BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 200, 17 August 1921, Page 4

BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT.

VISIT OF COLONEL COSGROVE. ’ Colonel Cosgrove, Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of New Zealand, and who is at present touring the Dominion with a view' to furthering the Scout movement, arrived in Napier last evening, being welcomed by about 100 scouts under Scoutmaster Mcßride. Later in the evening, Colonel Cosgrove addressed a public meeting in the Borough Council Chambers. He referred to the progress of the movement particularly since 1909. and stated that they w’ere now a recognised body with a protected uniform. This year the Government recognising the movement w*as too important to be governed by an independent body had granted £lOOO subsidy. Lt was hoped to receive a further amount when the Premier returned. They had also been grunted other facilities. and hoped in time to control the senior cadet movement. The condition, as the result of the new constitution had considerably improved during the past few months, and the movement was rapidly extending. It was proposed under the new’ constitution to have paid men doing administration work. There would be a troop in almost every church, and an undenominational troop. The duty of the organisation would be to support the church iu every way. It would be necessary that some assistance should be given by parents and tho public. and he suggested that a association should be formed to assist the scout movement. Those present agreed with the suggestion, and forthwith formed an association w’hicb will meet in about a month.