BOY SCOUTS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 74, 31 July 1929, Page 5

BOY SCOUTS

WORLD'S JAMBOREE. FIFTY THOUSAND ASSEMBLED LONDON, July 30. By to-night 50,000 boys will be under canvas at Arrow Park, Birkenhead. They are assembled for the world jamboree of the J Joy Scouts. One writer describes it as tho most wonderful gathering of nations of the world l since the building of the TbWcr of Babel came to an untimely end. All yesterday train after train emptied freights of boys, who reported to headquarters. Scouts from New Zealand and Australia fraternised with Americans in Tartan lumber-jackets. Sea Scouts in American navy pork-pie caps swopped yarns with boys from Canada. Bright little Japs fraternised with giants from Scandinavia. Everybody seemed concerned that the solitary lad from Fiji should not feel lonely. When the Duko of Cbii.na.ught opens the jamboree on Wednesday there will bo only two countries not represented officially. They are Russia and Italy. The whole of tho great undulating jamboree city covers 450 acres, broken up with roads picturesquely named. There aro Pilgrim's Way, Loan, Hoiisi© and <Bull Alleys, Kangaroo, Mongoose and Tiger Lanes. Everywhere there is the same wonderful spirit of cameradcrio displayed.

Yesterday afternoon there were many rehealrsals of the great pageant being staged before the Prince of Wales on Thursday and Friday..