SCOUT NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 21836, 13 October 1932, Page 9

SCOUT NOTES

SOUTHLAND RALLY.

(By

“Pathfinder.”)

The Southland rally will take place at Rugby Park at 1.55 p.m. on Saturday. The full programme for the scouts was published in last week’s notes. The Civic Band will be in attendance, and arrangements have been made for announcer. Each scout should endeavour to sell two grandstand tickets to help to defray the cost of advertising, printing, etc. The troop rallying points will be allotted on Friday evening. If wet the function will take place in the Drill Hall. The troop displays of bridges, towers, huts, etc. promise to be particularly spectacular. All scouts should come along, even without uniform and even if their troop is not attending in a body. They can join in the horseshoe, the march past, and later the council rock, and can learn much by watching the display of bridge-building, etc. Remembdr to tell your friends and parents—free admission to grounds, grandstand 6. If the day is slightly wet, but fine enough to hold the rally at Rugby Park, scouts can use the old grandstand while not actually engaged in their items. Of special interest to all Southland scouts is the visit of Dr. P. Clennell Fenwick, C.M.G., V.D., J.P., H.S.W., honorary Dominion Chief Commissioner and Deputy Camp Chief; also Major W. E. S. Furby, VID., J.P., Dominion Headquarters Commissioner for organization and Deputy Camp Chief. These gentlemen are expected to arrive from Christchurch this evening and desire to meet all local scouters, cubbers and assistants at the Commissioner’s residence, Albert street, at 8 p.m. on Friday. They will be interested spectators at the rally on Saturday, on which day arrangements will be given out for Sunday, GRAND RALLY SOCIAL. After the rally St. Peter’s Rovers and Scouts are holding a social in the Jed street Hall. This will be the social of the year, and will finish off a perfect day by singing “Auld Lang Syne” at this social. Further details will be announced at the rally. FOOTBALL MATCH. On Saturday afternoon last, the Rugby aspirants of the two southerly troops of Invercargill, St. Aidens and S. Peters, did do on Biggar street reserve justice to a game of Rugby. Some twenty-seven individuals took the field, no two clad in the same attire. This memorable game was unique in that the tactics employed by both sides were such as have never been seen in the city before. The combination was such as is never seen on Rugby Park (and for the sake of Southland’s Rugby reputation I hope will not be seen there). With no “man in white,” no umpires, no time-keeper, the game raged fast and furious. The first spell was even for the score stood at 3 —o in favour of St. Aidens, the points being the result of a brilliant dash by E. Grenfell. Shortly after his try half-time came by mutual consent. The second half resumed with a great rush by St. Peter’s which bore fruit. Exactly three minutes later St. Peter’s crossed the opposition’s line, and led by 6 to 3. After some ragged play in which everyone thought he was referee, Paton received and threw a long pass to Blair who sprinted down the field and finished the movement. Before long Mcßeth scored for St. Peter’s. After several minutes of ragged play in St. Aiden’s territory, St. Peter’s again crossed. With the scores 15 to 3 in St. Peter’s favour. St. Aiden’s charged down like a pack of wild buffaloes, but fate had ordained the finish, for Blair gave the ball one hefty kick. Walsh (St. Aiden’s) stopped it, however, and the ball went bounding skywards, with the bladder sticking out like a cooked saveloy. On regaing earth it was flatter than anv pancake and an enjoyable game was brought to a finish. St. Peter’s scorers were Johnson (1), Mcßeth and Blair (2 each). WOLF CUBS. First Star Game. Somersaults in Pairs.—Half the cubs stand in the middle of the room; the other half, at a given signal, run up to them and jump pick-a-back on them. The standing boys then bend over, and the pick-a-back boys do a somersault on to the floor. They jump up and run on, becoming in their turn the standing boys, and the same is repeated. Second Star Games. Join the Ship.—C.M, acts as ship and after the compass has been chalked up begins running. Each cub in turn acts as keeper of the log, and calls out the direction in which the C.M. is running. As he does so he joins the ship (i.e., hangs on to C.M. and runs with him) leaving the next cub as keeper of the log. As soon as the C.M. turns, the keeper calls out the direction; if he fails to do so, he is “denoted” and goes to the end of the Six. As the last cub “joins the ship” he gives a yell and the crew disband. EAST INVERCARGILL. Two weeks ago the East Invercargill Group celebrated its first birthday. The meeting was held in the Gala street Kindergarten, which was packed with parents and friends. Early in the evening the scouts and cubs who had belonged to the group from the start were presented with their service stars by the Commissioner, who congratulated the boys and wished them every success in the future. The evening’s programme was then left in the hands of Cubmaster Alington and Scouter Lumsden, who demonstrated by work, games, etc., the state of efficiency gained from the year’s work. The chairman of the committee outlined briefly the progress of the group from the start and thanked all those who had helped to get the group on a firm footing. Supper, thanks to a number of mothers, was handed round after which everybody went home feeling that the evening had been well spent.