BOY SCOUTS
PROGRESS IfT GREYMOUTH i The dividing of the Greymouth Boy Scouts has now been completed and two troops have been formed, one parading on Wednesday evenings and the other on Fridays. If new recruits continue to arrive in the same numbers as has been the case in the past, it will soon be necessary to have three troops. To-morrow (Saturday) about 35 of the boys are going to Kumara to have a day with the Hokitika troop. If the weather is favourable, the day should be a red letter one for the boys. Arrangements are well in hand for the Christmas camp which is to be held for six days, commencing on December 27, An instructor in swimming and life-saving has been secured to teach the boys this most necessary and useful part of the scout work. Bridgebuilding, ambulance, signalling and tracking are also on the programme, and the camp concert is an item that the boys are preparing for. Efforts are now being made to find an instructor. to teach the boys the knot-trying, splicing, and sailmaking. This work plays a large part in general scouting work, when the troop is camping out. A Scout troop has been formed in Cobden and the roll number is steadily increasing. Mr. C. V. Lee is in charge of the boys.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 November 1926, Page 8
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