BOY SCOUTS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1929, Page 5

BOY SCOUTS

BACK FROM JAMBOREE

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

WELLING TON, November 12

Tanned and looking the picture of health and spirits and full of regrets that the most eventful five months of their careers were ended, the New Zealand contingent of Scouts arrived lack by the Ulimaroa from the Jamboree at Birkenhead. They are consoled, however, by the fact that they are coming home.

Commissioner Cooksey, who was m charge of the contingent, said they had perfectly wonderful days from the time they left New Zealand to the day they arrived hack. The Jamboree itself was magnificent and unforgettable and the New Zealand contingent in its Maori pa was not the least conspicuous of the component parts. The contingent brought back with them a carved totem pole, the gift of the Chief Scout, from a twelve hundred years old oak tree oil his own property, Gel well Park. It is typically Maori, and will be treasured with the flag also presented by the Chief Scout, as the Overseas Commissioner of New Zealand Scouts.

Cooksey received from Lord DadenPowell a fine walking stick made out of oak taken from the Old Westminster Hall.

To keep in touch with one another, now they have returned, the members of the contingent, now the Ngnpuhi tribe, have resolved on an annual reunion.

The AVembley contingent of 1924 are the Arawa tribe, the Arawas being the first Maoris to come to New Zealand. The Ngnpuhis were the second arrivals. On the final night of the trip, the Ngapuhis presented Commissioner Cooksey with an illuminated address and bronze statue, in recognition of all lie had done. Assistant Commissioner Ford was presented with two autographed books.