The Scout Jamboree.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 September 1939, Page 4

The Scout Jamboree.

The Centennial Boy Scout Jamboree, planned to be held at Heretaunga, Hutt Valley, in December-January, will be cancelled if war breaks out before then. The organiser, Commissioner J. E. F. Vogel, Wellington, said yesterday that in time of national emergency the duties of scouts lay elsewhere. He said that there were three principal reasons why the jamboree should not take place during a war in which New. Zealand was a combatant: —First, the young men on whom would fall the organisation and supervision of the camp would in wartime be serving their country in the field. Second, the organisation of transport and equipment for the encampment of 5000 boys would be out of the question in wartime, as whatever facilities were available would be turned to the training of the military forces, and other purposes. Third, the boys had a job to do elsewhere in offering their services in a national emergency.

A worried husband was trying to balance his budget. Presently his wife presented a list of requirements. He seized it savagely. “More money!” he sighed. "This life is like a game of chess. Nothing but cheque, cheque, cheque!" "And if you don't give me more money it will more like a game of chess. It’ll be pawm pawn, pawn!"

The staff of C. E. Daniell, Ltd., will hold a dance in the Arcade Hall tomorrow night. The gathering is being looked forward to by a large number of dancers. The arrangements are complete and those present are’assured of an enjoyable time.