BOY SCOUTS IN AUSTRALIA.
EXCELLENT AMBULANCE WORK. r • 7V ' [BY TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPONDENT.] - . * P Gisborne, Thursday. In an interesting letter received from Scoutmaster Ellery; who is at present representing the boy scouts of this district at a big gathering in Melbourne, he states that the 16 boys and two scoutmasters from New Zealand are being given a right royal time in Melbourne. They are being afforded every opportunity to see the city thoroughly. Representative scouts from every part of Australia are present, and the gathering is a very large one. The New Zealand boys at the scout sports succeeded in obtaining second place m the " night alarm," being only one point behind the winners. They easily beat all opposition in the ambulance work. The judge, a St. John Ambulance man, remarked that the showing of the New Zealand boys was the best he had ever seen, and that they 'from by over 30 marks. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15520, 30 January 1914, Page 8
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