SCOUT NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20492, 7 May 1938, Page 20 (Supplement)

SCOUT NEWS

By “Silver Wolf."

The debate on Saturday night between the two Rover Crews brought forth a sur- ' prising amount of talent and very credl- ; table arguments were put up by both j sides—all the more so, when, as Mr Col- ; Her stated, “ they were obviously arguing ' against themselves: ” i However, it was a great evening and i the next debate should be even better. 1 Carry on with the good work, you Rovers. HAMUTANA. I . THOUGHT FOB THE WEEK Don’t worry—you'll soon be dead. —Chief Scout. WELCOME CORNER Southern Cross Troop. —Bruce Gordon. Welcome to olir great brotherhood. Bruce, and happy trails, i St. George’s. —Kenneth Hole. Welcome to yugi also, Ken. AFOLCGY I The iiamutana Crew send apologies to inc Te Mataruru Rover Crew Tor their non-appearance at their concei t on Tuesday Inst. May 3. Owing to other engagements they were unable to come through. TE AWAMUTU TROOP Hullo, hullo, everybody: Station R.O.W. broadcasting on relay from the Te A\vainutu Scout Hall. j On Sundav about 30 Scouts made a ! trip up Pi rung:a Mountain. The llainu- ) tanas. I believe, were invited to cm* i but they got cold Teet at the last moment. ! l suppose they remembered the ! ik• • we 1 had when w" were out at Raines’ Pool. ' tt took exactly one hour ty reach the top i and that was pretty good going. I doubt i if the Hamutanas could do better. I We spent the better part of the arter- ■ noon up the top (probably sleeping ofT the 111 effects or climbing up.—Hamutanas. : ano then *et out for home. And ended : a great clay. i Well, station R.O.W. now closing down. • Good-bye. everybody. I CLAUDELANDS TROOP ' a good muster or Claudelands Scout* ; w ere ?e en entering their hall at about 7 (. clock ia«i Monday. Parade began with 1 some badge work, 'consisting of ambulance ■ and signalling and then an almighty : thunderbolt descended upon the quiet. hard-working troop when St. Georges ar- : rived. M.OII the p!ac* was in an uproffr when many games were played. A great . amount of Tun was in progress during a black game called - Pressing in the i Dark. -- The home-team won (no wonder. ; experience at home tells:... s-upper was j then served and parade dismissed ai P.lo. ! 1 ST. GEORGES TROOP ! On Monday night St. George's Scouts i turned out in Tull force and after some ! deep thinking decided to give Claudelands ' a surprise visit and what a time we had j there. We thoroughly beat them. After an enjoyable evening we dismissed and ( went home to a well-earned rest.

SOUTHERN CROSS TROOP Once again our weary scribe finds the time has come for him to wield his pen in an endeavour -to brighten the columns of the Scout News. We do wish some kind person would donate us a typewriter to lessen the hard work performed by our local pen-pusher. However, as none is forthcoming, nay, we enlighten you . upon the great doings of last Friday nigh! ? | Starting off with about 22 boys we decided to change around a bit and divided the troop into four patrols, naming the , extra patrol the Tuis. Bob Elliott is P.L. | now, so do your stuff, Bob, and make | your patrol the snappiest in the troop, j Inspection was carried out and work set for each troop. Three more shaking victims were grasped and marched into the death chamber where they parsed the Tenderfoot test, much to their joy and ours. There is no doubt now (bat they will go for their lives and pass ether tests—the first is always said to be the worst. A game or “P'rate and the Whistle” was played next, but again the multitude or creaks and groans prevented any degree of accuracy on the part or the listener, so we played •• freezing ” just to warm up as We welcomed a new member to our troop, Bruce Gordon, who has Just left , Pt. George’s Cub Pack to come hunting with us. Good sroutlnsr. Bruce, and may you he as successful as you were at t Cubs. ) Groans were heard when we were lnI formed that the subscription was put up l and was expected every night. However. 1 think we get a good three pen'orth every night. A games evening to be held on i Thursday, Mav" 12, if all goes well, a few items will be given and a collection taken I to help the Hinds along, so roll up and • Well', not being so energetic as last ! week, we’ll close hoping this weather j doesn’t give everybody the 'flu as we • want a good attendance at cur evening. SOUTHER* CROSS. j ROVER NOTES DAMIEN CREW ! Last Saturday evening four members or our rre\\ journeyed to Hamilton to ! take part in a 'debate with the liamutana-. | The subject was one which is or vital ; interest \- everyone—namely. “ Is a Rover : bound, b. lv* scout law and Promise. ; to enlist in time of war? ” ! The Damiens took the affirmative and ' the liamutana- the negative. The -peak- | er< for the Damiens’ were Leo Brown. ■“Snowy” and Ivan Deed. For the n amu . ! tanas the speakers were “Pierre,” 'ins ! and “ Bendy.” The subject aroused ' plenty of comment from both side* and j there were some very good speeches. 1 After it was all over, the audience retired ’ t ■ r ounder their verdict and after a long ! .vdderation they derided it wa« a draw ! with the odds slightly in favour or the ! The Commissioner. Mr /fman. presided, ■and also present were Mr and Mrs ColI her. We would like to lira !y thank Mr • Ziman for his hospitality, we must also ! thank Mrs Ziman for the excellent supper I 1 provided, and we trust she wasn’t too surprised at the tremendous voracity of the Rovers. Everyone voted the evening a most en-

Joyable one and at the conclusion Mr and Mrs Collier kindly Invited the two crews to hold a debate at their house on May 88. The subject for this debate will be: “ Whether a Scbuter’s duties are a work or a hobby.” We are looking’ rorward to the debate and trust that our Hamilton friends are doing 1 the same. We expect to see all you Hamlltonites at the Cambridge Rangers Camp lire to-night, sathe local Rovers and Rangers will be there. Cheerio. DAMIENS. COMING EVENTS Southern Cross Troop’s games evenlnf and concert In Baptist Church Hall, Victoria Street, Hamilton, on Thursday night. May 12, at 8 p.m. A cordial Invitation Is extended to all troops, Rovers, etc., to be present. You can be assured of a pleasant time. Inter-crew debate at Mr Collier’s residence, No. l bridge, Hamilton, on Saturday, May 28, at 7.30 p.m. Subject: -Whether a Scotiter’s duties are a work or a hobby.” HAMUTANA CREW Pouring rain did not prevent our husky crew from meeting on Thursday night and discussing various topics of Interest, such as the projected trip to Cambridge to have a campfire with the Rangers. A very lively debate was held at Mr Ziman's house on Saturday night as a rej suit of which a further Invitation was i received from Mr and Mrs Collier. The Damien Crew were our opponents In this I debate and the decision was a draw In t i their favour. No doubt we’ll beat you next time, Damiens. We are burning the candle at both ends for matter on the subject, which Is “ Whether a Scouter’s duties are a work or a hobby.” Personally we think It's Jolly hard work. However. we ll let you have our views soon. “ i&CRIBE.” YET ANOTHER GAME It’ll do to quieten things down after | one of those rough games we keep havi ing about. Everybody, except one, lies !on the floor and expires. The boy re--1 maining on his feet goes all around the ; room and. by fair means or foul, bar ac- ‘ taually touching a corpse, has to cause it |to show signs or life. In other words, [ giggle, twitch the ear, go red in the race, lor have a convulsion. I think that thla i should be pretty easy and cause plenty of j run. Try it. ST. GEORGE’B CUBS • At about 2.30 on last Saturday after- , noon a fearful amount of noise was heard ; in the vicinity or St. George’s Scout Hall. I It was the Cubs. Cuth and Sambo soon 1 turned up to be followed by C. M. Order I was soon restored and we had the Grand Howl, s-ambo and Guih then sent a trail while the rest or the cubs received Jungle I instructions. ; soon the trail was attempted but only one, Frank, managed to complete it without any help from the setters. { a lew games were held and then Sambo j was welcomed as the new A.C.M.. The pack dismissed at about 4.15 and ‘ they are looking forward to next week. “ SIXER.’ 1 6YDNEY JAMBOREE, 1938-39 I We have received advice from !I.Q. that J the cost of the Australasian Jamboree, to • be held in Sydney Horn December *9. J mat*, to January *•». 1239. will be £lB ; per boy. This price is much less than was previously anticiptted. and should i help Miim* more of our young Scouts to mid it possible to attend this great gath- • ering and so encourage a large contingent ! io New Zealand in 19 40. REMEMBER That Nature gave us one tongue, but I two ears, so that we may hear twice as ! much as we speak. j That even the clock which does not go j at all, ia right twice lii every four hour*.