellery; housemaid, Scout A. Briscoe: Arthur, Mrs. Brown's nephew, CM. G. Qnigg. Both playlets well presented and earned loud applause. Another popular item was the selection "The American Medley," rendered by the orchestra. The scenes of camp life, and signalling and other tests given in tableaux form by the Cubs were also much appreciated. Tie local troop of Scouts has now a roll of SO members, and the evening was organised in furtherance of the policy of Scoutmaster Southon and the committee, of making the boys self-reliant so far as their finances are concerned, instead of relying on subscription lists and other forms of canvassing.