BOY SCOUTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15133, 25 October 1912, Page 4

BOY SCOUTS.

Auckland has" the. best record for lifesaving in Australasia amongst the' scouts., ': ...Xbeijc.- aro>ulajice work/ signalling/ and] bridge : buildhig lias "also"; won ; for them sd worthy ; reputation.'- •,- .-..■ •'■> '.: ','• ';'.•--'■••■ ~-J Tlio Waikatoj district V committee ' hal passed a resolution .to effect "that -J boy ; who has ; ; previously belonged to • J troop and desires to rejoin one in the Wail kato , must" produce his enrolment card: en-| dorsed, or an application for transfer ; eigned by this scoutmaster." ' ' ' , I Although the scout organisation-in New, . Zealand vhas -not been'/.-> gnc-j cessful in its negotiations : with thoi military; _ authorities: in the' 3 'matter! of .'■> obtaining official : ; recognition c fori part of the; training which scouts receive, it is" hoped that the work which has been carried' on with benefit to the community amongst a large section > of boys whose ages are ■; between -14 and ,18 years, will not suffer because as members of scout troops they will be required : to parade-on separate evenings ,as senior cadets. . ~ _■'../, \[ _ ■ The Canadian cadets ' who have been touring Australia and ; New Zealand, expect- to arrive in : Auckland on Monday, 18th November,' at 5 p.m., by the Rotorua train. ■ As the local senior cadets are not to be turned scouts are, requested to muster with their officers in : full .; force, and give their Canadian brothers • a hearty cheer of welcome on their arrival. It ;is the Canadian Trade Commissioner's (Mr. Beddoe's) wish that the cadets should carry home with them a,first-class impression of the New Zealand boy scout. " i A few weeks ago Scout C 4. Buckworth, formerly a member of the Northcote troop, prevented . a lady who fell between the wharf and a Devonport ferry-boat . from being crushed, and afterwards' swam and secured her handbag, which was floating away. His ; gallantry was commended by the organisation, and his modest reply to a letter addressed to him is worth quoting as an example for others. Briefly Scout Buckworth ' wrote: "I only tried to do my # duty as a scout." The Provincial Commissioner is forwarding him a commemorative medal. ~ • Lord Kitchener, on bis departure to Egypt, arranged for the North , London troop oi: scouts, m whom ho takes a spe- ; cial interest, to accompany, him, with one or two officials, to the gangway of the steamer. In saying good-bye to the bovfe he reminded, them that "once a scout %l ways a scout." Tins advice at the present juncture is particularly ,Appropriate to those scouts who may find it necessary to part with many of their, old comrades under new order of things. , Kiplme's "Kim" was called by. the Indians' "ittle friend of all.the world," and that is the name that every scout,should cam - for himself. If he acts M p to this, he will win honour lor the movement to which he belongs, and help the other chap who was not fortunate enough to be a scout, up the ladder of manhood. : Remember "a scout s honour is to be trusted." ' '