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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 27 November 1935, Page 10

By

“Lone Rover.”

Conducted weekly 5n the interest of Scouting in the district, and to acquaint the public with the work which Scouting embraces. All contributions should be in the hands of “Tuakana’* c/o A. F. A. Woollams, Ridgeway Street, at the latest Mondav morning.

Headers will be interested to note that contributions to this column have been on a liberal scale this week, and it is hoped that all will find the material interesting. It should always be borne in mind, however, that matter to be published should be plainly ami clearly written on one side of the paper, and it is better to be brief than to wander from the point. Make your message convey all the news without wastings words. Cubmasters’ Note. A full attendance of Cubmasters and assistants is desired for next Tuesday, December 3, at the usual monthly meeting in tire Hover Den at 7.30 p.m. Dance of Baloo (Variation No. 1). First of all be sure you all know the dance of Baloo as set out on page 39, W.U.H.B. Then pack in circle, one Cub sitting in centre representing Mowgli. The rest, standing, are each of them Baloo. Idea—a dream? Mowgli learning the lesson of the law from Baloo on a hot afternoon. Mowgli rather weary and perhaps a little hurt at Baloo’s insistence upon a lesson he (Mowgli) knows by heart). Action— Baloos turn right, paws up, ponderous and majestic. Stepping off with the right foot, take four slow steps anil turn inwards. All Baloos to Mowgli. ‘‘The Cub gives in to the old wolf; th* Cub does not give in to himself.” i (Emphasise with beats of paws.) The Baloos turn fight and move round again. Four steps, turn in and repeat , the law again. These actions are re- 1 peated four times, then Mowgli, who , has been listening attentively at the , time, says: “I hear thee, 0 Baloo, and J I will remember.” Rises and dance , ends. Game for Cubs (per “Scouter”). Bird Sanctuary.—Bird postcards, numbered, are placed round the room. The pack 4 ‘goes by boat to an island where no one is allowed to molest the birds.” They tiptoe round the room, J talking in whispers, each six making a list of birds recognised. Any Cub 1 touching a card must return to the | 5 “boat” and points may be lost by 1 any Cub making a noise. At a given signal all return to the ‘‘boat’’ and 1 points arc given for the birds named 1 correctly. 1 J t Campers’ Badge. ' My sincere apologias to you chaps 1 for a slight mistake in a word in test 5; the second paragraph should read: < ‘‘A understands the proper methods of ‘storing’ (not ‘sharing’) food.” I 1 don't think you need to be told how 1 to ‘‘share” your food, although J often ; noted a “g.g.” in camp who doesn’t ’ believe in sharing his tuck box. And 1 now we will sec what can be done to ■ help you out with .the badge. First of . all have you got your notebook? You will need at least a 2d or 3d one be- 1 fore you have finished as I will show H you. Of course, you haven’t got ah .pencil; Scouts never have (at least •’ my chaps are always wauling Io borrow mine, so F presume you ‘Io the ' same to your S.M.). Now, we open, up our notebooks and on page 2 «<• write down test I (if you remembered to keep last week's notes you can cut out. the test I and paste ii al. the top). ' Leave, a certain number of pages and I 1 then paste in test 2 ami so on. Some!' tests will require more pages than ' others. The reason for doing this is twofold: (li When you are ready for the badge all you need to do is to take ' along the book and the examiner can ' sec what the tests and and what you 1 are qualified in. (This will be further explained in future notes.) (2) When : you go to camp take your book with 1 you and note down under the different headings which you may have missed out, or found very usefuj, so that next '• time you go camping you will not for- i get the things you should have remem- . bered and you can leave behind the things you do not need. And now to business. Dead test 1. Got that? The I question of personal kits, etc., I am . leaving to you to fathom out. It isn’t hard, but that ration list is a real snag, so I am going to give you the i list of rations that you can use and which is worked out perfboy per day. For instance, bread Jib every day for every boy. Therefore, for seven boys : you will need 71b of bread each day, so if your camp runs into three days that will mean an order for 211 b of ■ bread. Now here goes for the list: ; Bread lib, biscuits or rusks pota- 1 toes 31b, vegetables lib, meat lib to Alb, fish 6oz, fruit 4oz, oatmeal, rice . and macaroni 2Aoz, chocolate and sugar 2oz, butter 2oz, cheese, jam, syrup lAoz, tea loz for patrol per meal, cocoa 2oz for patrol per meal, milk half a ; pint per boy per day, flour lib for : eight boys. Also required are: Salt, : pepper, currants, raisins, baking powder, suet, custard powder, eggs, onions, lettuce, beets, cucumbers (for salads) and we could still keep on going but ; this list will give you an idea. All these quantities are “approximate” : only; the “actual” amounts you will ■ require will depend on the varieties and tastes of the campers, and don’tp forget that you do not have to use,: all this list every day (as one young .< hopeful thought). And now you can I get to work. Next week I shall answer the “challenge” thrown out (by parent! ! !) , that we live on sausages, stews and rice, by giving a list of foods for ’ breakfast, dinner, tea (and the inevitable supper). Cheerio. “Sparks.” This is the title given to wireless operators on board a ship, and they are very important people as they .are in touch with the outside world. But once they were as “green” as some of you chaps. The puzzle your “big brothers” have to solve is how to get to reqd the codes. Sending is soon learnt, but oh that reading! Rovers are just as bad, but joking apart, try out these sentences. They are good. “The public was amazed to view the quickness and dexterity of the juggler.” “To excel stenographers must be very zealous, quick, faithful and judicious in their work.” (Note: But who would ever ask his typist to type that!). A quick movement of the enemy would jeopardise six gunboats.” “Equip yoarself with a sharp axe, but

give my adze back to the major.” “Poor Kate worked with extreme zeal, very quickly frying John’s bacon.” “The juniors had an extra quizz in psychology the week before the summer vacation.’’ “While making deep excavations we found some quaint bronze jewcllry. ” “Xanfippe, the wife of Socrates, jeered at him for being very queer and lazy.” “Xenophon and Joseph quickly became tired of gazing at the wall.” “Joseph wise, a quiet, zealous boy, exercised great skill and achieved fame.” If you have any chaps who fancy they can read try them out on some of these and you will be surprised at the result, w’hy? Well; you see, most readers guests what letter or w’ords is coming next, and some of the words in these sentences are real tongue and memory twisters. • • • • Hints by Peter Point. Patrol Leader Peter Point has had some more brainwaves this week: “Hello, everyone! Have you ever 1 tried pioneer work in the Den? ‘Of course,’ you scoff. Ah, maybe a few’ lashings, but bow about a complete article, say a tower or monkey bridge with those staves of yours. We have, and it’s great fun. Of course, you’ll do better than we did, I don't doubt, but then your troop is better than ours. Still, we’ve done quite a lot of this, and Avhen we go to camp we’re all set, ’cos we know all the motions. “And now for a game—a blindfold game. Scouts are blindfolded, but not the P.L.’s, and are mixed up in a room well apart from each other, and at a given signal the P.L.’s have to give their patrol calls. Scouts then make their way to their respective P.L.’s, and the patrol which first assembles all its members wins. Ask the skipper if he’ll Jet you put it on—he’ll be delighted (I hope). “>SS TOC ACK! (No, it’s not some foreign language). Here’s one, and it means —SPARE TIMhl ACTIVITY:— Draw a rough map showing the road from your house to troop headquarters as if you were writing to me in order to direct me how lo make the journey. I’ve probably never been near the district, so make it all clear. It’s good practice for First ('lass. Send your map to me if you like, c/o Metropolitan Headquarters but don’t expect me to answer them. So long till next week.—P.L. Peter Point!” Gonville Scout Troop. Despite the fact that for the last two months the parade night has been necessarily changed, several times, the attendance at parades has been very good. The troop’s chief activities has been doing Tenderfoot work, there having been quite a number of boys joining up in the last three months. Keen competition in patrol points for the Fisher Cup is cvid.ent, the present I holders being Kiwi Patrol. Kiwi is j again leading with ftwift a. close 1 second. Last Wednesday (November 20) an open-air J’urnrlc was belli at 21 Kilin’s /X venue. This was well attended. During the evening six boys were in vested, having passed I he ueces-sary tests. ’The troop is very grateful io Chaplain Fraser, who came along to I teach the boys Maori hakas ami •chants. 2\!r. Fraser with commendable I patience proceeded to teach them the well-known Maori chant: “Ka mate! ka mate! Ka ora. Ka ora!” The boys ■ chanted with great gusto even outdoing the chaplain in the manipulation of their tongues. Air. Fraser then sang them a Maori sung. Mr. Fraser, during the evening, said how pleased he < was to be of service to a troop of Pakeha Scouts. P. M. Baker replied, thanking him for coming along and assuring him of the troOp’s appreciation. Many thanks, Air. Fraser! Wo arc looking forward to seeing you at next parade. The next parade will be held at the S.Al.’s residence, 24 King's Avenue, on Alonday, November 25, at 7 p.m.—C. Wm. Baker, S.AI. Durie Hill Pack. On. Saturday last, eight of our pack, led by “Silver Wolf” and “A.(J.AI.” K. Dickie, made tracks to a neighbouring farm for an afternoon in the jungle. The weather was just right for us and we were able to do work in compass points and message carrying, as well as several games. In fact the ‘‘Little Brothers” are showing up very well in Cubcraft. “Sixers” L. Ardell and R. Cargill are showing their worth as such anil arc doing their job well. It is a great help to us having the services of R. Dickie as our A.C.AI. Having been a member of the troop for many moons, he is well prepared to act as “Baloo” the wise old bear, who taught “Mowgli” the “Law of .the jungle.” The total number on our roll is 16 and the average attendance is being well-held at 14, almost a 100 per cent, muster, but we are aiming for 109 per cent, musters in order to “Do our best” to help Silver Wolf and Baloo | who are putting a lot of work into run- , ning the pack, and the latest idea in .order to increase our numbers is to I bring in country members. Three boys 'from the Deniair district are linking up with us, starting from next Saturday. Listen, O ye free people of the jungle, to these words! As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, So the Daw runs forward and back, For the strength of the pack is the Wolf Cub, And the strength of the wolf is—the pack. Let us dob dob dob. “SILVER WOLF.” Rover Notes. Last Wednesday saw us busy with pioneering and the result of the theory and practical work done was very satisfactory. There is more in this work than meets the eye, when you have to workout qualities of various ropes, breaking strains, and safe working loads for same; measuring of ropes and timber, how to find length of lashings required for use; and how to measure up a trestle so that it will stand up to the requireed strain efec.t To-night we combine fast signalling

and ambulance. This means quick sending and reading, through station work, to the instructions thus received being carried out by the first aid team. Our signalling, and ambulance instructors are busy hatching some dark plot on this. December 4 will be a very important night as we are to have a visit from Air. C. R. White (who was manager of the harrier team that went to Australia) and who is to give us a talk on his visit there, especially on the Australian bush and birds. This is an “open” night and we will welcome anyone who woud like to hear such an interesting talk. All are welcome, and will find us at our Rover Den in the old library buildings, Ridgeway Street, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, December 4.