BOY SCOUTS NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 737, 9 February 1910, Page 2

BOY SCOUTS NOTES.

'.;■ ;; ■':- • ; ;;:v.Cßy:"Aler^)~S. : -:;,7." ; ;;;\v: , • K-epqrti';]ift^'besa;received' of ,;hi|jhljw' '-..';' successful ; camps ■ of'; BoyV Scoutsj'"whiob. ■.■:/(. haire: been held.by : the'Thames,;Hawera, , '.., Gisbornei Napier, and Palmerstoii"North- v -V troops/ '.Sy' , ■'.-■' ' : 'i : 'y : ■';'■'''iV : )■'; ■ : The principal. of ' Waerengaahika:.Nativt ■";;-, Boys' ;Cpllege' reports-that 'scou'tiiig>-haa ?";' ■had'■ a'inarkedly beneficial:effect onJiia ; .: scholars;.-They .laKe ; to-the -work" keenlyi : v .: : and become;expert in' a : 'sh6rttimeV',!i?;';:'. '.About-fifty.ljoy scouts.jvill bomp;to Ithe';V : .\ inspection camp; at, Hutt Park_f rpin tVa-.; ' nganui, : either as cadets/or-scouts. ]':■ -THef o .;■' number of cadets.'frbmlhaf .centre may.;..'' reacli as hign as three "■, hundred. ' y. ;;'■.,.■ "'■' :'■ At the popular, resort, Lyall 'Bay,'..the ' '~: Harsest'•'muster '■ of', scouts;.recorded in:V'i Wellington .assembled ;'for,"practice''•last:.; . ■ivcek-end, in , ' view;of 'the: approchuiff:.',' ■visit-of Lord ■Kitchener.•'. Good work- 1 was : \ done '-■ -in '-' practising 'evolutions,/'-which .;'; might ba required; though , .these.-will;-be '.■'■ done,'. by the boys \ : in l , their capacity aa' v ■ cadets.' > ■ Signalling;'- firstaid.-Vand ; shelter'.',; building'received attention'. '■.'■'; MucK : pfao«..-. ■■' tice,. however," • -vrill. bo required from.;'; > those'who! will be", selected to- undertake- : ' . these.' '.■.. -.-■',..-: : '■'.."'":"': '■;'";':'■.':' : '"' ':: ■*'■■'. : ': Good men,'who are willinß ,to .6acrifice' . ■ some of their time, aro needed; as scout- . ;■ masters. ;' The ;liout.-commander would;:"'., ;be' pleased "to tear: from them.■'<■ ■■•;'■■;..•■>,•■ ': Scoutmasters"met in conference■ onMon-- '.. day. night, -and discussed inspection.ar-.-: rangements. ': Another i meeting is" to be' , " held next Monday.: '":..■-■■ ■'■•■'-,•'' ■■''!■■•".■ '■>■::? '■ ' Shelter-making will. be', -undertaken. ini ,: ; ': town in the vicinity'of Pirie Street next , .' , ; : week,.' ,; - ■'.- ; ■■■- ■'.'»' '■■■ : - •;.' : . '.'•';■■',',,; ;■;;,; '~jy,