Scout Commissioner Visits Northland

Northern Advocate, 30 July 1938, Page 7

Scout Commissioner Visits Northland

With the object of stimulating interest in the Boy Scfiut Movement, Mr. J. R. H. Cooksey, the travelling commissioner for the New Zealand Boy Scouts’ Association is making a flying visit to this territory. He has already visited Russell, Kerikeri, Whangaruru and Kaikohe where he has been instrumental in focussing attention upon this great movement and tomorrow, at 2.30 p.m., he is to address a meeting of Boy Scouts and all others who care to attend at the Horn Hora * Park headquarters. Tour Curtailed. It was his intention to visit Kaitaia and Dargaville. but the flooded state of the roads made it impossible to do this with the limited time at his disposal. He hopes, however, to revisit the North shortly and call at these centres. On his way south ho will undertake organising work at Auckland, Hamilton. To Kuiti, Matamata, Roturua, Tauranga and Gisborne and proceed to Wellington. Mr. Cooksey who is to be in charge of the contingent of Boy Scouts who will visit Sydney at the latter part of this year, is a most enthusiastic Scout supporter. In his “spare time" he is a sheep farmer, but his activities on behalf of Boy Scouts make his sheep take a secondary place. Speaking to the “Northern Advocate’’ today, Mr. Cooksey spoke of the importance of the Scout movement as a character builder and bespoke the practical sympathy of everybody, praticularly of parents.