SCOUTS’ CAMP
A BUSY DAY. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] MELBOURNE, December 28. Bustle and excitement prevailed at Frankston, Melbourne’s popular seaside resort, to-day, when eleven thousand Boys Scouts moved into camp for the Jamboree, which will be officially opened by the Governor-General, Sir Isaac Isaacs, to-mororw. From the tiniest Cub to the oldest Rover, all laboured throughout the day, and more than one thousand tents were erected to house the largest assembly of youth ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere. Cheery Malayans, and other dusky Scouts from the East, more solemn youths from India, bewildered contingents from France and Central European countries, and brawny lads from Canada, South Africa and New Zealand, toiled with then’ Australian compatriots, all fired with the sole idea of making the Jamboree the best yet. Each group is setting up its camp in national style, and decorating it In the custom of the country represented. The New Zealanders have a picturesque display, based on Maori legends and beliefs.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 December 1934, Page 7
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