THE BOY SCOUTS.
THE WELLINGTON GATHERING. (Per Association.) Wellington, May 2!). General Baden-Powell arrived by the Auckland train to-day and was met at the station by the Scoutmasters of the Wellington district and a large number of Boy Scouts. The General was given a civic reception at the Town Hall. The Mayor, Mr !). McLaren, welcomed General BaderPowell to Wellington, and spoke appreciatively of the Boy Scout movement. General Baden-Powell spoke of the widespread and growing interest in the Scout movement. He was glad to see the progress it had made in New Zealand, especially as there was here a definite form of good training. 'That training was the outcome of good citizenship, because every good citizen should have a desire to defend his home.
His Excellency the Governor presided at General Baden-Powell’s lecture in the Town Hall to-night, which was well attended. Lord Islington expressed his high appreciation of the Boy Scouts organisation, saying that it tended towards a good and patriotic manhood.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 28, 30 May 1912, Page 5
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163THE BOY SCOUTS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 28, 30 May 1912, Page 5
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