BOY SCOUTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 23089, 5 March 1910, Page 4

BOY SCOUTS.

A V VISIT, OF QUARTERMASTER y ? DOUGLAS;., yV?.' Dominion.; Quartenpasteii* • Dougla§,V called in ak ..Gisborne jJiis. lnorning arid fwas niet at ,t?he steamer 'by District ,Cbril--mrtnderL. Red ward. V "■""■' '.' t ? ' v AS£ 8.30 ipjho Garrison Hall thei^e \\t\s a good muster of the Boy'Scouts <-»| » the tpwH.y: They were visited? by tlie Quarterrnaster, who is from ChristchiuxJli, and whq is on l*eave pf absence just now, y and is.spepding his holiday visiting the scouts in the various districts? ?4?fter' parade, the Quartermaster addressed ihe bqys^ brefly, expressing his pleasure-'at meeting such a fine body of scouts' in?, this district. He had expected to meet a. body of small boys, but those before biifnnvere a very. fine body indeed. After i the boys ' had disriiissed. *the visitor held ia. v short conference with the district !' officers, who were glad of, the opportunity of learning various points about thp organisation. It is interesting to j kr*o\v that already in New Zealand there are. 'five thousand registered scouts.' lir conversation, Quartermaster Doughy* tpld • of, the fine work that was being done aipong ' the boys in various parts of the Dominion, showing that out of the very j roughest of material, true scouts caii be riiade. ' '■'■ Hiilf of the boys paradeji this morning in their new uniforms and- presented .ri VjCrv smart appearance. ?.'•■ The Quartermaster was taken Up to sco the St. Andrew's Troops's club rooms, ;uid expressed tho opinion that the rooms were just what -were req hired for the purpose. He afterwards rcon^barked op the Victoria for Auckland.