BOY SCOUTS' ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17748, 27 April 1923, Page 13

BOY SCOUTS' ASSOCIATION.

DOMINION council. Ifl,» adjourned annua! mooting of tho iioo Council of the Buy scouts As0n was resumed at U. 30 a.m. •"jm in the Provincial Council fettCr L In the absence of his Exceljjjthe" Dominion Chief Scout. Brigagfcneral A. W. Andrew, Acting Commissioner, took the chair. I telegram was received lro.i. the oiataioner at Napier mionn.ng tho Jncil that 30 -Napier bcont.s paraded. Sim. on the 23rd, and churned to ythe fint Boy Scouts in me world wed'i/, r?. '■l. that an Advisory Committee be n with a view distant associations uu opportunity oi ftnff their views and ideas for the X working of tl;c mu-.ornunt in before the notice of the tocutire Committee; that, the su;,2?committee Ik> called an Advisory finite, and compns:;- lour deleft* from Scout province.-, in the V,iLh fL.j on (J four from tin.- fsoutli Island, K members of tho e Smittee and tho chairman ol the Sion Executive lu be chairman oi committee, cx ofhc:o. b\ jfr B, C. Grigsby, Auckland, ana cai"ft'ffaa moved by Mr Isitt that the jldrisory Committee meet in Wellington unless otherwise decided by the giccutive Committee. This was seconded by Commissioner It. C. Grigsby, Auckland, and carried. The meeting then adjourned to allow ik North and South Island Commit doners and members of Council to eject their respective representatives, ltie following representatives were appointed: — North Island. Auckland—Commissioner It. C. Grififlby* East Coast and Poverty Bay—Capt. fl, H. Bellamy, Cambridge. Taranaki—Major P. W. Sandiord, Kew Plymouth. Wellington—Mr J. E. T. Slipper, Ptlmeraton North. South Island. Nelson, Westland, and Marlborough -Dr. Stoney-Jolinston, Nelson. Christchurch—Mr Geo. Lancaster,

Chriatchurch. Dunedin—Mr A. J. Chadwick, Duntdiu. It was moved by Mr W. T. Charletood, and seconded by Mr E. C. Grigsbj, Auckland, and carried, that the firman be th 6 convenor of the Advisory Committee, which will meet at inhrvalfl of not more than six months. It was decided that Dominion Head(tjrters pay half travelling expenses ; the delegates attending these meethip, and that the balance of expenses ba pooled, and paid by the Local AsMelations sending forward the deloptes. At this stage his Excellency the Dominion Chief Scout arrived, and the Dominion Chief Commissioner vacated tie chair in favour of his Excellency, \ who informed the Council that ho had i jut. received a cable from Sir Alfred Kckford, Overseas Commissioner for i the British Empire, that he would be ; irrlving in Auckland at the beginning ' 'if June, and would be remaining in ■ tit Dominion for a fortniglit. '..'l After discussion, .it was decided to leave the matter of arranging Sir Altai Piekford's itinerary in the hands . if the executive.

'Commissioner C. Boy Ay ling, Strat-ford-Inglewood, reported having seen , Scoutmasters ou parade wearing military uniform, aud Sam Brown belts. , Ha explained that, as he Was a newly > appointed Commissioner, ho desired a inline on the matter, and was inform(d that this practice was entirely (gainst the rules and regulations of lie movement, and must be stopped at "lite. The wearing of New Zealand ! 4ttiy uniform by others than persons i) the New Zealand Military Forces i| an offence against the Military Decorations and.Distinctive Badges Act, ins.

lie Chief Commissioner, BrigadierGweral A. AV. Andrew, proposed a k(Vty vote of and appreciation 'tkis Excellency j the Dominion Onief ; Scoot, for his attendance at the Coun- : al this year, and stated that his Exi dfency's advice and very keen inter;*i in the cause of scouting was of r practical value, especially in rei to matters pertaining to Sea Jflftuth, The Chief Commissioner took opportunity to impress upon all Ijteent his belief that as the British 'ifcpire was built up by the sea, it |i»ld be by the sea that we would re?tP*the Empire which we are to-day,-this applied particularly to New "'Mljffld, as it was only by the keeping I** the sea that our trade with other |WU of the Empire was possible. |Jie vote of thanks and appreciation | J his Excellency was seconded by ! ' l )°r F. AV. Sandford, and carried by I fciamation.

' His Excellency, in reply, said: —"I grateful for.that kindly expression | ? "Ppreciation of tho interest I have [ I* 1 to take in the movement. It /'Prompted by my feeling that the «?ut movement is a movement which ■ JJj om £ to keep in tho minds of the £Jr 6 gelations all those feelings, Uiu a 'ty to tne King; but ? JWty to duty, to one's neighbour, and iL®® B self, which made the British : Wire what it is to-day, and which, j e ou ') v, 'll mean the lM ID< u lat ul P' re - General '{S e *,' las expressed in far better jT 5 ,/? 311 I could express them my,ji*f necessity for the promotion l.iten • amongst the youth cf ■ ; Wn« ODU ? lon ' anc * can only'heartily ~'m Wuat lie has said on the sub*ki v f ou ld conclude by saying 'thtti pleasure it has been to ■ fee Hi- mem ' >eis *' le ulUj 'l here <«L iv l • I^llza c Commemoration per'Wli! 8 6 me k at a- fine when our I 'Sto? particularly keen on the Metro } upon it as a very TP oaent for such a meeting to take tat' i e le bottom of the movetoj.. , 0 ' course that feeling of Wr Promote loyalty—and that Sit w e ? nS r. no ' ; on '- v ioyaliy to the out to God, and to all the ideals ma ' ie a man an u l>''ight l' ICellency left at 1 -- 5 P-m----***«ton I®' J-- Slipper, Palslft T«f ° r } ' a report on the Kftrtifl y ' j le ' ( l at Pnlmer„f .J Christmas, and gave i&iwitl. . i® expenditure in connec|Jn;iie cnr C v? ns ' , et( V Tllis inForma- - tho 5f ere , c l should be brought &W idpo f n< * T to . give C'ommission'&in n^r, o a asls "I'on which to i ®ild ,?„ nexion w 'th proposed ral,Bie inaH^ 8 t on ll^ur ° occasions. Jktj „ , r °/ troops touring in pror ■ t ' lc jurisdiction of SJ.'otDe mnils . sion «- was gone into. cN&litv ' BCUSS 'P? ensued upon the *?ss to otherwise of allowing & tnonev v ' °ther districts and i i Vaj ' of cor| ccrts. etc. Q that troons so desirous sW 04,- lld not ~ until '■Sfeono»- ,lie ? Permission from the ' ± the districts which W. snd W. T. CharleL , Commissioner the poiirv orcranixaWilts' Assobp adopted « er ? c ealail ' l -Carried. »°*° r^'na ting tlie Eng-

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lish policy and rules and the iS'ew Zealand constitution was left in the hands of the Dominion Executive to bring forward and repoyt to the first meeting of tho Advisory Committee. It was moved by Commissioner G. Lancaster, Christ-church, that delegates appointed to the Advisory Committee bo-permitted to appoint deputies to present them should circumstances' maice it impossible tor their attendance. This was seconded by Mr L. AI. Isitt, ancl carried. It was decided that the matter of the appointment of auditors to the Association bo left in the bands of the Executive Committee with power to act. A hearty .vote of thanks was accorded to the "general secretary, Major W. E. S. Furby, and Hiss A. Kennedy, headquarters tvpiste, for the excellent manner in which*,, they have carried out. the duties eiftrustec] to them by the executive. Eulogistic remarks recardintt their work were also made by the Commissioners from Auckland, Palmerston North. Gisborne, and Wellington.—The motion was carried by acclamation. Major Furby responded or, behalf of headquarters. It was decide that the Council meet ■next rear in Welhncton. A hearty vote of thanks for the able manner in which the Acting Chief Commissioner had conducted the business 'of t''f> meeting in the absence of his Excellency Dominion Chief <srout was .imposed br Cant. 0. R. Bellamy' Cambridge, and eppnnded bv Dr Stonev-.Tohn=ton. Xeisnn. _ The meeting terminated with the singing of the National Anthem.