Seasick Sea Scouts
(N.Z. Press Association)
DUNEDIN, Dec. 29.
A shipload of North Island sea scouts bound for their national regatta at Lake Waihola suffered the sailor’s ultimate indignity—sea sickness. But the 400 young mariners had recovered sufficiently to eat a hearty breakfast when they arrived at their lakeside camp-site at dawn today.
Camp cooks and South Island messmates volunteered to feed the northern boys when their train fro-1 Lyttelton arrived at Waihola.
A canvas town covering several acres has mushroomed between the main highway and the lake to accommodate 800 boys and about 100 scoutmasters and camp staff. The boys—aged from 12 to 18—were busy
settling down to camp life.
In the best tradition of sailors ashore, the scouts were making their quarters ship-shape and Bris-tol-fashion. Signs bearing the names of flagships of the Royal New Zealand Navy —Leander, Achilles, Bellona, and others—were hoisted over various sections of the camp. Troop names, symbols and slogans decorated the tents.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31255, 30 December 1966, Page 1
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