WELLINGTON BOY SCOUTS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1924, Page 3

WELLINGTON BOY SCOUTS

A NOTEWORTHY FEATURE.

The most noteworthy Scout feature of llio week was, the visit paid .to H.M.S. Hood on Thursday?last. Anyone who was near Bunny street at' 9.45 a.m. must r have been impiessed by the sight of 200 : bcouts parading in uniform. The following Wellington troops' were --represented :—Cambiidge terrace, -Institute,' Island Bay, Kelburn, Maranui;-1 Port , -Nicholsou Sea Scouts, St. Paul's, St. Thomas', and V.M.C.A. Commissioner' Amos, Organising Secretary Lawson, District Scoutmaster Phillips, with Soutmasters Harkness, Jenkinson, M'Ke'nzie, Nelson, Payne, and Stvenson, , were,, present. Them were also ' visitingS representatives of other, troops—lron ■ Duke Sea Scouts (Nelson), NelSori'Baptist; Wakatu (Nelscn),. Wakefield. (Nelson), with Scoutmaster Griffiths and A. S. M.' M'Conehie. Seventeen members of Ran'gatira \ troop -were also present. With the' Sea Scouts leading, the boya marched'down to Lambton, and thenco on ..to Pipitca Wharf, where they gave the "baka," led by D.S.M. Phillips, then on-board, where ifc'is needless tosay all enjoyed themselves. A small party jfith Scoutmasters Payne and Jenkinson were fortunate to be allowed on, board H.M.S. Repulse also, one of the watch ' being told oft to take the party round. The boys got a good insight into Uie " ' ■working of searchlights^" etc., by this trip. The visiting, Scouts went to the Zoo in the afternoon. One hundred and "eighty-five Scouts and Scouters in charge of' Commissioner R. S. Abraham arrived from Palmerston, Noith and-Feilding on. Saturday morning. They were taken' by special cars to lunch,, and afterwards .went on 11.M.5. Hood They.returned home by the 4.30 p.m. train. • On 'a parade night (Tuesday) recently, Maranui' trdop was glad" to receive a visit i from Mr. Ogilyie, anv Englishman who is a Scoutmaster in Burma. He is enthusiastic about scouting, and gave an interesting account of 'his Scout work - amongst-his troop of fifty boys not one pt them being a white boy; Scout brotherhood cannot be better-" stressed*than. by such visits. Race or colour does not count, with Scouts, and. fraternal ! greetings were sent to the Burma Boy '' Scouts. ' j An extract from January's "Scouter " is appropriate here: "Hubert Martin,. International Commissioner, tells of a ?f. 0"ter. who visited Naples, and writes: Iho local Scouts igave me -a Scouts' * welcome. 'I have never had such' a wel- - come or experienced such brotherly" kindness before. I don't think, I ever realised the meaning of world-wide brotherhood before, but Ido now. The fact that I spoke n 0 Italian and very little I'rench made no difference, Scout spirit triumphing over diversity of speech I am fully persuaded if they had had' Scouts working on the Tower of Baßel ' that tower would have been finished.' " Scouts are expected to make the commg rally a great success. A meeting of ladies is being called to arrange for stalls. Scoutmasters are asked to help thia column by sending all the news they cap to S.M. Jenkinson, 233, Rintoul stre»t Newtown. - - * " "