SCOUT NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 80, 1 October 1924, Page 16

SCOUT NOTES

(By "Tenderfoot.")

On 23rd September a meeting of the parents of the members of the MaTanui Boy Scout Troop was held to make arrangements in connection with the children's plain and fancy dress dance and social, which is to be held on Friday, 3rd October, at the Anglican Church Hall, Freyberg street. The dance committee is awarding 16 prizes to those who have the best fancy dress costumes. The committee has been very active in organising this function, and it feels sure that a most enjoyable evening will be spent by all who attend. The proceeds are in aid of the troop funds. The members exhibited a display of Scout work in knotting, ambulance, signalling, pioneering, and sec-ond-class test. Before the parade waa dismissed the members indulged in a variety of scouting games, which they thoroughly enjoyed. Last Saturday afternoon five members ol the Maranui Troop were successful in passing the examinations for the following badges :—Patrol leader, P. Outhwaite; and second, A. Williams; missioner s and public healthy man's badges, Troop Leader L. Brice, Patrol Leader B. Haswell, and Scout W. Marlow, the handyman's badge The V.M.C.A. Troop devoted last liiursday evening's parade principally to tenderfoot and second-class work. This troop has an average attendance of 40 members, and are fortunate in havinjc the services of Scouters Donkin and bteveiison, and sis assistant scouters Messrs. Morris, Olsen, Brieley, Hill' Keys and Allan. This troop works on the following system: From 6.15 to 7 gymnasium and organised scoutinggames, 7 to 7.30, ping-pong, quoits etc ; 7.30 to 8.45, Scout work; and from 8.45 to 9 the Court of Honour assembles. Every third week a "Scouts' Own 3s held, which helps to develop a true scouting character. During the parade the following badges were presented: To Troop Leader A. Meachen, ambulance, missioner, books, and hobby--Ist; to Leader C. Skews, electrician and engineers. Scout Organ waa successful in passing his tenderfoot test. At the meeting of the Court of Honour at the conclusion of the parade, a large amount of important troop business was discussed, and it was decided that the troop would give a display at the V.M - O.A. s exhibition, which is to be held Si.xf Town HaLl from Saturday, Ist to Bth November.

The rally for His Excellency the Gov-ernor-General (Chief Dominion Scout) will take place on Saturday afternoon, 15th November.

The following is an extract from a letter which I recently received from an ,n »m" SCoUi er: "Amon S the more than 10,000 Boy Scouts attending the great Empire Scouts' jamboree at Wembley. England, are" many hundreds of Scouts from the African territories of the Empire. Scouting has made great progress in Africa among both the white and native boys, the Scout work bein°largely carried on under the direction of the schools. Remembering that the Boy bcout movement began in Africa, it is regarded as peculiarly fitting that a strong contingent of African Scouts should be present. The great Scouts jamboree is intended, in the words of the Chief Scout-General, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 'To give the Scouts as part of their education a deeper knowledge of and interest in not only the .Old Country and its institutions but also their brother Scouts in each of the King s overseas Dominions.' " Scouters are requested to'send reports of the work of their troops at least every second week to "Tenderfoot," 8 Homer street, Newtown. '