QUEEN SEES N.Z. HAKA AT SCOUT JAMBOREE

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28347, 5 August 1957, Page 11

QUEEN SEES N.Z. HAKA AT SCOUT JAMBOREE

(Rec. 8 p.m.) SUTTON COLDFIELD (Warwickshire), August 3. . The Queen and ‘the Duke of Edinburgh made an informal sixmile tour in an open car when they visited the world scout boree today. * . ' They were welcomed by 34,000 scouts of 82 nations. Members of the New Zealand contingent danced a haka, wearing grass skirts with their bodies and faces painted with Maori devices. Australian scouts sang “Waltzing Matilda’’ as the Royal couple left the camp half an hour late. The Queen watched a march past by token contingents in the camp arena and a glider landing display by air scouts. The 160 patients in camp hospital had a close up view of the visitors. One of the doctors said: “Many of the patients who were du* to go out this morning asked for their discharge to be postponed.” Girls who walked in the lines

of tents instead of keeping to the roads were spoiling the boy scout world jamboree, officials had said, the "News Chronicle” reported, today. « The 160 boy scout police in Sutton Park, near Birmingham, were having difficulty in coping with the girls, some of whoni were only 15. One official - had said: “These girls are an embarrassment, particularly at. night.” Jamboree headquarters had given orders to be told at once of any incident, the “News Chronicle” said. Civilian police were co-operating. A camp official had said: “We are keeping a close watch on things.” Many local people were complaining that the park w&s being turned into a Blackpool by the dozens of young persons who arrived on every bus or train. This apart, the 34,000 scouts were agreed the jamboree was the most successful camp they had ever attended. The “News Chronicle” said.