NEW ZEALAND SCOUT
MR, LANSBURY CONGRATULATES BRAVE LAD
(Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 12.20 p.m. LONDON, Thurs. The chief excitement at the Arrowe Park Scouts’ camp today was a visit by Mr. George Lansbury, First Commissioner of Works, as the representative of the Government. Among those specially introduced to Mr. Lansbury by Lord Baden-Poweli was Scout Meachen, a New Zealander, who walks with the aid of crutches, but who wears the Cornwall Award, which is the Victoria Cross of the Scout movement, and was awarded for bravery. Mr. Lansbury congratulated Meachen, who has rows A decorations.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 737, 9 August 1929, Page 9
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97NEW ZEALAND SCOUT Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 737, 9 August 1929, Page 9
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