Scout News

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 13, 16 January 1932, Page 14 (Supplement)

Scout News

By

"Lone Wolf").

WORLD JAMBOREE IN 1933. TO BE HELD IN GERMANY. Some definite information has at last reached our shores concerning the next World Jamboree to be held in Hungary in 1933. The last international Scout Conference held recently at Baden, near Vienna, iesolved to hold the next International Jamboree in Hungary. A camp site was selected at Godollo, near Budapest. The Hungarian Scouts were fully aware of the great responsibility and difficult task which the invitation of foreign Scouts to an international gathering of such an importance involves, and they will do their best to make this camp a worthy follower of its predecessors. Everybody who experienced the gigantic work which has been carried out by the Danes in 1924, and by the British in 1929, will be convinced that the organisation of such a camp presents no small difficulties. Count Paul Teleki, former Prime Minister, is going to be the Camp Chief. He is Hon. Chief Scout of the Hungarian Boy Scouts Association, after having acted for years as the Chief Scout of this organisation. He has a wo rid-wide reputation as an eminent geographer. In such capacity he was appointed member of the League of Nations Commission of Inquiry in the Mossul dispute. He is also a member of the Boy Scouts’ International Committee. The “Chief of Staff” in the camp will be Mr Francis de Karkas, who acted in the same capacity with the Hungarian contingent at Birkenhead in 1929. Other important commissions are held by the International Commissioner of Hungary, Dr. F. M. de Molnar and Dr. D. Major. The latter will be responsible for the internal organisation. The date of the camp has been fixed for the first fortnight of August, 1933. The number of participants has not been limited yet, but 25,000-30,000 Scouts are certainly expected to comeThe number of Hungarian Scouts will not be allowed to exceed a certain maximum. The choice of the camp site is a most happy one. Godollo is situated in the neighbourhood of Budapest, has excellent communications to and from the capital, and may boast of wonderful sites for an ideal camping. The whole estate was offered as a gift to King Emperor Francis Joseph I. in 1867, on the occasion of his coronation. It is at the disposal of Admiral Horthy, the present Regent of Hungary, who kindly offered it to the Scouts for the purposes of the Jamboree. Wood, parks and meadows are in abundance, and a pond will offer excellent bathing. The preparations for the camp have already been started. Water pipes will be laid down, and experimental drill-, ing has been carried out. Roads to the length of about 10 miles will be constructed in order to connect the various parts of the camp. Work has commenced to lurn Godollo into a true Scouts’ Paradise. Hungarian Scouts are looking forward with great pleasure to the arrival of their brother Scouts from all parts of the world. It will be remembereed that this district was not represented at the 1929 Jamboree at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead. It is only little more than 18 months before, the New Zealand party will be leaving these shores for far distant Hungary. Who is going? W'ell, why not you! Every .Scout has the same opportunity of gaining a place as a New Zealand representative, and it is some-

thing you would never forget or even perhaps have the chance of getting again. Certainlv something to work for in 1932-33. SCOUT MAJOR. The practical result of Scout ideals brought to his notice in the conduct of boys of his acquaintance was given by the Mayor of Christchurch, Mr. D. G. Sullivan, M.P., as his reason for supporting the movement, when he was officially initiated as a Scout at the Gilwcll camp (Burwood) on Thursday. He was sponsored by the leader of the North Beach Troop (P. Seymour) and was officially enrolled as a mem her of that troop. Those present included the Chief Scout for New Zealand, Dr. P. Clennell Fenwick, the Metropolitan Commissioner, Mr. W. H. Montgomery, as well as the officers in charge of the camp. The Ceremony. The training call was given from the loot of the flagstaff, and the North Beach troop and the officers in the training class doubled up to form a horseshoe about Commissioner Sandford. Mr, Sullivan was asked if he knew the Scout promise—“To do his best to do his duty to God and the King, to help other people at all times, and to obey the Scout law,” and after he had repeated it, with his hand placed on the Jamboree flag, he was invested with his scarf and “woggle, ” by his troop-leader, P. Seymour. lie then received a badge and was instructed how to salute with his three fingers, as a sign that he remembered the three-fold promise. Then the word was given, “Dan Sullivan, join your troop,” and the Mayor marched to take his place with the other members of the North Beach troop. Reasons for Joining. “I have come down to join you because, in the course of my duty, I have kept a careful watch on the institutions of our community, and on many occasions I have seen kindly, helpful things done by Boy Scouts,” said Mr. Sullivan. “I have thought it an organisation having an effect on the character of boys I knew. “It seemed to me that it must be a good and useful organisation, and when I received an invitation to join you I acceded, with me thought that i could not do better if by any act of mine I helped the movement. The times we arc passing through are strenuous, and there is suffering and great trial for many people. Now there are many opportunities of service, for

kindly acts, more than ever in the past. So I feel that it is nothing short of my duty, knowing of your work, to rccog nise it in this way. A movement that puts out this ideal and also makes boys self-reliant is to be encouraged.” Mr. Sullivan was given a further hearty welcome by Commissioner Sana ford. The assembled Scouts gave the Japan ese welcome, and three cheers for the 1 new Scout. New Cub Badge. We have made some changes in ihe tests which you have to pass for you) , Second Star, and for some of the > badges. I haven’t got room here to tell } you all about them, but. your Akela knows what these changes arc. anti what you now have to do. You had better ask Akela what, the changes arc before you start swotting for your, next test. I have often been told that lots or. I Cubs are keen gardeners, and so *-c , have invented a Gardener’s Badg<’ . Now, you Second Stars, I expect you j are looking round to see what badge | specially interests you. What ;iboul i trying for the Gardener’s Badge? L doesn’t matter whether you are eoun-. try Cubs or town Cubs, there is plcnt; i of opportunity for all of you. If you 1 have not got a patch of garden to look j after, you can care for a pot plant or u ; window box. In addition, you have to j grow things like bulbs or chestnuts or' acorns in water, or if you prefer mus- j tard and cress, beans or peas, on flannel j or moss. I hope we shall find plenty of you j going in for this new badge. Ask Aleka j to show you exactly what the condi- j tions are. Wellington City Rovers. District Superintendent J. H. Hislop, of the St. John Ambulance, inspected the Ist Wellington City Rovers on Saturday evening last for the annual inspection; there was a good muster present, including Corps Superintendent W. Dutton and Pioneer Instructor JI. E. Browne. Dr. R. Walter Richards i'L.D. Division Surgeon) carried out the annual re-examlnatlon. Twentyone Rovers were examined in practical bandaging and oral test; the result was more than satisfactory; twenty-one Rovers passed, eleven for the medallion —two label and eight voucher (first year). During the evening Dr. Richards was presented with a surgeons’ badge, and Rover Second R. Fie teller, who is Scoutmaster of the Kelburn Group, with a scouters’ long years service medal. Lord Baden Powell. Lord Baden Powell, while attending a conference and Moot of Rover Scouts in the valley of Kandersteg, in the Swiss mountains, sent a letter to The Times, London. “From where I sit,” he wrote, “in the flower decked balcony of the chalet, I can see the flags of twenty nations waving above the tents and camp fire of some 3000 young men gathered there. The days are long over when Scouting was looked upon as a useful game for keeping English boys out of mischief; parents and public have come to see in it a practical process of education for the use of both sexes, and with the wider growth of its brotherhood abroad its possibilities in the direction of human fellowship for developing the spirit of international goodwill are now becoming generally recognised. My recent tour of New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa has shown me how firmly established is the movement in those countries and how fully appreciated by the education authorities, but my subsequent experiences at the International Conference at Vienna, and at the Rover Moot here in Switzerland, have given fresh promise of further world development in the near future.” Water.

Man’s life is dependent on three necessaries in his environment, the first is a proper supply of fresh air, the second a proper supply of food, and the third a proper supply of good pure water —I think that a ’'lew facts about water” will be useful to all Rovers — you will no doubt be surprised to learn that every man loses from his system, every twenty-four hours, about Gjlb. of water. A pint of water weighs roughtly about IJlb. or 20oz. Y'ou will therefore see at once the need for drinking at least that amount: to replace the daily loss. When much exercise is taken, the loss is much greater and may amount, in those who perspire freely, to some quarts in the day, though one must remember that the amount lost from the skin every day in one who does not visibly perspire, amounts to as much as 1| to 2 points. Another great source of loss is with the breath, all the air we breathe out being saturated with water and the loss from this source amounts to about a quart a day. The third great source of loss of water from the system is through the kidneys and in this way a normal person loses about 21 pints a day. One of the commonest results of a failure on anyone’s part to properly replace his daily suffers irom constipation as the intestines will not contract upon and run along matter that is not properly saturated with water. In fact all the tissues of the body live and have their being in a solution of salt-water of much the same chemical composition as sea water, and no tissue can function without being bathed in this solution of salt and water. Therefore it behoves everyone to drink water freely. At the same time one must be careful that the water you drink is pure, as many diseases are caused by drinking impure water. The commonest disease duo to drinking contaminated water are enteric fever and fevers of that group, dysentry and hydates ‘disease, and that very common complaint goitre. It is therefore necessary to be careful not to drink water that is liable to contamination from animal or human sources, and to remember always that any water can be safe to drink if it is well boiled, before drinking it. And it is necessary for your health’s sake never to drink any water of which you have the slightest suspicion ■without previously boiling it. Many

valuable lives have been lost and much needless suffering caused through neg lect of this simple precaution. While no one neglects to wash and to bathe the outside of his body, man; are apt to forget that their continued good health is as, if not more dependent upon a due and proper lavage ol their internal organs and tissues. Do not be afraid to drink too much water as your skin and your kidneys will soon get rid of any excess—take it in plenty, but be careful to see that it is from a pure source and if you have any doubt on that source, boil it first before you drink it.