Chief Scout At T.I.

LORD and Lady Baden-Powell, World Chief Scout and Chief Guide of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movement, arrived at Thursday Island, en route to Australia, on December 14.

They were met on the wharf by 350 Scouts and Girl Guides.

After some introductions and the gift of a bou quet the famous visitors witnessed a traditional dance of welcome by a large company of native Torres Strait scouts. B.-P. was delighted with this colourful scene. The Mayor (Alderman Cor ran) accorded them a Civic Welcome at the Town Hall.

In the afternoon the official party, attended by the Torres Strait District Scout Commissioner (Mr.

J. D. McLean), was present at a Jamboree orga nised by the District Scoutmaster (Rev. J. W.

Schomberg). Many fine displays of scoutcraft

were carried out before a large and appreciative audience by native troops from the Torres Strait Islands. The Chief Scout enjoyed the whole affair immensely, particularly the nature mimicry in the pig hunt and wallaby hunt, with dogs.

Before leaving for Victoria, Lord Baden-Powell was presented with gifts of shells and other in teresting local objects.

Mr. William Adam King, of Levuka, Fiji, died in hospital following a heart attack on January 2, at the age of 83.

A native of Scotland, Mr. King had been a resident of Fiji for over 30 years. He was proprietor of the Levuka weekly paper, the “Polynesian Gazette.” His son, Mr. Cyril King, is Mayor of Levuka.

Lady Mountbatten, a well-known mem ber of English society, is at present holidaying at Punaruu Hotel, in the Punaauia district, Tahiti. She is spend ing most of her time deep-sea fishing in the waters adjacent to Tahiti and Moorea. Her ladyship will remain in French Oceania until February, when she will proceed to the Far East to join her husband.