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SCOUT MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG.
GOVERNOR APPEALS FOR MORE WORKERS TO COME FORWARD: TRIBUTE PAID TO COMMISSIONER.
WARRANTS PRESENTED AT YESTERDAY'S ANNUAL · MEETING,
Hi Excellency the Governor, the Chief Scout of Hong Kong, presided at the annual meeting of the Boy Scouts Aasciation yos- terday, held at the City Hall and attended by a large gathering of. promineus residents.
The President of big Association, Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, voiced a strong appeal for more workers in the movement and at the same time thanked those who had generously made donations. to the Association's funds. He stated that there was yet another $7,000 to be paid off in connection with the Saiwan) Training) Camp and be hoped that before long the Association could call the Camp their own
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His Excellency the Governor alan voiced an appeal for more mputers to the movement.
Opportunity, was also taken to present:Warrants to Mr. S. 4.. Sweet, District Commissioner of Kowloon, and Scouts Fred Kwok,, Poon Lai Chun, Sau Fung Cheung and Wong Tao Shing and Miss S. Dalziel of the Girl Guides.
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$7,000. WANTED FOR TRAINING CAMP.
After His Excellency the Gover; ;
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part in Scout training or routine, A Splendid Eñort.
The Commissioner has always beld before his officers and the boys the Last your, when we were before ideal, of the knight-errant, the the Commissioner, Rov. G. T. Wal-you, I said that we were burdened pioneer, the backwoodsman and the 1 degrare, presented the report tor, with a debt of 816,000, the result who toil for the good of their fel
explorer-essentially lone workers, ju 1831, in the course of which he mos
of the purchase of the site at Saiwan low-creatures. It is, however, the tioned that His Excellency the Gov- for our training camp; and that intention of the Executive Commit- error would at a future date pre- the Hon. Mr, T. N. Chau and Mr. work in which the boys are trained. tee to hold an exhibition of the Bent a Letter of Commendating to, Tang Shin-kin had undertaken to so that the public may have some Scout Johnson Kong for commend-raise 86,000 for the reduction of idea of what the local Association able assistance rendered in a
this debt. As the Commissioner has
is doing. cent fire,
His Excellency Thanked, announced in hia report, Mr. Chau” Our work would not have been. and Mr. Tang have more than fulcarried on with such keenness and filled their promise by raising the efficiency, and we not always no splendid sum of 87,000. (Applause) sympathetic support of His Excel- I am sure that you will all like plenty the Chief Scout, who has once associate yourselves with the, Com- more shown his practical interest грівіолет in his expression of in the Association by sparing the grateful thanks to these two gentle time to come, and preside at this ren for their valuable help, espec-meeting. (Applause) I beg to pro Sially for their generous personal pose & hearty vote of thanks to His
donations of $1,000 each.
Excellency (Applause.)
The accounts were presented by the Hon. Mr. T, N. Chau. Both the report and accounts were ad opted by the meeting,
The election of officers was as fel, President: Mon, Dr. R. H. Kore wall.
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Vice President: Mr. E. Lock. Treasurer-Mr. T. N. Chan, Hon. Vice Presidents: - Henry Pollock, Lt. Col. L. G. Bird, Mr. J. Owen Hughes, Hon. Mr. W. T. Soushorn and Mr. C. E. H.
Boavis.
There is yet another. 87,000 to be paid off, and I echo the Commis sioner's hope that before long wo The thirty co-opted. Members of may call Saiwan Camp 'really our the Council were as follows:-Mr. own. This can only be made pos A. el Arculli, representing IR.C., sible by the generosity of those who Dr. Chau Wa Choung, represent believe in and sympathise with the ing, Chinese Medical Association, work which the Association is do The Hon. Sir Shouson Chow. Mring. More and more the Camp is R. M. Dyer, Sir W. W. Hornell, proving its usefulness, not only to H. H. Sir J. Kemp, Mr. T. the boys but also to those who give King, Mr. A. J. Lane, Mr. Li Jow them training. Bon, Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. C. M. In the Commissioner's report Manners, Mr. G. P. do Martin, mention has been made of the diff Mr. Ng Szo Kwong, representing culties encountered in the issue of C.R.C., Commander J. Newill, the Silver Wolf, the local Scout B.N., Repzcsentatives. of the magazine. You will be glad S.CA.A., C.A.A. and Tung Wah hear that I have received a better Hospital Committee, Lt. Col. T. A from Mr. James T. Dobbic, editor Robertson, Mr. C. A. da Roza, The of the Ching Mall, offering to as Bon. Mr. W. . L. Shenton, Mrs.sist in every way he can in connec W. T. Southorn, Commissioner tion with the Silver Wolf as well Girl Guides, Mr. M. P. Talati, Mr. as in the compilation of leaflets to Tang Saiu Kin, The Hon. Dr. S. which the Commissioner has also W. Tso, The Rt. Rev Bishop of made reference. We are very grute Victoria, The Rt. Rev. Bishop ful to Mr. Dobbie for this offer Valtorts, Commodore A. H. Wal- which we will lese no time in an ker, R.N., Mr. Wong Kwong Tin, mitting to the new Executive Com HE Mr. Justice Wood, Mr. 3. mities for consideration. (Ap- Wylia.
plause.}
The Executive Committee of the I must mention the help which Council were as follows: The Hon. Mr. B. Wylie had rendered to un Sir Shouson Chow, Mr. T H. in connection with the Silver Wolf King, Mr. M. K. Lo. Commander until the temporary suspension of Nevill The Hon. Sir Henry Pol its publication, (Applause), and lock, The Hon. Mr. Shenton Mr. am confident that this help will be Tang Shiu Kin. Commodore Wal- forthcoming as freely in the future ker, Mr. Wong Kwong Tin, Mr. B. as it had been in the past. It is Wylie.
HON DA. KOTRWÄLL'S.
SPEECH.
very encouraging to see that such basy men as Mr. Wylie and Mr. Dobbie have come forward to give s no much of their valuable time a public-spirited act which should The Hon. Dr. Kotowall, address serve as an incentive to others te ing the meeting, said:-In his Resist the movement in work for port for the year under review, the which they consider themselves best Commissioner, the Rev. G.
suited. 24 Waldegrare, has said that while! there has been a decided advance), along certain lines, there has been
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Tribute to Commissioner. Mention having already been
ceived the wise guidance müd
speech, said he would like to nase- Sir Wiliam Hornell, in a brief
iste himself with the remarks of the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kolewali, in connection with the guidance and sympathy shown to the Scout move inent by His Excellency, the Chief Scout.
Governor's Appeal for Workers. His Excellency the Governor ad- dressing the meeting, thanked Dr.
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Kotewall and Six, William Horneil at the bouquets thrown at hịm and added that he thought when he came to the meeting that, it would purely a busincs meeting. It was very difficult for him to add much to what had already been mið. He congratulated the Commissioner on the excellent and full report whien he had written which covered a tremeidous ground; it was just an- other indication of the Commis- Kioner's energy and 'krenhess which undoubtedly was at the back of the Honi Boy Scout movement in Kang.
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a halt in cther directions, and a made by the Commissioner in his Committee and the members of the His Excellency congratulated the retrograde movement in at least report of the large number of help-Council on the success achieved dur-
chao. My
observations ors who have rendered us special ing the year. Own have convinced me that the advance services. 1 will content myself his appeal a year ago in not He was sorry that has been greater than the retro-, with cordially endorsing his words, achieved more remits. There was gression, because there, has been a and expressing to them the war no doubt that more worker's were marked improvement in the effici- mest thanks cf the Association.
wanted for the Scout moverat. It ency of the Troops. After all, what! I Trust, however, not omit to say was not easy to induce people to we should aim at, and are actually how much we all are indebted to
come forward, and then who did aiming at, is quality rather than our hard-working Commissioner were probably the same few who quantity, though of course the lar (Applause), whose experience, were hard workers in connection. gor the number of boys joining the keenness and energy, have made the with various moventente. movement, the more benedicial it, local movement the auccess it a pented his appeal of last year for would be to the community by to-day. During the greater part of more assistants for the Boy Scout reason of the training which Boy, the year, Mr. Waldegrave, in addi-movement. Scouting affords to its youth in tion to his already onerous duties The Chief Scout referred to the order to fit it for good citizenship. as Commissioner. discharged the excellent idea of visiting neighbour
The trouble, as, has been pointed duties of Honorary Becretary. Weing places and agreed with the out, lies in the lack of mon to serve are still in want of an Honorary Commissioner that these exchanges as Bcouters, At our last annual Secretary so as to relieve Mr. Wai- of visits would lead to nothing but meeting, a strong appeal was made "degrave of this additional burden, good. by His Excellency the Chief Scout It is to be sincerely hoped that this and by myself for people to come announcement may catch the eye forward as, officers, but the response of someone who will be ready to has been, I am sorry to say, make the necessary sacrifice to help appointing. It is this Jack: of us out of what is to us & renl diffi- trained officers that has arrested the "culty,
I should also Filco, as Chief Scout," said His Excellency, "to add my thanks to those generous donors of funds for the upkeep. of the Association. So far as general expenditure goes, it seems to get progress of the movement in this The Association is very fortunate along quite well but we "do want Colony. I now venture to make in having as the Commissioner's an-this extra money for the
Salwan yet another appeal to those who sistants a band of workers, who Camp and those who have come for. can apare the time to come forward give a good deal of their spare time ward so generously have act"a goud to act as Scoutmasters or Rover to. the movement with the sole | example "and" have cleared half the" Leaderb. Surely the movement, thought of serving its interests. amount cutstanding and with like with its splendid objects and ideals. The public may not know much of generosity we should be able sooOT is worthy of some exerilen from the work that is boing done by to clear off the debt." young men who have time to spare, these men, for big parades and His Excellency concluded
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and there must be plenty of such such demonstrations play but little thanking those who attended the young men in our midst.
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