BOY SCOUTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23026, 2 May 1938, Page 9

BOY SCOUTS

FUND INAUGURATED ROYAL CONTRffiUTION ' "' ' EXPENSES OF MOVEMENT INCOME NOT SUFFICIENT By Telegraph—Press Association—^Conyright (Received May 1, 6.60 pjo.) British Wireless RUGBY. April 80 The Boy Soout Fund, headed by a subscription from the King and Queen, was launched at a meeting at the Mansion House, attended by the Duke of Kent and presided over by the Lord Mayor, Sir Harry Twyford. It is 30 years since the movement was initiated by the Chief Scout, Lord Baden Powell, and it has spread to 48 countries. The movement is to-day a brotherhood of the world's youth, the members numbering more than 3,000,000. Since the beginning of scouting, the units of troops have been largely self-support-ing. However, the expense of training adult helpers—in the United Kingdom there are 65,000 voluntary workers—falls on the headquarters, which also is responsible for the purchase and upkeep of camping sites and for specialised work among crippled boys, the blind and homeless and the sons of unemployed people. It costs the Boy Scout headquarters £25,000 a year to guide and help the movement, which* exceeds its income by £7500. Deficits at present are made good out of legacies The aim of the present fund is to place scouting on a sound basis for all time. GIFT OF £50,000 LORD NUFFIELD'S OFFER OBJECTIVE MUST BE REACHED £500,000 FUND AIMED AT (Received May 1, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 80 Viscount Nuf&eld has promised to give £50,000 to the Boy Scouts' appeal, launched yesterday, provided the fund reaches the objective of £500,000. The King and Queen, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of i Kent and the Duke of Connaught head the subscription list.