BOY SCOUTS
WORLD JAMBOREE OPENED. (Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, July 30. By to-night fifty thousand boys will be under canvas at Arrow Park, Birkenhead, who are assembled foi’ the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts. One writer describes it as the most wonderful gathering of nations of the world since the building of the Tower of Babel came to an untimely end. All yesterday train after train emptied its freight of boys, who reported to headquarters. Scouts from New Zealand and Australia fraternised with Americans in tartan lumbei’ jackets. Sea scouts in American navy porkpie caps swapped yarns with boys from Canada. Bright little Japs fraternised with giants from Scandinavia. Everybody seemed concerned that the solitary lad from the Fiji Islands should not feel lonely. When the Duke of Connaught opens
the Jamboree on Wednesday, there will be only two countries unrepresented officially—namely Russia and Italy.
The whole of tfi& great undulating Jamboree City covers 450 acres, and is broken up with roads picturesquely named Pilgrims, Kangaroo, Mongoose, and Tiger Lane. Everywhere there is the same wonderful spirit of camaraderie displayed. Throughout yesterday afternoon there were many rehearsals of the great pageants being staged before the Prince of Wales on Thursday and Friday.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 31 July 1929, Page 5
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