BOY SCOUTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 July 1924, Page 4

BOY SCOUTS.

(Contributed)

Tiu- Coy Seim Is Imperial .Jamboree :K Womnley opens " itli a Dress .Rehearsal on .August I'l mill continues until A Hi:list Hth. Kadi morning will lie given iiji to s);nt/s ami athletic tomjetit ions in "ituli Liu-. ,Snouts ol tin.- Kmpire will compete. ivhilc al’ternoon mid evening performances will consist of displays of various descriptions. A small party will lie present trom New Zealand and contingents ironi almost all parts of tin.- Kmpire "ill attend and compete. On Sunday August :<id tln-re "ill lie a great Seoul Service in the Stadium at which the Archbishop ol’ York wi’ll pteacli. August tiili. "ill lie ( nil Day when a display "ill de {riven by a thousand British "VJi/ Cubs while .-i very inaeh larger ‘mimlier of Cubs "ill assemble ior a record Grand Howl. August «Stb "'HI ho occupied with a Grand Imperial Stout Fair at whirl) Scouts attired in hli/.ii'lictlian costumes "ill offer lop sale articles made by themselves. Immediately afterwards Scouts from ali over the world "ill assemble in Denmark for the International Jamboree. On August 7th. a l.oat lead of over 7CI) S' mils will leave l.oudou for (.'opcnlmgi-n and other similar parties "ill follow from various parts during ill- folio" inn two days. I’ractically every civilised nation now lias regislercd Scout Associations and it is expected that tlic majority of llu-so "ill be re]’resellted at t'nj’oiiluigeu. The latest nation to apply for recognition of its Si-outs at tin- International Seoul Dure'ui. is Iceland ntiil some t;t-oorap!ii(til Students imiiiii- the AYo f Cubs are tttixions to know "bother the next Jamboree "ill lie at the North Pole | At tin- present time a. party of British Scouts are e.t Warsaw lor the first I’olish National Jamlnitee s-i that ji North or South “I’olish’’ event of tlml character would he no

great innovation ! New ’/calami is rather badly situated for international visits, bin public opinion lu-re should note the extent to which the Scout movement is lie-

coniine tin influence I’m- world peace. Those of tis who in our school da vs

"ere taught. to consider a foreigner as a curiosity and a trio alitsiad as

requiring a .similar frame of mind to a visit t-i Zoo”, cannot well conceive tin- effect. which is icing

I'nuluced on thousands <.," future i ilizcns of the Km pi re. by tin- dis-uivery that the boys of l-Tiim-e, Deiimark. Poland. Czoelin-Slovakin and the rest tire sis Imman as tliemselves, play the same caniis, are hound by tin- same Snout- Promises and I.aw, onjov the same jokes, and in spite of the language dilliculty sin- the saute songs a.-;

themselves—are in a v. uni —lort It.-r Scouts, •‘l.-eok Wide” "as Sir llohert Baden IVwoll’.; message at the first of these internatiom I praj 1-i-rtnvrs and following this advice, our boys, wiser than their fathers, ale ifitiding loyally to one’s owtt kin need not mean jealousy of those outside ami that, in order to be a friend of / tin-:-

nations, it. is in unwise net essary to betray one’s own land. A’isits heim/ well-nigh impessible unless cost and conditions of travel niter greatly. ii would seem to be well Worth considering whc-tlier New Zealand scouts could not take up correspondence with Scouts in other lands. Tllefe are definite exchanges for this pYirpo.se est-alil.’shed in il.omloit ami Xt-iv York and correspondents o. every colnttr and tongue are available.