SCOUT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21690, 25 January 1936, Page 7

SCOUT NOTES

[ISSUED FROM METROPOLITAN HEADQUARTERS.]

Death of King George

An appropriate message .of sympathy on behalf of the boy scouts of New Zealand has been dispatched by the Dominion Chief Commissioner to the Queen Mother and members of the Royal Family. King George was patron of the association, and this position will now be filled by his successor, King Edward VIII., who, in the past, has always identified himself with scouting. As Prince of Wales he was Chief Scout for Wales. It is desired that all scouters wearing "dress" uniform shall wear the. usual black mourning band on the upper portion of the left arm, and at all mourning functions medals and decorations will be worn.

When parading with troops in "field" uniform, scouters and scouts should have the left breast button of the shirt completely covered by a small piece of black material, and further, troop flags when carried in procession .should have a small piece of black ribbon or crepe tied in a bow under the fieur-de-lys, or flagpole top. The period for these signs of mourning by the movement begins at once, and terminates after the day of the funeral. . Visit From Colonel Sleeman

During his visit to Christchurch, Colonel J. L. Sleeman, f who is on a Dominion tour of inspection of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, found time to visit a meeting of scouters held at the Young Men's Christian Association rooms last Saturday afternoon.

Colonel Sleeman was accompanied by the Hon. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes, and on arrival was welcomed with the Dominion haka. After a formal introduction, Colonel Sleeman gave a short talk in which he made special reference to the value of first aid work among boy scouts generally. At the close of his talk he was shown an ice-axe, with which the Linwood Rover Scouts are equipped for mountaineering. When it was explained that these ice-axes were made from the army entrenching tool, which he himself had introduced during the great war, he expressed a keen desire to possess one. This wish was gratified on Monday evening at the parade of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, when a presentation was made by Mr J. E. Stokes, Superintendent of the Linwood Rover Scouts' Ambulance Division.

Attendance at Church Parade

At the invitation of Colonel Sleeman to attend the St. John Ambulance Church parade, a number of scouters attended the service in the Cathedral on Sunday last. Among the officers present were Misses J. Mayo (Ikki), E. Renwick (Waimairi), G. Johns (Tall Pine), E. Johns (Chil), and B. Thomas (Shaw Shaw).