THE CHIEF SCOUT'S VISIT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15003, 27 May 1912, Page 8

THE CHIEF SCOUT'S VISIT.

.;■•■' r ff HIS ARRIVAL DELAYED. POSTPONEMENT OF THE PARAD^ ■.■■'■■' When Lieutenant-General Sir Robert S S. Baden-Powell arranged to, visit New: : Zealand, ho expected to srrive in - 1 ' in Auckland yesterday. Arrangements had been made for him to inspect cadets " ' and boy-scouts, and to give' addresses today, but. these arrangements have now - : ' been upset. The s.s. Wimmera, by which ' the Chief Scout is travelling from Sydney was. a day late in leaving that port, and ''' : she has met with bad weather; hence' she is not expected to arrive until eight a. m ' to-morrow. ■ ' :';'/,v Orders had been issued for 28 companies *' of senior cadets, five battalions of junior ' cadets, and the Dominion Boy Scouts -'to '''■'■- parade in the Domain' this afternoon V order that they may be reviewed by His Excellency the Governor, Dominion Chiof Scoot, and the Chief Scout. The actual inspection was set down for three p.m ' and was to bo followed by a display by the boy scouts, and by addresses by His • <> Excellency and the Chief Scout. The : parade has now been put off' until to*' morrow afternoon, and the arrangements■ already made will hold good for to-morrow' ' District orders by Colonel Wolfe, dealing " with the situation are published in' an*^ H other column. /'' 1 The lecture 'which the Chief Scout was' "' to deliver pi the Town Hall to-night wilt''' ' ! be given .to-morrow evening. An v en - 3 deavour is being made to have to-morrow f evening's Wellington express (by whicit : 1 Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell.hopes to ' travel) 'delayed for 20 minutes. During his stay in Auckland the ChieF Scout will be the guest of His Excellent* ' the Governor. Ho will probably bo re ceived by the Mayor in the Council Charr bera at 11 a.m. to-morrow, = "-; >:l'J -District Commander Bellamy (Dare* ville) arrived in town on Saturday with '' '> one patrol of boy scouts, and it was faoMfr&ift that the Waikato troops would also M»-*' '•' represented at the review, and nients were made somo davs ago for granting of nominal railway fares and 15$& the accommodation of the boys in Aaci-4 $ i: land, but the Waikato troops havo no^"' , found themselves able to utilise the onrwr i-'" timity, and this, is regretted. ' ki 'j '' ".' A rehearsal of the review was bdd'Jft&' Saturday afternoon, when the boy ■'scouS'"'* to the number of close'on SX)O, i :praiiffii«|it the "Dominion rally" and the bJSS&t ; -: they .will give as a welcome to the Chirf< - Scout. , , , - ""%-&