GENERAL BADEN-POWELL
WELCOME AT SYDNEY
BY CABLE—PRE3S .ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.
SYDNEY, May 16
General Sir Robert Baden-Powell received an enthusiastic welcome. There was a large gathering, headed by a guard of honor from the Boy Scouts. Subsequently a civil reception was held at the Town Hall.
Replying to the toast of his health, the General said that Australia had set the rest of the Empire a grand example of universal training. "Already" he said, "some of our friends who do not look us straight in the face, because they have a bit of a squint, are looking beyond their own confines. We have got to watch them. Australia has taken up the question of self-defence in the nick of time."
Sir Joseph Ward said that he was glad, as a New Zealander, to welcome General Baden-Powell, who had done more for the Empire by the Scout movement than ali his daring deeds.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 17 May 1912, Page 5
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