NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1941, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Air Scouts. Keeping, abreast of the times, the Boy Scout movement has introduced a new section for air scouts. This, it was suggested at the recent annual conference of the Scout Association, would be very popular among Scouts in the Dominion, so much so that probably more boys would want to join than could be dealt with. Scoutmasters and/ others controlling the movement would therefore have to use discrimination in selection and not risk the breaking up of existing troops. Air scouts will be required to undergo special training and tests and will have special badges. They will receive while still in their teens basic training for an airman. Russian Gold Coin. A gold coin was displayed at the pro-Russian meeting in the Auckland Town Hall on Thursday night by one of the speakers, the Rev. Percy Paris. He said that it was a Soviet coin and had been sent in by a man with a Russian name. The donor's suggestion was that it should be auctioned, and he offered to bid £5. "I am afraid that would be illegal," said Mr. Paris. "The police are present, and in any case we cannot hold an auction here." The chairman, Professor W. A. Sewell, agreed that it would be difficult to get round the law, .and the proposal was allowed to rest. Service in the Dark. "Lead, Kindly Light" would, have been an appropriate hymn for the congregation of St. Andrew's Church, The Terrace, to have sung last night, for during the service the lights suddenly failed and remained off. However, the choir carried on and other well-known hymns were sung instead, and the preacher had the unusual experience of delivering his sermon in the dark. . ' ■ ,