BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18949, 21 February 1925, Page 12

BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT.

ITHE GOVERNOR'S INTEREST,, | SPECIAL CONFERENCE HELD,' I [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] CHKISTCHUECH, Friday. j The Dominion Chief Scout. Sir Charles Fergusson, conferred with tho Dominion executive of the Boy Scouts' Association to-day. The following statement, was made at the conclusion by Brigadier-Gen-era 1 A. W. Andrew, honorary cruet commissioner:— ! "His Excellency has a High position in the movement in Scotland since the great war, having been county commissioner for Ayrshire. Ho is anxious to place his knowledge and experience at the disposal of those conducting the movement in New Zealand. The fact that ha volunteered to make this special journey to Christchurch for that purpose is an indication of the importance lie attach&S to the work and of his determination to do all he can to further it. "Every phase of the scont movement was examined at the conference. Ba Excellency expressed his extreme pleasure with the "satisfactory aspect of the movement. and especially with the, being made by headquarters to enlist tM active co-operation of citizens in the wo*" of controlling and administering W Scout- troops, and in controlling a 't troop finances. Ho was especially impressed . with the policy of insisting upon _ scoutmasters being 'recommended by citrons committees before being appointed. # recognised that owing to the i um ° l cadet movement, headquarters were confronted with difficulties peculiar to rw Zealand, and expressed the opinion tna thev were to be congratulated on tfs j way they had overcome this i He. also recognised that owing to the distances between towns, and the scatierf population, conditions differed cons l° e r r p ' ably from those, in countries where there were, large centres of population, j*" _ therefore it was not so easy to bring BQ> j Scouts troops in the Dominion under co - j trol. ~ j "His Excellency congratulated tne j members of the Dominion executive up o ! the results of their labour. He looW forward to continued progress and snccefSj and through l!io executive desired to stiro all Boy Scouts in the Dominion his great interest in their welfare, an of the pleasure with which he looks ward to meeting them. He consented preside at tho next annual con^ e ? the Boy Scouts' Association, which • be held next June, probably in church."