1931-12-17 — Page 7

CHRISTMAS HONG KONG BOY

COMPETITION

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$100.0

FOR THE BEST LETTERS

SCOUTS.

ANNUAL REPORT DISCLOSES SATISFACTORY POSITION. HIS EXCELLENCY TO PRESIDE AT THE GENERAL MEETING.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO STUDY THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, AND IN EVERY SUBSEQUENT ISSUE UP TO DECEMBER 26 in the Chamber of DECIDE WHICH YOU THINK IS THE BEST, AND WRITE A SHORT LETTER GIVING THE REASONS FOR YOUR DECISION. LETTERS MUST REACH THE ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER

NOT LATER THAN JANUARY

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1931.

Wolf Cubs.

(Central Kovare) in practionlly in beyance. There are several mem- The Wolf Cubs are wide awake, bare of this Rover Crew, but they

ayono who was present at the hold scoutmaster's and assistant. Swimming Sports in October must kegoutamator's posta as well aud have realised. As one helper who their bio is fally euupind, white is instructing a puck of cubs in nearly all those not in such posi- signalling said Cubbing is the tions have falu the Colony or re- most delightful part of all Scout-signed. ing. The Cubs are so keen, they don't have to be told twice, and one can as it were fool the wax being moulded in one's hand."

Council.

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derable vigur, and several Scout The Wolf Cb Packs show con- Troops which for some time have boon soumolent are now waking up As announced in cur columns

and putting in kean work. This is yesterday, the annual general moete

undoubtedly due to the beneficent. The other sentions of our local results of the variants Training ing of the Hong Kong branch of the activities are dealt with under thoir Camp and Courses which have Boy Scouts Association will be hold respective headings, but we must been held during the year. We

Commerce here pay willing and whole-hearted should however like to ase repre Room, the City Hall, at 0.15 p.m. tributa to His Excellency our Chief sentatives of all the Troope at these Excellency the Governor, Chief Kotowall, our Hon. Treasurer the that the least effective troops are on Tuesday 22nd December. His Seous, our President the Hop. Dr.camps and cours. It is noticeable Scout for Hong Kong, has kindly Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau whom we those in which the splendid oppor- Promised to take the chair. warmly congratulate on his nomina- tunities offered by the Assistant all those other members of the Scout staff have been allowed to pass un- tion to the Legislative Council, and Commissioner for Training and his Council who have given auch splen heeded. did support to us who are closer in touch with the boys; var must who by donations of various sorts, by kindly interest and still more we forget thom many other friends

kindly actions have shown that they do realise the genuine value of Scouting for Boys as a world force.

The following is a resume of the Port for 1931, which will be pre- sented by the Rev. G. E. Waldo Krave Scout Commissioner for

1, 1982, AND MUST BE ACCOM. PANIED BY A CUTTING Hong Kong. THE ADVERTISEMENT YOU Writing from actual experiance as HAVE CHOSEN AND AN ENTRYll as from information gleaned FORM (PRINTED ELSEWHERE from the reports sont in, we are IN THIS ISSUE).. -

bound to admit that while there has bren

A PRIZE OF $50.00.

WILL BE GIVEN TO THE WRITER OF THE BEST LETTER.

decided advance along certain lines,in other directions lore has been a halt and in at least one case a retrograde, move ment..

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Associations are fully supplied with As soon too as the two District their own executive committees and work of a comparatively elementary necessary staff, much small detail matitre will be dealt with and we reference to the Colony Commission hope settled without any further er or the Council being necessary, except in cases of special difficulty or appeal.

Finance.

camping, and the District was woll There hus-bean-p fair amount of

and Seconds Training Camp" at Saiwan hold in the early summer represented at the Patrol Leaders

months.

Kowicon and Northern District Association,

who has unfortunately left the Under the Rev. E. A. Armstrong

trict has decidedly quickened, and Colony the Scout life of the Dia this in spite of the fact that four are still dormant, three of these troops have either ceased to exist or being school troops and the eause in each case boing the lack of

officers.

We concluded the report for 1930 by an appeal for more Scouters 38 The Winning Letter, and the and we regret to say that it is well as for non-executive officers, advertisement securing most owing to the lack of response that votes, will be published in the all-round progress has not been Hong Kong Daily Press on pers "ght shy of the possibility possible. It may be that would-be January 7, 1932.

of being called on to don the dis

Those troops however which have tinctive Scout hat, for bere baze WE ARE ALSO OFFERING Aters should be no chatele, but sented by the Honorary Trensurerame applies to the Wolf Cubs.

kept going have made great strides, The Statement of Accounts pre- and are genuinely keon; and the PRIZE OF $10.00 EACH WEEK 4 any rate non-executive officials; nows our financial position. UP TO OHRISTMAS, FOR THE

Presidents. Secretaries still need more annual subscribers, Mr. Armstrong as District Com- We Mr. S. A. Sweet, who succeeds BEST LETTER GIVING YOUR pd not wear Scout kit, though of the surest in the long run, for master of the 1st Kowloon (St An

Treasurers, Examiners and so forth REASONS FOR YOUR CHOICE course should they decide to do

a means of income which after all missioner, and Mr. Dormer, Scout OF WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO there is no doubt that the whole we have wiped off the Saiwan drew's Church) Troop, like" Mr. HAVE BEEN THE BEST ADVER Scout fraternity would rise and fairly accurately for the needs of special training for officers at

debt it will be possible to budget Armstrong TISEMENT DURING

bave been through

• PREVIOUS WEEK.

THE greet them as indeed brother scouts each year. As regards Saiwan the Home, and this has had a great deal LETTERS, with arms even more widely open AuDotation owes a very deep debt to do with the advance that has ACCOMPANIED BY A OUTTING than, now, when we do realise how of gratitude to the Hon. Mr. T. . been made. OF THE ADVERTISEMENT much we owe to them for their Chau and Mr. Tang Shiu Kin who CHOSEN, AND AN ENTRY splendid support.

This District urgently needs in-: FORM, MUST REACH THE

have just raised the splendid sum structors and examiners in In all Sections there has been a ADVERTISEMENT

the MANAGER slight reduction of numbers, though the Saiwan Fund, each of themvitation is given to Kowloon re- of seven thousand dollars towards various" subjects, and hearty in NOT LATER THAN FOLLOWING DATES:-)

THE in some enses it is more apparent himself subscribing one thousand.

than real. Our eaus is taken at

sidenta to see if some of their spare. the request of Imperial Head-

This loaves us with about another time cannot be devoted to further. 3101st Competition Best adverquarters at the end of September, paid off, and we sincerely hope that Brotherhood on the Mainland.

seven thousand dollars yet to being the growth of the Scout tisomeat between November 23 before Groups have got into full and 25. Letters must be received swing, and the difference between

we may really cull Saiwan Camp not later than December 2e year and the next guy depend

OWN during the next few months. The winning letter und "adver. fou for instáince a Trooping Season Lisement securing the most votes departure of a family from the

in the car of garrison boys, the Badge Work and Examinations. will be published in the Hong Colony in another (in one case this Kong Daily Press, on Monday, meant the loss of some six boys Secretary has been ably carried out The very important task of Badge December 7.

from n Broop) and so on. The by Mr. K. B. Carey, who has gone to $102nd Competition-Best adver- height of Greep menbership comes very great trouble in arranging and tisement between November 30 about April or May, and drops at recording the results of the various and Decetuber 5.. Letters the end of the summer term. hadge tests and examinations, also must be received by December

in keeping the back of badges up results published December

o date. Mr. Cavey is unfortunate ly not a permanent resident in the Colony and therefore labours under able to lay hands on an examiner the difficulty of not always being for some special subject, while re ference to one or other of the HQ. Staff for advice is not always pos- sible at short notice.

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Rover Scouts.

is that Rover Leaders are partieularly hard to find, and mngh Rovers have a large say in

our

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Ben Scouts,

The ene Group of Sea. Scouts con- tinues to flourish. A severe loss was sustained"when Mr. W. E. Ball Tes tion of his term of service out. East, turned to England at the expira and we are grateful to Mr. F. R. Willcocks for stepping into the reach for a time, until exigencies of the Service necessitated hit re- signation, The results of Mr. Ball's leadership appeared when the Sen Scouts won the Prince of Wales Banner for the year, and alen carried off the Bird Challenge Cup at the Swimming "Sports, though this later was largely due to the Scout who won three events and was magnificent performance of one Sea only beaten in a fourth race by one- Afth of a second.

The

$10-3rd Competition-Fest adver- decrease.

In this Section is the most serious tisement between December 7 plained by the fact that many This can be partly ex- und 19. Letters must be reecived lovers are holding Scoutmaster's by December 16, results and Assistant Scoutmaster's posts, published December 21.

and are "therefore included under $10.-4th Competition-Boat over the head of Scouters, but the real

tisement between December 14

Literatura and Propaganda, and 19. Letters must be received

Two of the Sea Scouts have quali- by December 23,

hed for endetships in the Chinese results the runaing of their crews, yet they it has not been possible to make a training for several months.

We have to deplore the fact that Navy, one actually having been in published; December 30,

do undoubtedly need the advice and fresh start on the $10.-5th Compett fon-Best advergadership of an

old hand." not our local Scout Magazine, which cruixe-camp at Taipo in August. Silver Wall," Groups held the usual annual beinent between Deamber 21 Rétessarily skilled in Scoutcraft had a somewhat struggling exis- and experienced great kindness and 25. Letters must be received but possessed of that knowledge of tenes for some years, with ons from the residents, especially dur by December

men and afnirs, which is expressed meteoric rise to eminence for the ing the typhoon which necessitated published January .

by the display of sound common short period." Tire and financial a hurried striking of the camp, the sense. It should be added that ex 350 Competition Best advertise ept in rare cases, Rover Leadors iment between November 28 and should be at legit thirty years of December 25. Letters inostage. be received by January 1, 1932, results pablished January 7.

30, resulta

The Editor's Decision is Final.

No correspondence will be entered into. (No member of the staff of the HON KONG DAILY PRESS is eligible for this competition).

Scouts.

Though there are definite signs of improvement and greater apprecia tion of the aims and methods of Scouting on the part of Scouters And Scouts due to the short week end training campe organised for the officers and also for the senior outs, of the total number of troops too few are yet being rua along the right lines.

CHRISTMAS COMPETITION

ENTRY FORM.

4th $10 Competition

To the advertising manager

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

11, ICE HOUSE STREET, HONG KONG.

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"In my opinion the attached is the best advertisement which has appeared in the Hong Kong Daily Press between the dates of December 14 and December 19. I enclose a letter giving reasons for my choice. I have read the conditions of this competition and agree to abide by them."

MR.

Signed MRS.

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MISS

Address

removal of the Troop vessels to a better shelter and the boys to some thing more durable than canvas.

considerations are to blame for this, for some means of circulating Scout news officially is undoubtedly valu- able, but whatever in to be under- taken must be done well, and no one fr. E. Cook for annually subject. Our sincere gratitude is due to has recently found with sufficient ing the Group vessels to a searching time to take this important work examination and also for lending in hand.

his splendid new yacht Scalark Headquarters publication

The monthly official Imperial y" to the Group for their camp Scoutar" is distributed gratis to

The Inst Angust. all Senuters in Hong Kong and it Scrivens, late of E.M.S. Tamar We also wish to thank Mr. has been suggested that a leaflet of and many other Naval friends for local Scout Notices and Official their keen interest in and kindness news might he inserted at the time to the Group, often at great per of distribution. The production of Houal inconvenience giving instruc- this while, not a particularly heavy tion and conducting examinations. task would take a certain amount of time, en that any help given to carry out this scheme if adopted would be much appreciated.

Foreign Scouts,

Deep Sea Scouts.

Some twenty of these have been. enrolled locally, though more than double that number, дел frum H.M. vessels, hava given very valu During the year we were able to able assistance to the Association, welcome a party of Japanese Senate especially at Saiwan where they under Count Futara, Chief Scout took in hand and entirely over- of Japan, who formed a contingent hauled the water supply pipe and going to a Scout Jamboree in Siam, also put in hand much other neces- Photographs were taken on board sary work of constructional ship and there has been an exchange of borrespondence,

A close link has been forged with the Portuguese Scouts in Macao whom Hong Kong Troops visited there and welcomed later in Hong Kong.

The Girl' Guides.

nature.

Salwan Camp and Training. At last Saiwan has begun to justify itself, though much work has yet to be done before that duleatable pot is all that we wish it to be and well equipped.

The Rev, N. V. Halward was ap On various occasions representa-pointed Assistant Commissioner för tives of Guides and Scouts have Training and piso u Deputy Camp been able to meet and discuss ways Chief, thus relieving the Commis and means of further co-operation.sioner of much of the responsibility We congratulate the members of our of this very important branch of Sister Organisation on its live and ecout activity,, Under him real ad- flourishing condition and com- vanco has been made and shows miserate with them in their having every prospect of continuing. As to hold buck from opportunities of regards the constructional work at extension for the same cause as that Saiwan we should like to pay a which handicaps us, the lack of tribute of appreciation and grati quitable officers.

tude to Mr. A. J. Lane, who with Mrs. Lane generously subscribed to our needs, mostly in, kind us well na in time and trouble, and also persuaded some of his contractor acquaintances to assist. with material,

Hong Kong and Southern District

Asacciation.

The number of Groups, remains the same, there having "been no additions, though the 3rd Group

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