AWAKERI SCOUT TROOP

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 23, 12 November 1943, Page 4

AWAKERI SCOUT TROOP

TO-MORROW evening the newly formed Awakeri Scout troop holds its initial meeting- and parents and others interested are called by public notice to elect a committee of residents to foster and encourage the troop and its offi-* cers. The movement is a distinctly forward one and is a credit to the Awakeri district in that from a comparatively wide and scattered population it has already enlisted some twenty boys of Scout age and is now setting out to consolidate the movement and place it upon a permanent basis. The meeting takes place at 8 p.m. in the Awakeri School.

Old Collar Label The brass label olf a dog collar was l'ound recently on Ducker\s Islandy Ohiwa. The label is over 40 years old a.s shown by the clearly legible punching on the label. The words "Matatua C." were punched on the top of the label, followed l>v the collar No. 129 and the year 1902. -•Is there is no county named Matatua in New Zealand, the reference to undoubtedly to Matatua Council (Maori). Some of the older residents could probably throw further light on the method of dog registration in those early days.

World Champion Boxer in Army Sergeant Joe Louis., heavyweight professional boxer of the world, will shortly be in Australia with the special service department of the United States Army. Few are held in higher esteem than this coloured mail who rose from rags to riches., but remains unspoiled. He has defended his crown more often than any other heavyweight champion ever did,, and is the first to wear it in the. service of his country as a soldier. Since entering the army he has given the whole of his earnings from fights to war funds.