BOY SCOUTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17335, 25 November 1916, Page 5

BOY SCOUTS.

1 ' • i (Contributed.) j A new ironp of Boy Scouts was j formed on Wednesday evening at St ; Luko's, Christi'hnrch. There were pre-sent—-the. Chief Commissioner, Scout- ' masters St.vch. Brown and Collins', and between fifty and sixty of the Mori- j j vale and Avonsido troops. 'Mr F. N. j Tat lor- will become Sconf master and Mr Collins, of Merivale, has offered U) : act as instructor for a time. A new troop has also been started at Blenheim i.n connection with tho! Wosleyan Sunday School there. Mr] Bramwoll iioare lias received the ncces- j j sary instructions from headquartersi and the lies- .1. While. District Com- j mander, will help. AshbMrton has now a good represeri-] rativo committee from all the churches. ! Mr Nicoll has been recommended as; district, commander, Mr Osmau as dis- j fcrirt secretary, and Dr Lyon as chief! examiner. This district will now make rapid progress and should assume a ' leading place in central CanterburyScout, province District Commander Salmon, of Temuka and Geraldinc, passed through Chrr-tojiiireh on Thursday evening for Tfonthani, Few men among our best and most successful workers have done ! so much for the movement, as Mr Sali :notV, and his removal will leave a groat j blank in SoMth Canterbury. ! j The Chief Commissioner has received a letter from a Scoutmaster who has .hist gone into camp at Trenthum. lie i is by no means enamoured of soldiering hut lie was among the first, to offer his' services because ho considered it to be his duty. He was turned down, but as soon as he was able he went, under a serious operation and was ordered to rest for six months. To do this he would come under the head of being a eonsoriptionist, so during the last three months he has offered himself three times again and at last he has been accepted as a vohmteor. He regrets leaving his hoys and the Scout move-!. meat, and cannot understand why the Government «' nt ' s ]lfl t do more to encourage men to take up the work. Scoutmaster Durracult, of Diinodin, lis also in camp. ,He too, regrets leavj ing his fine battalion of 112 hoys, hut. he says he has a splendid set of fellows ' !as companions, and is enjoying the' life. , , i ! King's Scout and Silver Wolf Goiigh. , jof Chri'.tchuroh. left- with the TwenI tieth Reinforcements as sergeant of his | i platoon. We is ono of the best- ail- ; i .round Scouts ill the movement, and if i lie has .the chance will make his mark j i at the front. Mr Allen. Commissioner for Welling- j ton South province, has recommended j Messrs Clark and Donkin as District Commanders for Wellington City, and; reports that everything is going well in the movement, there. HBADQUARTKRS NOTICE. No hoy under fourteen years of ago. | nor 'over* that age if physically unfit to j handle the necessary apparatus, is to lio permitted to enter for the "fireman's" test. j The following is the te.'it for the > Drummer's Badge: —A Scout must he | able to heat the '' Daddy-Mammy■" commencing verv slowly and • increasing in snood, till a "close roll" re- ■ suits. Ho should also know the seven ; and eleven stroke rolls, the "flam " and the "drag." As a drummer must: he able to heat correctly to time, it is essentia! that he should know the i value of the ''notes" and "rests." Subscription lists in aid of the Scout. \ Ambulance Fund and the French flag are now closed. A balance-sheet will . appear in next issue of .the Bulletin. Applications for the Saturn medals must ho made to the Chief Commissioner not later than December 20. Any Scout whoso record for the year is exceptionally good i-; eligible for decoration. Centificates attested by j Sooutynastor and District Commander] or Commissioner must accompany -the : application. As the monthly Bulletin will take tho j place of the " Dominion Scout," Scout : officers are requested to file their copies,, for re fere n co. i .