CHIEF SCOUT
ARRIVAL IN DOMINION
. iSy l h'res* aasouuluuu j AUCKLAND, Feb. 19. Lord Baden-Powell, originator and head of the Boy Scout organisation, and Lady Baden-Powell, head of the Girl Guide movement, arrived from England by the Bangitata to-night. Lord Baden-Powell spoke with enthusiasm of the spread of the Scout movement and said the membershpi excedeed two millions, distributed among forty-two nations. A civic welcome will be accorded him to-morrow. Other events, including a large Scout rally, will occupy the distinguished visitors until Sunday, when they leave for Hamilton en route to Rotorua. They will attend a Maori concert at Rotorua on Monday evening and will motor to Wairakei on Tuesday. The visitors will return to Frankton next Thursday and arrive in Wellington on the following day. The Wellington rally will be held next Saturday and the party will leave for the South Island on March 2.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 20 February 1931, Page 5
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147CHIEF SCOUT Hawera Star, Volume L, 20 February 1931, Page 5
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