A FIELD DAY

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 50, 28 February 1921, Page 11

A FIELD DAY

SCOUTS 1 DEMONSTRATION AT

LOWER HUTT

An inber©3tjng demonstration, of the work being pen-formed, 1 by the BoyScouts was given on the Lower Hutt ltecreation Ground on Satux'd.ay afternoon,, the object being to determine which troops should hold ' tha various trophies allotted to th« Wellington province for the "ensuing year. There were some 400 scouts on pirad©, and thair smartness and general efficiency greatly impressed the spectators. The following troops were represented :—Loww Hutt, St. Augustine's, St. Paula, St. Peter's! ICelburo, V.M.0.A., Maranui, Upper Hutt, St. Andrew's, Island Bay, Urutari&n, Trentham, Silveistream, Congregational, and Boys' Institute. Those present during the afternoon included! Colonel G. F. C. Campbell and' 'tbe Chief Oommissioner for th© DomHiion, Captain Oossgrove. The judges of the competitions were : Military drill and inarching (Wellington Banner), Captain Brooks; ajnbul'ance (R.hodes Ciip), Messrs. F. Wafrd! and Ji.. Richardson; signaJling (Moorhouse Cup), Mr. G. Pettitt; firemen's competition, Captain Slinn and lieutenant Doran; band events, Mr. G. Watson; march past, pole drill', and parade fire-lighting, Captain .Crossgrove. Mr. Lambert was responsible for the secretarial work.

The Wellington Banner, for the most points in physical drill and marching, went to the Kelburn. and -St. Paul's troops, the latter of whom have been th# holders for the pact three years. §t. Augustine's Troop (Petone) annexed th« Rhodes Cup (ambulance), and the Moorhouse Cup (semaphore signalling and nr«-l%hting) The White-house Shield (infantry and pole drill), waa -won, by Lower Hutt No. 1 Troop. Detailed' results of the various ev«nt» follow :—

March Plast: Lower Ifutb A, 85 points, 1; Lower Hutt B, 83 points, 2; V.M.0.A., 65 pbinte, 3. Marching and Physical Drill: St. Paul's and Kelbura, 81 points (equal), 1; Lower Hutb A, 76 pointe, 2. Pole Drill: Lower Hutfc A, 46 pointe, .1; Lower Hutt B, 44 pointe, 2; Maramu, 35 points, 3. White House Shiekl (for marching, infancy, and pole drill, and' pbvßical drill, proswited by Mr. W. T. CJotton, of Low«r Hutt) : , Lower Hutt A, 83 points, 1; Lower Hutt B, 81 points, 2; Maranui, 59 points, 3. Firemen's Competition (for teams of three Scoute, holding firemen's badges) : Clark, M'DougaJl, Allan, 38sec, 1; Waitai, Doran, Doyle, 39 2-ssec, 2; Sh«ppard, Ansell, M'LeMan, 40 1-Ssec, 3. Ambulamce Competition (for 1 teams of four $conts and own patieni) : St Augustine's (Petone) No. 2 (R. Aldwich, VV. Jay, B. Abrim, E. Pawson, and J Jay. patient), 79 pointe, 1; Lower Hutt B, 77poJnts, 2; Lowei Hntt A »sd St. Paul's, 73 points (equal), 3. Parade Fire-lighting (troop ooittpetitiou for teams of three patrols) : Lower Hutt No. 1, 1; Institute, 2: Lower Hutt No. 2, 3.

„ Group Signalling; (semaphore coda, teams of four) : St. Augustine's (Petone) No. 1, 1; St: Paul's, 2; St. Augustine's! (Petone) No. 2, 3. • Band Event (Bugler) : Doran (Hutt), 1;. Rosewain (Trentham), 2.