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lead to a complete reorganization to the Victoria Home, and the 5th. of the whole Scout movement in to St. Mary's Convent, and the ad the. Fatherland.

dition of the 1st. Ganton Brownle Pack. The last named is under Royal Patronage For A Pantomime Mrs. Longworth and Mrs. Taylor, of

The Prince of Wales has given Shameon. his patronage to the pantomime, "Sindbad the Sailor" which the

There are now 10 Girl Guide Com

Roland House Players will present paules, five in Hong Kong and five

BONI DE CASTELLANE.

The death of the Marquis de Castellane, ends a remarkably full, career, distinguished mainly, na he admitted, by fölly and extra- vagance,

He claimed to be the pioneer

with American

at King George's Hall in aid of the in Kowloon, with a total of 176 among aristocrate in contracting Roland House Settlement in East guides, as compared with 166 In

Marriages. London during the first and accond 1981. There is ar increase of 29 heiresses. weeks in January.

Brownies, this year's total being

Air-Minded Scouts

154, as against 125 last year. There

His own story of how be won the

are eight Packs, five in Hong Kong famous Anna Gould is frank.

ton.

Lawrence Foley, and Colin Foley Mr. S. A. Sweet, District Com are the latest recruits to join the missioner for Kowloon Scouts, in 4th Hong Kong (Murray) Group of the producer of the play "The The Boy Scouts of Walton, Sur Boy Scouts, and a welcome for Fountain of Youth" to be presented rey, are attending a serica of les tres in Kowloon, and one in Can them has been arranged by the by the philharmonie Society on tures on flying. Seventeen of other boys. William Ratt, who has January 18, next year now become of age in the Murray Cub Fack, bus entered the Murray Scout Troop

them, under their Scoutsmaster, The Executive Committee of the are undergoing a course of instruc- guides sustained a great loss at the Mr. Cheung Man-kuen, Scout-tion at Brooklands, and the winning beginning of the season by the de- master of the South China Scout candidates in a concluding parture of Mrs. S. Lack, Equip Troop, is at present on one week's examination will receive actual fly-

mont Secretary. Activities at the 1st. Kowloon leave. MSN

Ing instruction: Troop are being centred on

Rover Scout Lord Merthyr Lord Merthyr has been invested

Christmas Party to be given GV-Lily And The Eagleg December 22. Each patrol, Kange Boy Scouts in Germany are to roos, Eagles Lions and Swifts, have a new badge lily and an will be responsible for an item, and eagle. This will be used by the as a Rover Scout of the 1st Haver an enjoyable time is assured. Branew body, created by the fashion of ford-west (Wesleyan) Scout Group,

Recently, Ernest, Potter and the two largest Boy Scout organi James Baumber foined the Troop,isations in the country the League of the German Pathfinders and the

Association

And, both are very keen" Jada.

#John Hend Herso

allace

of German Boy

union

the

GIRL GUIDE NOTES

*

| Other valued helpers who baye. also left the Colony for good are Mrs. Roinshagen, Miss M. Howard Smith, Mrs. Lawson, Miss Medina and Miss Bruce Shepherd, and very helpful Vice-President Mrs. H. T. Creasy, M.B.E. ***

In the spring Mrs. H. Owen Hughes, formar Kowloon Commis aloner, went on leave

During the year visits were, e celt from Mrs. Nahol Commila

the Lady

Walter: MinB

I summoned fealbusy to my side, I gave a dinner, for. ABBR. and some charming women-alls daughters of millionstres was not disposed to allow her to retain the idea that foreigner were not sympathetic to othe American beauti these rosebuds rour corated with their and I bestowed my lavishly and im

Her was furious, temper told me th garded as ber capec and, little by little

the way for my

posal

the Ingworth

group

bla de

display

"Bond" was spoken of in America,

Hannah Miss Drape and as the man who took theme but