BOY SCOUTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20705, 1 May 1929, Page 11

BOY SCOUTS.

THE WORLD JAMBOREE (From Ocb Own CoiuuvSvonpent.) LONDON, March 14. A booklet istied by the headquarters of the Boy Scouts Association gives detailed information regarding the World Jamboree that is to be held from July •II to August 12. The site of the jamboree, Arrowe Park, lias been kindly placed at the Scouts’ disposal by the Mayor and corporation of Birkenhead. It consists of an old country house with 430 acres, which will, after the jamboree, be laid out in playing fields. The park consists of undulating pasture land, hounded by a screen-belt of trees, and is over a mile long and about half-a-mile wide. There are fine views from the park'across'the River Dee to the coast of North Wales. LAY-OUT OF CAMP. The camp will be divided into eight sub-camps each sub-camp will consist of 3000 to 4000 Scouts, divided into troops of exactly 50. To each troop will be allotted an area of 23 yards by 23 yards, in which it cun arrange its camp to suit its own ideas. Contingents from Great Britain will be required to make a prepayment of Is 6d a day per head. The cost to foreign and oversea contingents is 3s a day a head. This includes the sightseeing excursions for the second week. ADDITIONAL CAMPS. In addition to the Boys’ Camp there will be' a hostel camp for the use of Scooters who wish to attend separately from their troops. The hostel camp is open to all commissioners, scoutmaster's, assistant scoutmasters and Rover leaders. There will be a separate camping ground for ladies holding any of the above ranks, who will use the same mess as the mmi. There will also be a camp for delegates to the international conference; to be hold at Arrowe Hall on August 8 and !). Interpreters will be known as “ cousins ” and will be attached to each sub-camp according to the various contingents. AUXILIARY CAMPS.. Two large sites have been arranged near Arrowe Park by the Wcst Cheshire County Association, through the kindness of land owners. One will be at Overchurch and will accommodate 0000; the other at Upton with capacity for 10,000. • THE PROGRAMME. The programme for the 10 days has already been made .out. National displays will take place practically every day,- It is proposed that the jamboree should be officially opened each afternoon about '2 o’clock by some distinguished person, who \vonld witness a pageant of the nations and a display on the rally ground, where a grand stand will be provided for the public. An open-air theatre will be provided in the camp, and it is intended to give a performance each afternoon. The stage is calculated for a maximum of 50 performers. It is proposed to Jiohl camp fires in each of the sub-camps and to arrange for items of interest to be given each night at a different camp five. The massed folk dancing should bq a great feature. All troops arc invited to leant the following dances for this:— Black Nag, Scllingers Round, Nancy’s Fancy, Galopede, Gathering Pcascods, and We Won’t Go Home Till Morning. During the fortnight’s camp there will be a grand rally, consisting of a inarch of all nations, dancing by 1(150 Scottish Scouts and their 100 pipes, and massed folk dancing. SCOUT EXCURSIONS. To Scouts coming- from oversea and foreign countries, British Scouts will be prepared to show something of thicr country, its capital, its countryside, and industries. A very comprehensive programme of interesting excursions is being _ arranged from Arrowe Park for the visitors during the second week of the jamboree. The expenses for travelling in connection with the excursions are included in the amount of ,3s per day per foreign or oversea Scout for the two weeks of the jamboree. Tours in Great Britain not included in the programme of the jamboree can be arranged for foreign or oversea contingents during the time they may stay before and after the jamboree period. Reference should be made by headquarters of foreign and oversea contingents to the assistant jamboree secretary (movements) at Imperial v headqnarters, rather than to touring agencies; as the cost will probably bo lower. Invitations and offers of sites and hospitality in different parts of the country arc being received and collated. A London Hospitality Committee lias been formed to receive foreign and oversea contingents who are passing through London on their way to' or from the jamboree camp at Birkenhead, and also to provide for parties wishing to make a special stay in London for the purpose of sightseeing,’