BOY SCOUTS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1926, Page 1

BOY SCOUTS

(Cultl.j ibuled.) In s one parts c! lev world ihe loners, the senior branch of the Smut .Movement, have set an example which might ■**.* very Well l.e billowed here. Where a patrol has specially lira* scenic and similar at trad ions in their neighhetirii iod. they have, in suitable position-., erected huts and shelters to serve as penuanen! < amp., to scout visitors if.mi nilv.* gist i*; , -i - . Ihe idea is spreading, and although WV-tiand may seem to he rather off the map. for ihe .-coats ol New Zealand, 11ds is our fault rather than our misfortune, and ill reads there are promises of two Canterbury Troop;, spending next summer over here. Im* nature oi the rain on ibis side means, mm ii weight and expense in bringing weather-proof tentage, and Uu knowledge that .shelter of a sub-tantial kind was available might lie I lie dei iding factor with other troops who are in a stall* of hesitation with regard to jl;e locality of future vamps. To those wiio are aide to look ahead, visits from hoys of scout age from other parts * f the Dominion would be full of possibilities.

The gap in tlu* control of the First Troup has, it is said, been filled by Air !!. A in! reives consenting to act as Assistant Scoutmaster, and the present Assistant. Air Palmer, filling Air Parham's place. This is all to the good as Air Andrewes is himself an old hoy scout of the troop. The Second Troop, however, are still seeking an Assistant to take Air Kelly's place.

A camp of the ■'second Wolf Cub Pack is arranged for this week. Will any parent who lias not received written notice of this please get in touch with the scoutmaster?