OFFICIALLY OPENED
50,000 PEOPLE PRESENT
SYDNEY, January 2. ,-,
With nearly 11,000 scouts standing solemnly before him in a colourful array, the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, today officially opened the seventh World Scout Jamboree.
The spectacle at Bradfield was wit-/ nessed by 50,000 people. Lord Gowrie;: inspected a guard of honour drawn ': from the various contingents in /the; camp. The Governor-General read a mes* : ., sage from the King, who, sent his best"' wishes and trusted that they would do.? their utmost to live up to the scout'/ traditions. His Majesty added that it; was in their hands to do much to help' the peace of the world. -?
A message from Lord Baden-PoweiL the Chief Scout, was also read. During the afternoon visitors wife nessed several displays by the scouts. -
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 1, 3 January 1939, Page 9
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