MOERA BOY SCOUTS.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 17, 18 September 1930, Page 8

MOERA BOY SCOUTS.

: An Official Investiture of Moera. Boy ;■■ Scouts was held, in St. Stephen's Hall :', ,on Tuesday; 10th. inst. In:spite of unfavKyuraible weather conditions, there ; was; a good itaiUy of ©eoutdrs and mv©iecvfroMl Lower Hutt and. P^tone gr^s/. and quite a few parents -.were there tOf - witness the ceremony;. Sir Alfred-Bo-bin, Mr. Jiones (Mayor of;-Eastbourne)r^-Bey. JV E. Lagdell, Mr. B. Nefecm (i>is: tri«t Commissioner),. Cr.' D. S. Patjriek, . Df^.M. MeKenzie took active part in* the practaeddngs, M?r. D. M<iE>wi^C (Chairman of Scout Committee^;, J^}, sidtod and apalogies were read Sir Alex. Robert, .Mr.' W. Nash isfjP^:. S.M. Durnad (St. John), Miss HutetJn (Moera Girl Guides). ;:. Th!c? printoipal speakers referred ta ■- the remarkable progress made by the-

troop sineo its form-aition in May." Commissioner Nelson gays the , as-. scanbl'ed Scouts and Eottora a fern user; ful points on how to g«rt, theref-ahi: | the necessity for determination to reach tie desired objective. . 1 . ■

Sir Alfred Bobin (Metropolitan Obmnaissioner), then .performed i-' the.-,- very-, i impressive Xavestitune eerenwmy'...Miff ; Scoutmaster , Nictolls was presented -: cv^ith }iis warrant from. iaeadiraaiJtets- ; Four Boy Scouts were then ejcaTmnteiaby their Scoutmasttr for the Tender-" foot Test and passed' ,\vath credit to 'themselves,and the.Troop. ' , {'.. t The sapper by .s£. " the committee wa« done ft^ jusrfalce^to^ by all present and was a' fitting antlf pleasant wind-up to a very pleasant

evening... ..-,-. . .. . Aa exhibition o-f theTßaka by ■.D.fILM. McKengie and his .Braves and Bovers - was a rousing affair. .' '..". Thanks are expressed to" all who oieSp©d to make tie eeremcuiy and evening sxich. a notalble success.