BOY SCOUT CAMP

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 343, 8 January 1918, Page 4

BOY SCOUT CAMP

j On Saturday, 29th December, 1917, i the Pukekohe Boy Scouts left Hike : kohe by the ten minutes to one ' train for Papakura from whence they I marched to their camp in the Hunua J Gorge. The camp, which was situated in a picturesque spot about j a mile below the roadside falls, was in charge of Acting' Scoutmaster | Golding who was assisted by l'atrol ! Leaders N, Costello and W. Daysh. The Scouts' daily rjutioe consistI ed of physical exercise, swimming, i practising first aid, signalling from | the summits of the neighbouring ' hills, attacking and defending posV | tions, and manoeuvring and scouting. On Monday night, December ;!lst, ; Acting Scoutmaster Golding and 1 Patrol Leader Costello invaded the 1 camp of tho Ellerslie Boy Scouts, ' who were camped at Papakura, and ' succeeded in capturing their lhig. On Wednesday, 2nd January, the . Scouts undertook a rjute march to Hunua falls, a distance of eight miles from the camp. That evening Acting Scoutmaster Golding and j Patrol Leader Daysh took four boys : and marched to Papakura in order ,to attack tho Elleislie Scouts, who I had defied trie Pukekohe lads to | enter their camp. It was found im- : possible to attack when the hostile ! camp was reached so the Pukekohe ! buys waited unril midnight and i although tho night was cold tho boys 1 stuck to their duty which showed they po'B ssel tho bulldog spirit, iAc midnight Acting - Scoutmaster ! Golding and Patrol-header Daysh I entered the hostile camp, and suc- , ceeded in transposing the hostile | troops' provisions out into the middle I of the paddock in which they were i camped. Then after a short search j thev took possession of a Scout scarf, i which, to a scout, is a gie.it dishonour to lose an<l subsequently, with the assistance uf the other four lads, they turned tho Eilerslio Scouts out i of bed in ordot to show that the Pukekohe Scouts w--ro at least equal to the Auckland Scouts. The Scouts lO'.urned oil Saturday the sth Januaiy and all looked much the belter for thtir camp, tho success of which was due to the ill <rts of the Ai ting-Scoutmaster and his two assistants.