SCOUT NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 36, 11 August 1937, Page 20

SCOUT NOTES

(By "Chinachgook.")

Thought for the Week:

Lay on the ropes—shoulders to the wheel, and out she goes. Metropolitan Headquarters Notices. We have quite a collection of names and addresses from Scouts in various parts of the world who are aspiring for +heir World Friendship; badge, and we Commend Scouts here to correspond with them. . Particulars are available 6t Metropolitan Headquarters.. At a special invitation of Royal Dutch Air Lines, Australian Boy Scouts attending the. jamboree were shown jver the Schiphol aerodrome, and in a Douglas airliner were taken for a flight over their camp. . In connection with the world 3ambouae in Holland, there has' been a special issue of three Boy Scout stamps. The badge.appears on. a stamp for the first time' in .philatelic history. The three stamps which ; Have been issued will be valid for postal purposes until the end of the year. The values are .lie green and black, ,6c red-brown and. black, and 12Jc blue and black. There are also two similar stamps for the Dutch Indies. Boy. Scouts have-had special stamps on previous occasions, Rumania having had a set of. six in 1932,Vand Hungary, a set of four in the following year. Pictures of the stamps were published in the "Evening Post" last Saturday. We have received numerous requests from Scout stamp collectors in other countries who wish to exchange stamps with Scouts in New Zealand. "Chinachgook" has received a personal request ■for Coronation issue of- stamps from a district in a distressed area in the north of England, and has, forwarded a number, but no doubt more' would be welcome. We will be: pleased to Teceiye any at Metropolitan Headquarters to be sent to the inquirers.. We thank' the Ist Roseneath" troop for a copy of the second number of "Scout-I-noos," its official magazine^ and congratulate the troop on its enterprise. This splendid little publication should be in the hands of every Scout. Copies may be procured from the secretary, Doug. Williamson, 82 ■ Kainui Road, Hataitai, by sending 2d in stamps. Wellington South Old Wolvef. All ye of the Free People, come to the. Council -Rock. Look well, O ye wolves, look well.- Every Old Wolf in the chilly zone will foregather at Trinity Pack habitat on, the night of the nineteenth, at eight of the clock, to prowl over the bones of the past twelve months. All ye other wolves are invited to come in on the trail and to partake of the kill. Wood and water, wind and tree, jungle favour go - with thee. ' ) ' ' Catholic Scouters' Pow-wow. The usual fortnightly Catholic Scouters' pow-wow will be held ttfnight at 126 Cuba . Street, at 7.30 o'clock. A hearty invitation is extended. On Saturday, August.l 4, a social arranged by the Catholic Scouters will be.held at 74 Manners Street, at ,8 p.m. A hearty welcome is' extended to all Scouters in the-metropolitan area. . ~ Wadestown Scout Group. . ■ , . , The Wadestown Scout group is holding its second dance in aid ,of the building fund on Thursday, August 26, • in the Parish Hall, Pitt Street. The. subscriptions are, single Is 6d, double 2s 6d. The committee extends a hearty welcome to all Scouters and others interested., / . " . ' St. Mary of the Angels' Troop. .The St, Mary of the Angels' Trodp went to Seatoun last Thursday evening- to engage, the Seatoun troop ■at hand-ball. Neither team was at full strength, but after a strenuous contest the/home team won by 4 goals to 2. It was the original': intention for. <. St. Mary's to proceed to Mahiria Bay,immediately after: supper at the end of the evening, but the weather conditions at the time- prevented this,, so an early start was made 'on, Saturday morning. Arriving at the Toe H' hut at 10 a.m., the day was spent,in various camp activities, and in the evening some members of the senior patrol , cycled into Petone to an entertainment. On Sunday morning the troop attended church at San Antonio.-'. The remainder the day kept the troop occupied in a number of improvements on the property, and it was with .reluctance that the troop packed up andleft- on the 8 p.m. boat for Wellington; ' The" best.VSf th'£rik>' are extended to Toe H for the use of the; hut. St. Jude's Pack. "'■'' The Cubs of St. Jude's ,Pack, which has met only twice, are very fortunate in having a wise Old Wolf as Cubmaster. When the District Cubmaster visited them on Friday there was no mistaking the atmosphere of the jungle, a splendid foundatibn for good hurit- • ing to come. The Cub motto and good pictures lent life to the proceedings, and, last, but not least, a fixed network, of sticks - placed over a lighted hurricane lamp, some red paper, and, lo!—who has smelt,wood,smoke, smoke at twilight—who hath heard the birch log burning—who is quick* to read the noises of the, night, let him follow with the others -for the young men's feet are turning to the camp of pure desire and. known delight.