THE Boy Scouts.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144669, 1 May 1915, Page 4

THE Boy Scouts.

Commissioner for Taranaki, Major F. W. Sandford (New Plymouth); District Commander, Rev. F. A. Craws haw ; District and Provincial Secretary, Mr. E. D. Snell; Inspectors. Messrs. M'Gahey, Al’Grogor and Deare. Scoutmasters: St. Mary’s Troop, Chief Scoutmaster Uev. F. A. Crawshaw, Assist-ant-Scoutmaster \V. Huwton; Central Troop, Chief Scoutmaster J, Arms. Assistant-Scoutmaster Milne; Mutu'roa Troop. Chief Scoutmaster Rev. F. A. Crawshaw, Assistant Scoutmaster W. Howson; Oznata Troop, Scoutmaster Frost; Wailara Troop, Scoutmaster N. D. Day. SCOUT NOTES. The district committee meeting on Wednesday last wns adjourned to Wednesday next, the sth inst. It is to be hoped that a good display of Scout work will be made at the coming Winter Show. ST. MARY’S TROOP. The meetings of the St. AlajVs Scouts have boon hold regularly on Monday evenings from 7 to S o’clock. •»,rcy Wave been well attended. We have to record the loss of one Scout owing to removal to West-own, but are .pleased to be able to state that we have seven now Scouts, making a total of 18. Daring the month instruction has been given in signalling drill and knotting. The Scouts'are showing great keenness in their work and it is u pleasure to bo working with them. As I shall be leaving New Plymouth in June I shall be very glad to hear of some member of the'Church of England who will act as Scoutmaster to the St. Mary’s Troop.— F. A# Crawshnw. -GIVK ME A SCOUT.” The Scoutmaster of the 2"th Sheffield Troop sends ns a story in which Scouts get a good pat on the hack. May they always deserve it! I had just come to Sheffield from work among the boys at Middlesbrough. . and a follow-worker ' was guiding mo to tl;o rigid car for homo. We boarded a car, and my new friend asked what we wore supposed io do in the Scouts. I explained as fully as I could, and at the junction I changed trams. On boarding this car 1 was immediately followed by a gentleman, who Siit down by me and. turning, said : “1 was behind you in the car just now and heard yon speaking about the Scout movement, 1 know it was not a privave~movemcnt but a public one.”

1 found in the course of conversation that lie w*ts an employer who,.to. use his own words. “If I. had two boys to choose from, one being a Scout and the other not a Scout, I should always give preference to the Scout, as X have found a Scout io bo punctual, reliable, and, above all, civil.”

Scouts havo won a good name—do your part to keep it. Dimxc IN A BRAN-TUB. Have you ever been to a, sale of work or a party where they have had a “bran-tnb” ? You pay a small amount and “dip” into the tub, from which you take a parcel. The parcels arc different sizes—some large, some small. Wo remember going to a part yonco and watching the children dipping in the tub. Some children were quite a long lime getting their parcels, and when finally they did extract one, it was generally a big one. But some of the other children just dipped’into the tub and took out the first thing they touched. , Some of the big parcels contained articles of very little value, and some of the small parcels were little things which were both useful and valuable.

Therefore, never despise - a littlo thing. Because a farthing was small you wouldn’t throw it away. A sovereign is almost the same size. It is the littlo things that build up a boy’s character, and shape him for the battle which is before him.