BOY SCOUTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 16 November 1929, Page 8

BOY SCOUTS.

WHA.REROA CUB PACK. For some time arrangements liave been in train for the formation of a cub pack at Wliareroa. Through the interest displayed by Miss I'iveash and Mrs. Smith a meeting of parents and prospective cubs was recently held to discuss the-matter- Cubmaster O. Hitchcock was present and gave an outline of the movement and details as to uniforms, eto. The pack will he run. as a branch of the main Hawera pack. Arrangements are being made to have Assistant-Oubmaster It. Ashton take charge of the pack. ELTHAM TROOP. A very interesting annual report has been published by the chairman of the troop. Undoubtedly the live Eltham committee have gone to' considerable trouble to keep things going, especially when one .reads that during the year three successive Scoutmasters have been lost through transfer from the district. EIRE RESCUE. In reading our daily papers of late one is struck by the great number of fires where human life is in danger, several fire fatalities being recorded and many cases of. narrow escapes being given. Part 'of the .first class Scout tests calls for a knowledge of bow to lid in a case of, this nature. To rescue an insensible person , from a room on lire, when there is much smoke 1 , ft is necessary for both rescueiaud rescued to lie flat on the floor. One method is to tie a,_bow-line round the patients wrists, hr ill g the rope over the patients head and tie another bowline there. Turn your back on the patient and tie a bowline around your own /neck. Crawl out on all tours. This should be practiced in the hall in order to he able to do the drill quickly -and smartly. A point to note is that in tying a loop around the patient’s chest the rope should he passed over the patient’s arms, down around his j back in a loop and the bowline knot tied so- that the patient’s head rests on same and is therefore raised off the floor There might not be time or opportunity to act as above, in which case merely turn the patient : on his hack, pull his jacket beneath his head and pull him out feet foremost. ■ If a person’s clothes are on fire don’t throw water over him- Take' a, blanket or rug and wrap it tightly around him and roll him about on the ground. To improvise ropes for fire work tear up sheets into strips. Tie the pieces together with reef knots. If it is necessary to lower a person from a window, either with ordinary or improvised ropes, place a good layer of blankets on the window sill under I lie rope, to prevent the rope from wearing through. After lowering the, rescued person, the rescuer, to escape himself by the same method should tie the end of the rope round the leg of the bed by means of a clove hitch or fisherman’s bend, then climb down the rope, facing the, wall with the. feet against it. Don’t

just slide down the rope. To carry a person down stairs where there is no dense smoke or fire, the “firemen’s lift’’ should be used. Turn patient on his face, raise linn to a kneeling posture. Kneel and place yourself across and under him so that his stomach rests on your right shoulder. i i Pass your right arm between his legs and behind his right thigh. With your left hand draw hiis right hand forward under your left and grasp the wrist with your right hand, then raise yourself to a standing position, may be freed from vermin by dipping a feather into the liquid and drawing it under -both wings, or by putting a small , amount between the breastfeatliers. Black Leal 40 is sold in. liquid form, in various-sized tins by vendors of orchard sprays and others. It goes without saying that where leather-pulling i-s giving trouble, due to the presence of vermin, Black Leaf 40 will prove invaluable. Indeed, many instances have lately come under mj notice of poultry plants where featherpulling in the past had given endless trouble being absolutely cleaned up since the birds have been treated for lice with this nicotine preparation.