AMERICAN BOY SCOUTS
PARTY IN AUCKLAND
BRIEF VISIT TO DOMINION
"A WONDERFUL TIME"
"We have had a wonderful time during our short stay in New Zeahfnd and are all very sorry that we cannot stay longer in your interesting and beautiful country," said Mr. F. C. Henderson, leader of tho American delegation of 10 Scouts, who arrived in Auckland fey train yesterday afternoon from Rotorua. Mr. Henderson is educational director of the Seattle Area Council, which controls the Scout movement in that country. The Scouts have been attending the recent jamboree in Melbourne. They arrived in Wellington from Sydney on Monday and visited Waitomo Carps and Botorua on the trip to Auckland. "The boys were delighted with the marvellous caves and with the thermal attractions," said Mr. Henderson. Several commissioners of tho Aifckland Boy Scouts' Association mot tho visitors on their arrival from Rotorua. A few of tho boys were taken for a motor drive to tho summit of Mount Eden, while others were taken to tea in the city. The whole party attended the Civic Theatre last night as tho guests of the local association. Trips to points of interest around the city will be made this morning, and tho boys will leave later in tho day by tho Mariposa on their return to tho United States.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19350112.2.113
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22006, 12 January 1935, Page 12
Word Count
218AMERICAN BOY SCOUTS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22006, 12 January 1935, Page 12
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.