BOY SCOUTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 17 August 1929, Page 7

BOY SCOUTS.

| SOUTH TARANAKI NOTES. I - .—l lv A PONG A TROOP. (Bv Scooter.) Notwithstanding that tiny Kajxjnga .Boy Seotit Troop is not yet officially registered at headquarters, the troop fe already a. live one, and excellent work is being put in at the Friday night parades. On a. recent Friday evening prior to a. meeting of the troop committee.. ‘members l of the committee inspected the hoys' at work and were greatly impressed with the progress made. Perhaps the thing that was most noticeable was the enthusiasm of the boys. Thy following members of the. committee attended: Rev. P. J. Oossuni (dltawnna-n). Messrs F. A'Lbon, C. H. Brewer, it. Gwyn (Assistant Scoutmaster). L. A. Wells (Scoutmaster) rand! liar secretary (C. A. Corder). Apologies were received from' Messrs V. Betts and J. Tattorsell. The troop "has been particularly fortunate in receiving a donation of a Onion Jack from Mrs E. B. T'ait. NORMANBY TROOP.

Alter two years, during which much useful 'work ilia® been done, the Norman by Troon Ilia® found that owing to the fact of more than half the hoys having left the district it has been found necessary to disband. GENERAL- NOTES. We are pleased to see that District Scoutmaster N. Waite, of Stratford, and formerly of Wanganui, is now resiI dent in H-aWra, ana trust- to see Mm ‘linked up with the work here. S.M. I Waite was a tower of strength to ulie I movement in Wanganui. 1 All Scouts wifi rejoice- in the- news that Eis Majesty ha® seen fit -to honour : omr Chief with a barony. The title of Lord Baden Powell, of Gilwell (Gilweh being the chief training camp of >tlhe‘ world-wide Scout movement) has been chosen. To show the wonderful strength of the movement throughout the-world! -a fund was started some months ago in order to make a presentatlinn to our Chief to commemorate- the coming of age- of the movement. The tot-all amount subscribed at the rate of Is per boy was sufficient to give- Lord Baden-Powel a, Bolls-Boyce motor ear with a caravan trailer, a clieoue- for £2750, at portrait in oil 'and an illustrated scroll in a|

casket. The wonderful size of the ra-mboreo ramp at Arrowc Park can hardly be conceived —50,200 Sfcout-s under canvas. If this- number of boys marched four abreast it would take five hours to yacs one- particular point. Italy and Russia were the only two nations of the world not represented at the jamboree, a total of 42 nations being present. “Scouter” will enedavowr each week to outline the chief ch-airacteristics of one of these delegations. Chile. —Twenty hoys- from Chile- were present- These Scouts- wear olive- green shirts and khaki shots-. Their badge i.s- the arrowhead. superimposed! by an ea gle and sh ield-. Their motto i-s: ‘■.Siempe-r List-o" (Be Prepared). The Chilian Scout® arc proud of the tact that the-v were the first country after Great Brfitain to -start- -scouting. The Chief Scout visited Chili m 1900 and Chief Scout visited Chili in 1910 and: da-v the movement totals SOOO Tn 1920 till o' Government, declnreil “Tine Boy Scout Be Chile’’ a. national ‘institution.