THE CHIEF SCOUT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 17 June 1932, Page 6

THE CHIEF SCOUT

LORD BLEDISLGE’S MESSAGE HOYS OF THE DOMINION Mr. Cleimcll Fenwick, the Dominion Ohitif Commissioner of the New /calami Hoy Scouts has received the Allowing message to the Hoy Scouts of New Zealand, from his Excellency the Governor-General, upon his recent appointment as Dominion Chief Scout: Government House. Auckland, dune 14, 1932. “At, the request of .Hol'd Laden Powell I have accepted the olhce of Dominion Chief Seoul and in assuming this appointment, I desire to express to all Scouts in New Zealand my best wishes for happiness and success in their work. The Scout Promise and Law, if faithfully obeyed, give every hoy a code of honour which will make him a 'good citizen when he grows to manhood. No country can possess anything more valuable than a population trained in loyalty and sell-reliance. “There are now more than two million Hoy Scouts in the world, and it is a source of pride to me that the New Zealand Scouts'are regarded by Lord Budc.ii Powell as equal to those of any other country. 1 feel sure that you will not. merely uphold, but seek steadily to improve upon the standard already reached by the New Zealand Scouts, and that you will carry on the high traditions handed clown to you by those sturdy and rcsonrcetul pioneers who laid so surely the foundations of this Dominion.

“’limes may bo bad and employment for the time being difficult to obtain. Hut let. not the boys of the nation, and least, of all its Hoy Scouts, think that their country does not need them. Ihe youth of the country are its future mainstay. So let all who can partake ol the wholesome activities which the Seoul, Movement provides, and thus made them fit and ready to grasp such oporl unities as the future may present to them. “I wish to express mv thanks to the Dominion Chief Commissioner, as well as the Councillors, District Commissioners and Officers of the Movement tor the work which they have, done in organising and training the boys, and to those who have so unselfishly bellied as examiners, instructors and members of committees Without their invaluable voluntary help the movement could not live and thrive. “BLEDISLOE, Dominion Chief Scout.’