, The London "Star" published an interview with the Chief Scout, Lord BadenPowell, on July 14, in which he pays a glowing tribute to New Zealand. He said: "Three scouts and one scoutmaster wqre 'killed in their heroic efforts to save life in the devastating 'earthquake which caused euch havoc in Napier. I have j rarely heard of greater heroism. They acted as though they had no nerves at all. The Scouts and Guides waited only to put on their uniforms and then were iri the < thick of it all, providing stretchers, bandages and succour for the injured, and, above all, . keeping their heads. The officers and men who came; ashore from H.IVLs. Veronica were.' Ipud in their praises of the Scouts and Guides, who, they told us, acted with amazing j calmness and resource. There was no one to give them orders, but they seemed instinctively to know what should be done, and there is no doubt that they were instrumental in, saving life and soothing the injured."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 215, 11 September 1931, Page 11
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