BOY SCOUTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1924, Page 4

BOY SCOUTS.

(Contributed). (due of the essentials in the running of a troop of boy scouts is the provision of a suitable meeting place. The actual nature of ibis will of course vary with almost every troop, but it is important that it should lie a room to which the Scouts have sole entry, and which they can decorate and alter to their own fancy. 1 nlortunate troops in I lie largo cities olfeu have to ho content with the use ol a church or school building for one or mole nights a weelc, and such troops seldom in- never attain t.. that seoni spirit ol iuter-d.'p'-'iidcnce, loyalty to the movement. and pride in their scout-hood, which is one of th- chief aims of every seoulma-te!'. But oilier 1 ., meetings in garret, cellar or tumbledown | -In d. have:"' " < rent >! tb"ir 1 ' -If. | soon awake to the Sad they t'.l'n 1,0 j nml'e j'lst a crowd ol j >:a ■,: , , ■' scouting, hut that the nails and paste, with which they have been busy together have fastened more than paper or wood, and that, their pride in th:, troops of which they are a real pari, carries with it an obligation to avoid in their own conduct, anything ''.inch wouhi tend to lower its reputation. The “nil. Hokitika I roup .are I • < aminonci! a “Treasure Hum" Koritctitnc ibis week, and would ask who may notice them delving into drain pipes or sorting over rubbish heaps not to interfere . r go to theii rescue. The hunt el' this liaiure usually continue- for a v.-ek t"m" r • 11, w ill b • iniere ling uri n l ' : " young Hokitika i- siillicientl" tru- ' 1 its pioneer ancestry as in he a,.-." nose out the hidden “gold" in record time. This troop has a week-end boating eainn planned lor I • -dud ..Ith.— Hie former date i ■•mg th ’ Hi t Inlay oi Dm (.'hi.'l' Seoul -Sir Robert Baden Unwell. | Several members of ill" Ist., troop j have Imeii spending the nigbi- umLi ! canvas lately, and although elo-e to home, the lin'd! "t t.he ev.-ninn. o' l '"' 1 round the camp lire ha - |irm '■•! '• 1 r . v real on. M'e commend tai- b"' a - j iirsi step to nervoii. l patiei ts wn * "' !V ' | hitherto been afraid to let ".bdmnv j go to camp. As the Glint >cnpl ne> Ij| -“Sen."'. Soft.".', ea tehee monkey." j 2nd. Hokitika Scouts and tub: are i n -ked in attend, a IlieeUlig ai f. Id p.r (■is |-'eb. Dili., next door to ill" swimming bat hs.