BOY SCOUTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1922, Page 5

BOY SCOUTS.

NORTH TARANAKI ASSOCIATION. The monthly meeting of the North Taranaki District Association of Boy Scouts was held in St. Mary’s Hall on Monday night, Mr. F. L. Trueman presiding. Others present were Miss 'Davy, Messrs. Carter, King, Blackball, Hopkins, Scott (secretary), and the Rev. Beale. Mr. P. Carrington (Commissioner for Training Scouts’ Officers) wrote asking the association to send an officer to the tra.ining camp at Christmas, which was being held in ]ieu of a “rally.” The executive would defray the travelling expenses, but the local association was asked to pay its proportion of the camp expends, which would otherwise fall on the candidates. The men wanted for the camp were thc.ee in their twenties, who had had ten years’ experience of scout work. The camp would last 11 days, from December 28. —It was decided to nominate Deputy-Commissioner King and District Scoutmaster Scott. '

The Auckland Headquarters of the Boy Scouts’ Association notified that a rally would ibe held at Palmerston North between December 26 and January 5, and asked for the number of scouts and scoutmasters likely to take part. Mr. Hopkins explained that he had arranged to hold a scout camp at Waitara from December 26 to January 2.—lt was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the scoutmasters, the opinion being expressed that it was too late to arrange for any boys to go from New Plymouth. District Scoutmaster Scott reported that since the last losal acsoeiation meeting lie had visited the Opunake scouts at the request of the local association. They were a very keen lot of boys and their work and behaviour ,vould do credit to scouts trained for a longer period. While there he passed 19 boys in their junior tests, and some Girl 'Scouts in their tests. He had not been able to visit Waitara and Te Henui scouts, but hoped to do so before Christmas. ' The New Plymouth and St. Mary’s troops and a few Hinemoa scouts were still parading at St. Mary’s Hall every Friday evening at seven o’clock. He suggested that members of the association visit the boys now and again to show that interest was being taken in them. He was indebted to DeputyCommissioner King for the keen interest ‘he took in all things pertaining to the scouts. Little encouragement was received from scoutmasters, who had not forwarded any reporte.—Adopted. r A