BOY SCOUTS
NEW EXECUTIVE APPOINTED. [t’Et; fimss association.] AUCKLAND, .lune 22. The appointment of almost a new executive for the direction of the boy scout movement in New Zealand was repotted by Air H. Christie, actingimniinion Chief Commissioner, at a largely attended meeting at Auckland. Mr Christie said that reconstruction work would lie slow, but a finance fcmmitlee was now working under the chairmanship of Sir .lames Grose in association with men of prominence in financial circles, and good progress was 'expected. A cabinet of headquarters commissioners lor various branches of scouting—cubs, M'Oins. rovers, and sen scouts—was being formed, and as soon as finance made it possible, Mr .1. R. H. Cooksey, Dominion head of training, would Visit outlying areas. “The hot will be uiit sole consideration," said Mr Christie. “The changes in organisation and policy “.ill have as their objective the furiboring of the welfare of the youth < . New Zealand. A c.h'arge lies upon tri io prepare boys to lit themselves to .i' 'time their tasks in life."
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 June 1937, Page 5
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