BOY SCOUTS NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 7

BOY SCOUTS NOTES.

:.;^rilE;GoiMn;S/VALLEY;.:CAMP,. W M ; /^By;/^iert;'o;;v;; : .,= l ///;'':.'; ."/•The-Bby/Scbuts ;fpund/the locality/especially': of Milan's: Valley, ;suited to: tho purposes of /the Zcaihp.//With'", a/.'sheltered' .position, 'ariiorig /high,, manuka/scrub,\a. ■ cb'uveriierit; stream tor /bathing/ '"water>siip-' Tiy'j'iind oeling, 'an'-'areayof'/<bush/ and .interesting' surrounding eburitry, every fa-. ■cilityyWas "at.;hand-:for'scbufing' practice. •The.officer, in;.churg'e of. the.camp reports th'at,tnb,behaviour,of..thb boys was every'.thirig /that; could' be desired.:.'-':'; Eagerness to carry;p'utorders:was;shpwn;.ana every,'eudeavour, madb. to /assimilate the/varied 'instructional/course./: The ;scope: : of-,.the .latter/may' be; gauged:,frbm' ; items itiken ifrbiu,:, camp.. ■: orders///trdckmakiiig'bush,' sketching,':.' trod ■ 'leaf,, collecting, iodiblb' plants, examined,:: various- birds, seen; isig-' ' nailing,;, t'opography/lsuryey:;;, of /:valiey),. practice'and, theory,. bridgb-buildirigV mapr

.drawing,.; liistorical,: ( Spots,':&nd,/day; and night;noises;;/ /: y/-;',-.,■'■'.- '• /.; Ex'peditions'wbre made,in all directions, visits ;being paid /to', Wainui'.y alley, the; beach arid lighthouse by: way,' of; Gollan's IValloy; while, areturn.was'niade; by-way. of. the, hilltops.. (taking Lakes Koangatera ;and;Koangapiripifi.. by the/way). te Peter,sens'/Bay /and .UpperyGbllan'syValley.'' Church parade 'was held.in camp'on :Suriday'morning, 'and-the/lads inarched:into; Roria-Bay.:.,in';, the ...evening'; and'attended church Service/there.: ;•, Camp-fire:.stories also, were ytbld/of:-warlike •.'and-; chivalrous deeds,' rind,'generally'speaking,'tho.'caiiip will. long .boiremomberod : by. thpse/who tobk-.prirt'in it.."/'/ 7- r<7-7^-7: -;'/,"■:: ".'■'7 : -- :The; Scouts /will - moot as: usual at the Mifainar Boundary/this',afternoon';';'."-'/:".