New Scout Den

After many months of hard work by scouts and their friends, the Takitimu Scout Group's new den on the riverbank below Gladstone Road bridge was finally completed and opened last month.

The building was formerly the home of the R. S. A. in Gisborne. Voluntary workers have wrought a transformation, and it is now an up-to-date and most suitable headquarters for the group.

The building was formally opened by the chairman of the Harbour Board, Mr I. J. Quigley.

Scouts and cubs and members of the public at the opening ceremony, which was performed by the chairman of the Harbour Board, Mr Quigley. The occasion was also the Group's 21st birthday.

The Rev. Mr. Dixon dedicating the building, With him is Mr J. Loftus, chairman of the Takitimu Scout Group.

Mr Doug Walker, Travelling Commissioner of Sea Scouts, hands Group Scoutmaster Keith Redstone an emblem to mark the Group's coming of age.

Thanks Badges being presented by Patrol Leader Basil Johnson to good friends of the group

Mrs Robertson, a mother of scouts, and a committee member, who has done a great deal of work in a number of different spheres.

Gwyn Griffiths, who has shown much interest in the work of the scouts, is a committee-man, and editor of the Takitimu News Sheet.

Jack Robertson, who has assisted the scouts materially and who also did a great deal of work on the new den.

After the official opening, the scouts competed with men from Hmnzs Kaniere, which was in port, in "Centipede races" on the river. Pictures below show Takitimu in action (left) against the Kaniere team (right).

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 71 : May 19, 1960

New Scout Den