DOMINION BOY SCOUTS

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 46, 23 February 1921, Page 3

DOMINION BOY SCOUTS

At a meeting of the .officers of tho Wellington South Province Dominion Boy Scouts, held at the V.M.C.A. Rooms, final arrangements were made for tho field day and demonstration to be held at the Lower Hutt next Saturday. , . It was announced that approximately 500 Boy Scouts would take part, and it was decided to muster "behind the- Government Printing Office in Featherston-street at 12.15, and entrain at the Lambton Station by tho 12.30 train. On arrival at the Lower Hutt the troops will form up, headed by tho Lower Hutt Band, .and march to the Recreation. Ground, District Commander W. Mason to be in charge of the parade.

The following were appointed as judges of the various competitions:—Military physical drill and marching (Wellington Banner), Captain' Brocke; ambulance (Rhodes Cup), Mr. W. Dutton; semaphore signalling-' (Moorhouse Cup), ; Mr. G. Pettett; firemen's competition. Captain Slinn and Lieutenant Doran; band events, Mr. Watson; march past, pole drill, and parade firo lighting, Chief Commissioner Captain Coesspwe. Chief Examiner T., W. Dornwell will supervise all the competitions, and it was decided to ask scoutmasters taking part to report to him before parading. The provincial secretary reported that tho various troops were taking a keen in« terost in tho outing. Ho also gave a verbal report on the recent conference with tho newly-appointed Chief Commissioner, Captain Cossgrove. Three sittings werehold, at which there wcro good attendances of officers of tho province, and the various proposals submitted by the. Chief Coinmiseioncr for the future workingof the Boy Scout movement in the Dominion were favourably considered. Incidentally, that official praised the officers of the province for tho way they wcro conducting affairs, and thanked • for the way they had received him. The proceedings were mainly of a private nature, and the decisions arrived at will be embodied in a. series of new regulations to bo issued shortly. • ' ; Captain- Cossgroye stated that in his tour of tho Dominion, which he intended to be a very comprehensive one, he found that tho officers in general were keen on the advancement of the movement, but that they were hampered in obtaining tho results they desirel through lack of funds. Therefore they wero appealing to tho Government for £ for £ subsidy on all moneys raised, and if this should be obtained, tho movement would go ahead on right lines. Tho Chief Commissioner was thanked for his attendance, and the officers passed a motion assuring him of their loyalty to himself and tho Boy Scout movement m tho Dominion.