SCOUT NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 129, 2 June 1937, Page 22

SCOUT NOTES

(By "Brown Wolf.'1) Thought for the week: The gloomiest mountain never casts a shadow on both sides at once; nor does the greatest of life's calamities. , . Chaplain Passes On. CanonT. Fielden Taylor, who last Saturday passed on to his rest, was an ardent supporter of the Scout movement, v He was chaplain of the Collingwood Sea Scout troop, and in addition to.■■•this was popular with the large number of Scouters with whom he was acquainted; At the funeral on Monday; the Scout movement was represented by the Sea Scoutmaster of the Petone: Sea-Scouts and Sea Scouters Brown, and, M'ahori,' of the Collingwood group,.; who were accompanied by a party of Sea Scouts who formed a" guard-at the church and cemetery. Wellington North: Dance. ■•',.. The WellingtonANorth dance will be held next Wednesday at the Kelburn Kiosk. An orchestra of outstanding players has been obtained, and. with one of Wellmgton's most popular Scouters as master of ceremonies, a happy/ time is assured. It is fitting that Scouters should celebrate ■ the birthday of their King in such a pleasant way. Any. friends who come along will be made thoroughly welcome. An excellent supper has been arranged, and in this connection the Scouters of the North district are reminded" of the part they'are expected to" play.1 ' '. .'-■■ •.':■• Resumption M taralies. Parades o£.?Sc.Outß and Cubs may now be resumed, If., view of the seriousness of the iniSiiiile" paralysis epidemic, however, it is desired to stress that should it again break out and school attendance *be suspended, all meetings of Scouts and Cubs are to be regarded as automatically cancelled. We are hoping.that this'will not occur. In view of the extended period during which parades were' riot held, headquarters are confident that all sections of the movements will settle down to a period of real, good work. St. Hilda's Group. The St. Hilda's Scout group, Island Bay, will hold a dance in aid of their camp funds next Saturday at the Masonic Hall, Island Bay. . A good orchestra- has been obtained, and those who attend are assured of a good time. As this is a real Scout function, in aid 6t Scout, funds, it is hoped that all Scouters and their friends will be present '~'■'!. \ •Sfc. Peter's Group.,: ; -i , Parades will recommence for St. Peter's as follows: —Scouts, Monday, June 7, at 7 p.m.; Cubs, Tuesday, June 8, at 7-p.m. ■ In future" Scout parades will be held on Monday evenings and Cubs on Tuesday evenings. The Officers of the group hope to see a full attendance at the meetings next week. Scouters' Training Class. The training-class which took place last Monday evening in the St. Peter's' Hall was as interesting and as successful as the previous one. An impressive investiture ceremony was included in the programme, and sessions were conducted by "Won-tolla" and' "Ruru." "Arawa" demonstrated some good games as well as a couple of excellent games teaching tests. We would like to remind all Scouters that these classes will take,place.every, Monday evening. Full details may be got by ringing Metropolitan . Headquarters. Candidates attending the present series of classes please note that next Monday evening's session will be held in the basement ■ of- the National Insurance Buildings, next to the Bank, of New Zealand, Customhouse -Quay. Going Home. .The following article has been compiled from, letters written to friends in Australia by the Scouts of-the Australian Contingent to the Fifth -World Jamboree,which is to be held shortly in* Holland. The party travelled via Great Britain and were fortunate in seeing many of the Coronation festivities.. -Here is their story of the trip home in?the Orama:—"Everyone enjoy- ' ed, the ■/.trip, and;, we are, in the pink ol'iJiealth.-.iThie tents have been prepared for the aboriginal corroboree which we will put on as part of the programme at the jamboree: aboriginal designs have been poker-worked on them; We; practised the corroboree on board,'and the passengers were startled by weird chants and dances to the music of • clanking boomerangs. The crossing, of.the Indian Ocean was marked by a sea drama.. The Greek'1 ship Dunavis 'sent out a'call for medical assistance for'two of her crew, and the Orama altered her course to assist. We sighted the Dunavis about 6 a.m., when we were returning to our cabins after physical exercise. The Orama hove to, while the Greek vessel got into position for our doctor to be sent across in a lifeboat. Oil was poured, into the sea, i pr it was a little choppy.' It was a remarkable,.scene to see the sailors pull over to the other vessel. They ■ had rather a hectic time, but finally the doctor and '■ interpreter climbed- dn-'board the Dunavis. The patients' condition was not as serious as at flrst thought, however, and within half a; hour we were on. our way again. Sleeping on deck resulted in a ducking for nearly half the contingent one night.' A violent wind blew a practically solid sheet of rain in on top of.us, and we hurried to our cabins at 2 o'clock in the morning. We have done our best to entertain the passengers. One evening we gaveithem a camp fire concert. It was a novelty-to many and was. much appreciated; Other shojws were staged also; including;a ballet entertainment. Eadre^Hartiraond;* of New South Wales, ai toipngt amateur boxer who gained a State Iftitle, ran a boxing and wrestling class, and ■ a Scotsman gave us dancing lessons; The day we crossed tliejEquator the captain gave us special permission to hold a' ceremony. As rain:had'-made deck games Impossible, practically all the passengers looked on and enjoyed the fun. -.*-,. ' •"We had busy days*.to keep mentally and physically fit and to brush lip and increase our knowledge of Scouting. But the best legacy of the trip was the birth of many friendships. We' got to know each other well, and it will be a happy family of Scouts who will join with that one b^ig world family at the jamboree."". ■..,