SCOUT NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 59, 7 September 1938, Page 20

SCOUT NOTES

(By "Keego.") Ses^-Chinese Proverb. Scouting in Fiji. ■I AhSle bigef which ordinarily carries SS«?S the heavy downfall of ram Sh ifnot an undomrnon occurrence in Fiji And so with this unusual f?eight the^arge makes its annual pilgriSage to Nukulau, towed toy. a ip^rnch Two hundred Scouts. Yes, His SS' Mf a big factor in the economic life of Fl Rnth the Fiiians and Indians are keen Scouts and there is great rivalry for supremacy at Nukulau. Ten troops took cart this year, an Indian troop wfrmiSg by half a point from a Fijian tr¥he" Fijian population is Christian (it is only 70 years since the famous Cakabau held W here), while the Indian population is mambr Hindu, vet the-Scout movement brings them together as brothers, trying to live up to the same Scout laws and Scout Promise. Jamboree Films. The' films of the World Jamboree held in Holland last year wiU be shown at St. Anne's Hall, Green Street, Newtown, next Tuesday, at 7.30 p.m. Members of the movement and all interested are cordially invited to attend. St. Peter's Group. The St. Peter's Group celebrate theirtwelfth birthday anniversary next Monday. AH Scouters and friends of the group are invited to be present. St. Mark's Group. There are indications that the sixteenth, year of the St. Mark's Group may be. rated as one of sound progress. It is reported that both the troop and the pack are. rapidly increasing in numbers. It also seems to be highly probable that the group will be able to form a Rover Crew in the not far distant future. Both the troop and pack are working well and there is keen interest in the matter of second1 class and first class work among the members. Four Scouts and two Scouters will be among those journeying to Sydney at the end of the year. The Cubs are interested in scrap books and camp fire blankets as special activities at the moment, and are working well on Star work. Although both the Scout and Cub dens are to .be redecorated in the near future the policy of the group is to encourage as much out-of-door r activity as possible. Next Saturday, weather permitting, the Cubs will spend a day in the open with a pack in another district. A Camping Hint. When camping "under the stars" without a. shelter always sleep feet to" the wind. The blankets can always be tucked in and pinned around the feet to make an airproof joint, but with the head to the wind the cool breezes creep down the neck and around- the shoulders. • - .