FEEDING THE SCOUTS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 56, 30 August 1939, Page 3

FEEDING THE SCOUTS

PREPARING FOR TENDERS / The .supplies brancja of the organ, isation preparing for.-the Scout Jamboree at Wellington at the end oi the year had a difficult job in estimating the total Jiood requirements of ijOOO Scouts fof fourteen, camping days, but after /considerable work tile tenders are now ready to bo called. The menus which previously had been prepared Jby the supplies branch had to be carefully gone over, and a noi'e made of filie number of times each item of friod appeared. The total number of, issues of each of the (jJ different coi/nmodities was miiltL plied by the ration in each case and the number of Scouts attending the .Tambcree. For rxainple, sugar appears on Ihe menu r,;> times —the .sugar ration is a'i(i this works out at a grand total o.'i' 15,630'1bs —approximately 7 tons. / • WTion the tenders close, early in September, a total cost of all food--/tun's enn be arrived at, and handed [o the finance branch for approval and confirmation. The sup(Ciintinued at foot of ne\"c coluin :)

plies branch will then work out in de tail delivery, distribution and other details. Contingent for .Wellington. Great Britain will lie represented at the Jamboree by a continent of 25 boys from all parts of the Unite! Kingdom. They expect to reach Auckland on December 13. They will lie led by Mr I'. B. Nevill, Commissioner at tiie Boy Scouts" Headquarters for Kindred and other Societies and a former Commissioner for Rover Scouts. t