WORLD JAMBOREE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 December 1938, Page 7

WORLD JAMBOREE

BOY SCOUTS PROCEEDING TO SYDNEY. CONTINGENT LEAVES AUCKLAND. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, December 20. Three hundred Boy Scouts who later sailed by the Awatea for the World Jamboree in Sydney were tendered a civic farewell this afternoon in the Concert Chamber at the Town Hall. These form a section of 600 scouts to represent New Zealand. The mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, expressed the best wishes on behalf of New Zealand. Lord Galway, Chief Scout of-the Dominion, said he had been invited to go and very much regretted that he was unable to do so. He was looking forward to welcoming large numbers of overseas scouts at the big jamboree to be held in Wellington during the New Zealand centennial celebrations. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, expressed good wishes on behalf of the Government. Replies were made by Mr W. D. Johns, who is in charge of the Awatea party, and Commissioner Cooksey, who has charge of the New Zealand contingent. Mr Cooksey said he looked to the scouts to uphold the best traditions of New Zealand. The farewell was marked by great enthusiasm. A further contingent of about 300 scouts will leave Wellington next Tuesday evening by the Awatea for the Sydney jamboree. On Tuesday afternoon they will be given an official farewell at Parliament. Together, the combined parties make up the biggest force of scouts that have ever left New Zealand to attend a jamboree or other scout meeting overseas. WAIRARAPA SCOUTS. PARTY LEAVING ON TUESDAY. A party of nine from the Wairarapa will be included in the contingent leaving Wellington next Tuesday by the Awatea. The members of the party are: From Masterton', Assistant Scoutmaster Max Cole. Patrol Leader Norman Rippon. Scouts Alfred Larsen, Michael Ryan and Garth Youngquest: from Greytown, Scouts John Archer and Skeet; from Featherston, Scout George Fellingham and Scoutmaster John Haplin (unattached.) The Wairarapa boys will join up with three Hawera and about 20 Nelson scouts to form the Rewarewa Troop, under the charge of Scoutmaster E. E. I Berry, of Nelson. They will be in Ausl tralia about four weeks.