BOY SCOUTS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1925, Page 4

BOY SCOUTS

((Toil ribtil- -d.) IV | ihe film! plans for llie visit of ■' ; Hokitika Scouts to the New Zealand ■' I Jamboree at Dunedin next, January 1 | tire well, in hand mnl it appears <vr- | min that m leitsi two patrols will | take pun and ilia I these will be away I | for about three w eek-, leaving I lie | town on January 7th. It is hoped to I include a few days in Cliristelniivh in " I lie I rip. while for a full fort night the I.' >y.s will he camped at Talnuia jl Park. Dunedin. II 'I lie public Jaillhuree will he held m Ihe H\hi hi l ion on Monday. Wcds nesday and Saturday of the second week. Il will consist of a huge rally | and haka by, il is hoped, some two M thousand buys. living tableaux, races, f «"d other athletic events, a display ~ Ihy Ihe Dunedin Wolf CuliS and a | whole series lof short di-plays bv ius I dividual troops from all parts of the Dominion and front Australia. D _jv\ill close each afternoon with a mass i j singing of ihi' National Anthem, ij I here will he also a Swimming (him -jin comiecl ion with the .oilier athletic . j champ ion-hips of \evv Zealand scout- | big. An exhibition of models of tents, boats, maps, nature photography, etc. • land competitions in fridge building, I !wu 11 climbing, first- aid fireman's lift. 1 . etc. will also lie held. j I HI her events 'of the fortnight will j he two parades through the town, j motor runs, concerts, a ronferenr:* of .-(•outers, and a live visit to the Tx- i Ilihiliou. while, of course, a lot of lime will l;e given to rehearsals of iho public portion of the programme. , However, till'- most iiiieresling and helpful pari will 1:0 really the lael of j being in camp and close comradeship; lor two weeks will) what, may (airly be described as the pick of llie boyhood of (hi- Dominion. Kntlmsiasts are usually glad of llie rippnrtunity of exchanging notes ami probably no party will return without a number of frosli ideas gleaned from other districts. This side of the matter is especially important to a district like this where many of the Ihivs know no I troop outside their own town and I where -routing has .suffered badly liitherto from a feeling of isolation. The next week or two will see the filial list of local names sent to Dunedin and already special training has i started. Although the troops hope! to raise part of the cost of the trip j ‘ by a public display later on in the 1 ' year, energy is for the moment eon- , contrated on a search by- individual i scouts for “odd jobs’’ by which they [

earn part of their expenses and as those former seem few and far between any member of the public who has need of temporary help of this nature would lie helping very much indeed bv notifying one ol the scoutmasters. The difficulty arises from the fact that school and home duties often leave little daylight leisure so that work that could he done hit by bit at odd times or after dark would lie especially welcome. N'o boy will Ire allowed to come who lias not earned at least part of the required sum himselt. hull details on this question of expenses can be supplied by the scoutmaster to any

parent or boy interested. In asking for sympahy of the local public in our effort to ensure that Hokitika is worthily represented at this gathering of the scout clans, it should be emphasised that it is really “sympathy” that is needed. We do

not at the present time ask for financial help but a little bit of encouragement and kindly interested querying would help the boys taking part to realise that their fellow citizens were

expecting great things of them, and a very needful increase of self-confi-dence might he expected to result. On Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock the Union .lack was hoisted on the flag polo at the County Office, and the scouts saluted the Hag.