Scout News

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20887, 19 August 1939, Page 20 (Supplement)

Scout News

The annual conference and dinner was l held last Saturday nigTit and it proved a great success. A noticeable feature of the function was the number of committee members present, which -shows that Scooters generally must be getting- a very good measure or support from their committees. The campfire was also a very Jolly function, particularly the items put over by D.S.M. McLeod, from Morrinsville. and our old friend “ Friar Tuck,” from T'“ Kuiti. The success or this year’s conference augurs well for the Jamboree and “ Hamutuna ” sees no reason why Waikato should not be one or the outstanding districts attending. See you in 1940. HAUTANA. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Yesterday, the Boy Scout was Juet an idea; Today he is a positive reality; Tomorrow he will be a world force. —From “ Scouting in N.Z.” TO ALL SCOUTERS! According to a decision passed by the Dominion Executive, all >ew Zealand Scouts must wear a A'ew Zealand name tab immediately above the right pocket. All Scouters would, therefore, be advised to order thetr requirements througn District Headquarters by September 1. Don’t lorget: SOUTHERN CROSS We do sometimes get a bit tired or writing notes or our activities, especially when we have nothing to say, but still Friday night saw almost a full attendance, and although we are still doing our Fireman’s badge, wc dope to have at least a dozen good llreinen soon. Our junior boys are ail well on the way to Second Class, while the P.L.'s and seconds have very little to do Tor First Class. Parade ended with a feast or fried sausages and We are still working hard for the Jamboree and are very pleased to hear we are going with the Huntly Scouts. At present our homes look like bottle factories, but we have good news—they are to be collected soon. Well, that's all lor now. so good scouting, everyone. S.M. DISTRICT DOINGS The Dominion Chief Commissioner, Mr Hector Christie, paid a visit to Hamilton on Tuesday last, lie was entertained to luncheon by the District Executive commute and Headquarters staff. Mr A. M. Bisley, president of the Rotary Club, was also a guest and represented the Rotary In his official capacity. HAMUTANA CREW Hi-ho: and here we are again— it takes a lot to keep a good crew down. Since our la.-t report things have been exciting, to say the least. On Saturday night the campfire was a huge success and we were pleased to welcome back to the field our Rover-Leader, Pierre, who came over from Tauranga especially lor the occasion, guile a lot of new stunts were put over by our friends from Morrinsville and To Kuiti. and tln*y were well received. We also had our share of fun during the dinner, when we tried our hand at waiting (?) on the tables, but somehow, we don't think we would make a living at this job! On Sunday, the fun really began. " llendy ” rang up " Sam,” who said he wasn’t going to Pirongia. so •• Hendv ” decided to change into ordinary clothes but half an hour later C.us turned up and said he. was going to pirongia, so •• Hendy ” did the quick change act again and went out to help start Lizzie. After a lot of hard work at cranking, we finally got her going by the. simple method of heating thp spark plugs and putting som« benzine in the cylinder (we'll know wh*t to do next time!). By the time ibis was over Sammy turned up with our L.C.M. friend from Tauranga ; no names, by request), who also decided

By “Silver Wolf"

our minds and sot off for Cambridge, and from there xve travelled to Maungatautari. When we got near the mountain, the fun

started. First ol' all we ran into a mudhole and lost a rim nut from a back wheel, and then, half-way up the hill, Lizzie refused to climb in low gear ami to make matters worse, the snow started to fall, assisted by a nice chilly breeze. Half-way up we decided that to climb the mountain would be a bit too hard, even lor us, so alter a lot of manoeuvering on the narrow road, we turned round and set off for a warmer clime! When we struck the same mud hole going back, however, Lizzie took a hand in the game and stalled In the mud. Picture our horror when we found that the back wheel, minus the nut, was nearly off. So then we decided to call a halt l'or general repairs. It was then that our Hamutana spirit rose to the fore, and arter some hard brainwork we managed to find a spare bolt and nut on the spare wheel, which solved our Kick-wheel trouble. The question now arose, what could we use to keep the spare on? Then it was that Jack made his great seir-sacrillce and tied it on with his old school tie. A most noble act: After all this exhausting work we decided to have dinner before proceeding any further. The journey back to Cambridge was uneventful and after a tossup as to whom we should visit, Juck thought or “ Greasy,” but, not knowing the exact whereabouts of ills residence, we trusted our usual knack of finding the right place. We did eventually get there and “ Greasy ” will never know how grateful we were l'or that cup or tea. After bidding farewell to our hostess we set off for home, Gus and Sam trying their hand at driving Lizzie. Thus ended a very hectic and unusual day’s outing, and if our friend from Tauranga enjoyed it, I'm sure we all did. On Tuesday night we held our Hover meeting at D.C.M. Lewis’ place, who had very generously invited us to be present—evidently lie didn’t know what appetites we hud! We hope to have some more news next weeks, as two of our more roolish and financial (?) members are thinking of visiting the Chateau over the week-end. Cheerio. Scribe. ST. GEORGE’S Monday night saw a good attendance, considering the weather and other matters which somewhat depleted our numbers. Alter the usual procedure of ugbreak, etc., and inspection < which was unusually good;, we had a warm-up game—copied from Ist Frankton. It was a decided -success and we set to work with a will on patrol work. luch patrol went to tneir respective corners and started to think up their campfire stunts for next week. Judging by the looks of concentration on all laces, everyone is keen to win the S.M.’s prize, which will be a really good one. During the evening two boys passed their final tests l'or Second Class badge and were duly presented with them, and also their Firemen’s badges, which they had passed previously. Congratulations, Athol and Jack. Robert Maisey was in- - as a Tenderfoot and that leaves Us with but two recruits in the troop, both of whom should be successful next week. Alter all this work, we tried our hand at learning some campfire songs. The efforts were quite surprising—our S.M. lias now some hope of making us really llrstclass singers. Thus closed anutner busy evening. This Saturday, providing the weatherman is kind, we hope to finish off any outstanding work on Second-Ciass cooking and firefighting. Unfortunately, our trip to liubsoiiviil did not eventuate, but we might be able to manage a trip to Auckland to see tile Pan-American Clipper. Cheerio, till next week. Scribe.