BIG RALLY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 165, 15 July 1938, Page 11

BIG RALLY.

CATHOLIC SCOUTS.

PAPAL FLAG PRESENTED.

PATROL LEADER HONOURED.

Vocal imitations of storms, shipwrecks at sea and high-powered steamengines were some of the universal attractions offered by scouts, wolfs and cubs of Catholic scout troops when they held a combined campfire rally at St. Benedict's Hall last evening. There was a record attendance of the public.

The following troops were represented: Vincentian (Takapuna Boys' Orphanage), Assumption (Onehunga), Good Shepherd (Dominion Road), Poinpallier (Avondale), Marist (Mount Albeit), Holy Cross (Henderson), St. Michael's (Remuera), Sacred Heart (Ponsonby), St. Patrick's (City), St. Benedict's (Symonds Street), St. Joseph's (Otahuhu), St. Joseph's (Grey Lynn), and St. Francis' Rover crew The arrangements for the rally, which were in the hands of S.M. E. Paget, of the Pompallier troop, assisted by S.M. McFaddeh, of the Holy Cross troop, were excellent, and the programme was carried through without a hitch. When his Lordship, Dr. J. M. Liston, Catholic Bishop of Auckland, arrived, he was greeted by a stirring haka, given by j the scouts, and a tumultuous welcome from the audience.- .*..■■ ; . -r, I In presenting the Papal Flag to the! Marist Troop (Mount Albert) Bishop! Liston referred to the general efficiency in scoutcraft and campcroft which had placed them at the head of the competition. He urged tfiat parents, appreciative -of the results of scouting and of the fine work performed by the officers in inculcating moral principles and developing the physical side of youth,] should rally firmly around the move- j < ment. He paid a- tribute to the smart appearance of the various troops. j Another feature of the evening wa& the presentation of a King's Scout Badge, the highest class badge awarded to a scout, to Patrol-Leader Garrett Glynn, of the Pompallier Troop. The presentation was "made by Major R. Ward, Headquarters (Metropolitan) Commissioner for ~Scouts. An exciting programme, ranging from "hypnotic " displays, hakas, songs and "yells," to Jige and war-cries was given by the youngsters. Particularly effective were the imitations of a ship under way and its ultimate fate on a rockbound coast. One section of the scouts supplied the "whish" of the steam realistically, the other section being occupied with the metallic clatter of the engines. Both combined in the aweinspiring wreck of the ship. Also out'standing was the co-operative imitation of rockets soaring upwards to explode with a shattering crash, and the excellent but uncanny moaning of the "storm," supplied with gusto by the youngsters, who enjoyed themselves thoroughly.