BOY SCOUTS RETURN.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 November 1924, Page 5

BOY SCOUTS RETURN.

ROUND THE! WORLD TOUR I .

(by TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATIONWELLINGTON, Nov. 12. A party of nine New Zealand Scouts, members of the Arawa troop, arrived in Wellington by the Ulimaroa to-day from England. They went- by the Arawa in June via Panama, and m London changed their return passages with Australian Scouts, enabling them to return Via Suez and making a round the world trip. The boys were in charge of Scoutmaster F. W. Sandford, of New Plymouth, and tihe Scouts came from Auckland, Bulls, New Plymouth, Wellington and Christchurch. All returned in excellent health.

They had an interesting trip through England, visiting Lord ' and Lady Liverpool at Harkholme. Lincolnshire. They also visited Welbeck Abbey, Nottingham, York, Manchester, Stratford-on-Avon, Oxford, Birmingham and London. They kpent a Sunday with the Chief Scout, General Baden Powell, at Pax. They had a week at the jamboree at the Wembley Exhibition, and attended an international jamboree at Copenhagen, where thev were reviewed by King Christian of Denmark. They were shown over dairy farms and factories, and wonderful hospitality was extended by the Danish people. While in England the Scouts were inspected by the King at Buckingham Palace and the Prince of Wales and the!Duke of Connaught at Wembley. They took part in an impressive service round the grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. They were met in Wellington by Scoutmistress Wilson, daughter of Sir James Wilson, and General Andrew (Chief Scout Commissioner). The latter conducted Major Sandford to Government House to meet the GovT-emor-Genera-1, who sent a congratulatory message to the boys.

ORFJDTT TO NEW ZEALAND. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 12. The Chief Scout (Sir Robert BadenPowell) has written as follows to Lord Jellicoe, Dominion Chief Scout: “I ■‘eel that I must wiite this line in confirmation of the \cable already sent to von to tell Your Excellencv how deliedited we have all—.from His Majesty downwards—'been with the contingent of Scouts who came over to represent New Zealand at the Imperial and international jamboree. Their keenness. efficiency and good spirit have earned the admiration of their brother scouts from all parts of tin* world, and their behaviour in the stadium, in the camp, and more particularly in the public places wl'erc they have been .sight-seeing, bus been a credit to the scout brotherhood, and lias worthily upheld the traditions of our movement.

“I only hope the bovs have benefited from their stay :■ s much as ve have enjoyed having them here. Tt was a very great pleasure to me personally to have Major F. AY. Sandford to st.iy with us for a few days, and to hear from him at -first hand of the progress which -senutin" i« n'-d--ing in New Zealand under Your Excellency’s kindly encouragement.”