BOY SCOUTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1924, Page 4

BOY SCOUTS.

(Contributed). A f,.-,v of the ‘Jnd. 'Hokitika troop are camping this week on the shores ol Lake ■Kimieri nml will return to town Oil Sunday. This troop nr*.*. now busy preparing for tin- “bun light with v. hic-li thev hope to celebrate tin.* hi st “birthday” of tin* troop at the end ol the month, Quito a lot of important matters await the meeting of the '2nd. Hokitika Troop Committee on Tuesday evening. Every elfort is to he made to get a reeoni attendance at the annual meeting in three week s time, and

•s this will he the last executive mectng before then a great deal of the • iisiness will he of an urgent nature.

One of the commonest excuses given o appeals to net as scooters is lack of tnowlodgo. The system of training issoeiated with Colwell Pack in Engaml has now been introduced into this

iiintr.v, and hv taking an easy correspondence course and spending a dmrt holiday in camp at Christchurch this Christmas, anyone can obtain the knowledge required for taking chaige of n troop.

It, would he very unfortunate were the generosity of those who have resounded to recent appeals for funds for the scouts to gain the impression that tlic scout movement must he classed with those charitable organisations which only appear publicly with hat ill hand. As a matter of fact the scoots and cubs of Hokitika, keenlv appreciating the kindness of their manv friends, are anxious in every possible way to he of service to the eoniniumtv \,s far as t,his can he done, without clashing with home duties. It is sometimes forgotten that every Iciv scout is also a son of the home, and that everlasting morning wood, messages, the (OWS "mill similar items cannot lie ne,/teeh'd. The nuhlic. or the community

“good turn” deserves every encouragement-, but is siihiccL to till* tilior claims of good turns to mother. With this reservation, both individually and on masse the local boys arc at the service* ol’ 11 loir follow oitizon*.