DOMINION BOY SCOUTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12790, 15 June 1912, Page 2

DOMINION BOY SCOUTS.

I.yy* yy v<* ijy +- t -y. m .... f t The weekly"' moeMng of the '.Gishb'rii'e Troop 1 »vas held last night. Forty scouts, and officers ' paraded under 'Scoutmaster Toqm&th. .//The scoutmaster., discard the , ninth part or the j scOut Taw:' "A Scout is Thrifty"; and then he | went over the whole law. An examination' Jn the law "was then flel-1 for the "tender.feet," with.ytljeyteßult. that aboufc-10 passed. I While the examination was going 'on those Who h<jd already ,pas?ccl; practised semaphoro signalling.- ; Some »>of "the- offitfefe' '_r_ becom-' im? faMy. efilcientfin this 1 branch of the scout's training. Then > a >game of despatch-running , was played. Scout Fairlie, who carried the despatch, was cnpttir'ed -after a sharp struggle, '')»#., miinagcjd to., escape . before his riaptors could tint! his despatch. He immediately ran to headquarters, with his "enemy" after hint, jind succeeded m- getting m safe; He hat ; earned the despatch m his hoot, |c The rules for the competition for the trophies presented by Mr A, W. Moqrlje were/ .then received, and are as follows:— |;. 1. Ambulance (open), rescue and restoration of, apparently drowned: First prize, first-aid requisites; second, ambulance book. „ 2, Signalling (officers), both despatch and jiend a, message by,semaphore of jnot less than ,10 words each: Flyst pri?e, scout belt; second, ,belt. purse. ;;: 3. Knot-tying (open) j tie the three follow-'' 4ng knots—Bowline, reef, sheet bend; points to be awarded tht .s^eed, the tifrie taken" over each knot to be taken and places given afceord(f n af! '.t0,...4pia1 number pf seconds: First prize, ,tracking. jv<i)is7 second, scouting- games; "thud, .The thanks of. the troop are due to Mr (M«Mhe\«n-. the above-mentioned trophies, which ; are. iUI \-fry- valuable to a scout. I '