SCOUTS’ JAMBOREE.
COSMOPOLITAN CAMP.
GROUPS FROM MANY POINTS. OVER A THOUSAND TENTS. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright MELBOURNE, Dec. 281 Bustle and excitement prevailed today at Prankston, Melbourne’s popular seaside resort, when 11,000 Boy Scouts moved into camp for the jamboree which is to be officially opened to-morrow by the Governor-General, Sir Isaao Isaacs.. > Prom the tiniest “cub” to the oldest “rover” all laboured throughout the day, and more than a 1000 tents were ereoted to house the largest assemblage of youth ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere. Cheery Malayans and other dusky Scouts from the East, more solemn youths from India, bewildered contingents from France and Central European countries, brawny, lads from New Zealand, Canada and South Africa toiled with their Australian compatriots, the sole idea of all being to make the jamboree the best yet. t Each group is setting up camp in its national style, the tents being decorated according to the custom of the countries represented. The New Zealanders’ picturesque display is based on Maori legends and beliefs.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19462, 29 December 1934, Page 5
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173SCOUTS’ JAMBOREE. Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19462, 29 December 1934, Page 5
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