Fijian Scouts Coming To Jamboree
[Per Press Association. Copyright.] WELLINGTON, This Day. The Piji.an Boy Scout contingent to the New Zealand Centennial Jamboree will be one of the most colourful groups in the camp at Heretaunga, Hutt Valley, according to Mr A. H. Marlow, assistant commissioner at Suva, who is at present visiting Wellington. He said the Fijian boys would erect their own bure or thatched house, would dance the traditional dances of the islands, demonstrate the famous kava ceremony, and entertain their guests with yams, taro and Indian chupatty cakes. The contingent would comprise 50 boys, of which 10 per cent would be European, and the rest half-Indian and half native Fijian. “The Scout movement is a very valuable influence in Fiji,” said Mr Marlow. “It helps to pull together three races: Indians, Fijians and Europeans.”
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Northern Advocate, 14 March 1939, Page 3
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