SCOUT NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20328, 29 August 1931, Page 30

SCOUT NOTES.

LESCI-CSIyS TO THE rttcsfe. j [By The MBTftOfOWTAN COMMISStOMsft.j Oilwell Damp. In my notes laßt week J saic] there was some talk of a Gilwell camp being held at Chrifctchuroh. Since then this has become a certainty. At the Dominion Executive meeting on August 21st 1 made application to the executive for. a camp to be held, and it was approved, You will recollect blittt a similar canip wi6 held at Dub' ©dia last year, which ..was a great success. The object Of the caQip is tO tram ScOuters for the Wood Badge Training officers ivill be provided ny j Dominion Headquarters, and we Sflail I probably have the veteran Commissioner Sandtord once mora, amongst us and we hope to have Commissioner Cooksev also. This will give Scoutors a real opportunity to learn advanced Scouting, and enable them to train others. The camp will be held at our French Farm reserve, More will be heard of it later on. sX*6Uttv« actiosA meeting; Of the MetropOlitaa •weotttln ww held oa Mgurt SOth Tito treaaurer'6 «tatement showed that there was a oredit of £l7l In, practically the amount received from the rally. If it had not. been for this source of revenue, we Would have nothing to go on with, as tho receipts from subscriptions thta yenr Uavo been disappointing. As previously arranged, one-third of the brocieda of the jrally yum ftaaMtead to '

t)ominion headquarters, which seriously decreases the amount wo have in band. . Tho warrants issued during August were as followsß. li, Lockwood, A.S M., Addington; R. F. Hore, A.S.M., Addington; R. S. Smith, 0.M.. Ranciora, 11. A. Johnstone, S.M.. Rangiora, The question arose as to whether warrants should be forwarded direot to the officers concerned or to the secretary of th*" group. It was fihally decided that warrants should be forward, ed to the secretary for presentation, and that a tetter should be sent to the officer informing him tWt this had been ddno. There should be a cere* ittony on presentation of a warrant, and members of tha committee should intake a point of attending. No packs or Troops were registered during the month, out a pack is in the course of formation at Spreydon, and we hope that a troop and paek will he formed at Oxford census. The census tonus have now been iorwarded to the secretary of each group. It is very important that these be sent ill before September 2lßt. There is a great deal of work in connexion with ie census to do in the office, ami the Dominion returns cannot be completed UPtil the I ait return has been aefct to. Don't let th& seewst&ry of your troop fee the last- It will be noted that warranted and unwarranted afSdefs are to be kept sepaf&te. It is tery import tiit that we should have a complete list of warranted officers. A special form has been sent for each group, pack, and crew so that the secretary cart distribute the forms among the mem' bers of bis group and save delay: Many of the forma tlmt cmiic in last your ts-ere only half-tilled in and carelessly written. We don't: want that to hap^ neat agam this year, set "B« .Prepared?? 4

We expect that these census forms will show a large increase in troops, packs, and crews. . . Skating Carnival. Will troops and packs who have received tieketfe for the skating carnival please send them to the secretary at once, as we want to make up the accounts? Cook's Badge. The report of the examiners for the cook's badge, which was held at SYench I'arm oil August 32nd, has just been received, and is encouraging. The 6x« aminers were Mrs Banks, provincial secretary of Girl Guides, and Mifis I. Beaumont, captain of the Sydenham Guides. The esatiiinert report that 25 bo.vs attended the test, and all passed, Ihe pQrcenfcage& were, as a matter of fact. remarkably high. "The standard t>t the cooking was exceptionally good and the boys were all used to out-door cooking. They were courteous, very tidy, and clean in their work. Parkinlon, of tho B.H.y Troop, was th« only Scout #ho know the correct way to carve a lea of mutton. Both Parkinson and Bedelph, of St. Marks, deserve fecial mention." And now comes some* thing not 6o Scout-like: "Two boyfi from lijccaitoii personally apologised to the esamlfters the day before the tot but «i|fht did not attajjd &i>t did 'tb*v»»d au apology." This 1b onb * ftunaber of complalnte whteb wbm faiima, t6 attend ' fhumatter should be taW ' u L The best way a'' 1 } 3<s t t0 debar such inconsiderate ocouts from being examined again for $ long period.