SCOUT WAR EFFORT
Manufacture Of Rope Nets
Undertaken
Wellington Boy Scouts are undertaking the manufacture of rope nets for military use in Hie Dominion, as a special war effort. At the weekend representatives of all city and suburban troops paraded for instruction at the Winter Show Building, under Hie Metropolitan Commissioner. Mr. I’. T. Smither. The 70 scouts who .-mended were to act as leaders of teams from their respective troops. which will carry on the -work on evenings during Hie week, and Saturday inoiiiiiigs. Commissioner Smither said I hat from the outbreak of war Hie scouts bad nip-red lheir services for war work and had been employed on various job.-, bill they had always wauled a task on which they could colleen I rate lheir efforts, ami they fell that need had now been met. with the net making. ’Pile work is easy to learn, amt it is expected that a good output of nets will be ma’iuiaiiied.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 118, 12 February 1941, Page 8
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159SCOUT WAR EFFORT Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 118, 12 February 1941, Page 8
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