BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14690, 26 May 1911, Page 8

BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT.

KING'S PRIZE FOR LOYALTY.

A communication* has been received by Major A. Plugge, district commander, Auckland Boy Scouts, setting forth particulars of the King's prize for loyalty. The circular states that His Majesty the King, having given a generous contribution to Iho fund raised recently in aid of the hoy scouts' headquarters, the executive commit-too have decided to devote that amount to Iho promotion of loyalty, and with that object will present a challenge standard to the- troop consisting of not less than 24 lads, in each of the following countries : — United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, which has the largest percentage of King's scouts on September 30 in each year, commencing in 1911. Each King's scout must have been a. member of the troop for six months prior to September 30. The winning troop will bo called the King's Troop of the United Kingdom, Canada. New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa respectively, for the year. The scoutmaster and assistant-scoutmasters of the winning troop who are members of that troop on September 30, having served at least six months with the troop, will bo presented by the headquarters council with a badge of merit. In case of equality of the numbers of King's scouts, or any other difficulty, the allocation of the prizes will he decided by the Chief Scout of each country or Dominion.