BADGES AWARDED
During the. year the following Class and Proficiency Badges have been issued by Dominion Headquarters (states the 19th annual report of the executive committee of the Boy Scouts Association). Last year’s issues, for comparative purposes, are in brackets: Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot, 4,597 (2,666); second class, 3,162 (1,382); first class, 650 (478); King Scout, 234 (119); all round cords, first grade (pairs), 157; second grade, 59; third grade, 15; architect, 1 (5); athlete, 104 (106); ambulance, 955 (.435); artist, 98 (48); basketworker, 52 (49); bookbinder, 15 (2); boatman, 45 (30); blacksmith, 13 (4) ; beefarmer, 4 (nil); bugler, 14 (24); camper, 47 (15); carpenter. 135 (51); clerk, 23 (22); cook, 390 (265); cyclist, 728 (329); dairyman, 49 (44); electrician, 106 (46); entertainer, 227 (127); engineer, 26 (13); drummer, 1 Cnil); camp sanitation, 9 (3): farmer, 3 (19); fireman, 191 (54); friend to animals, 83 (64); gardener, 223 (64); handyman, 248 (111): healthy - man, 46 (47); horseman, 32 (75); hobbyist, 45 (13); interpreter, 74 (18); laundryman, 16 (136); leatherworker, 77 (59); mason, 10 (11); master-at-arms, 23 (44); metalworker, 19 (13); missioner, 227 (135); musician, 207 (78); naturalist, 100 (96); oarsman, 72 (9); pathfinder, 490 (251); photographer, 20 (16); pilot, 27 (nil); pioneer, 50 (32); plumber, 16 (11): poultry farmer 48 (17); printer, 10 (1); prospector, 1 (nil); rescuer, 140 (96); signaller, 109 (65); swimmer, 413 (217); seaihan, 6 (nil); surveyor, 8 (3); starman, (3); stalker, 1 (1); tailor, 2 (4); telegraphist, 9 (2): textileworker, nil (24); watchman, 21 (nil); weatherman, 26 (nil). Wolf Cubs: Tenderpad, 2,903 (1,790); first and second stars, 1,418 (560): artist, 136 (27); athlete, 123 (47); collector, 223 (71): first aider,-193 (61); guide, 120 (8); house orderly, 223 (64); observer, 76 (20); swimmer, 72 (23): signaller, 94 (21): team players, 123 (28); weaver, 53 (9): woodworker, 38 (nil). It is gratifying to note that the increase in badges issued is far greater than the proportion of increase in strength.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 261, 25 January 1928, Page 6
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321BADGES AWARDED Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 261, 25 January 1928, Page 6
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