More Info →Foxton Scout Camp

Description: A scout camp took place at Foxton Racecourse between 28 December 1923 and 7 January 1924. The Manawatū Standard reported: "The various units are: Feilding, under the command of Scouter Haywood, 28 ranks; All Saints (Rev. Dent), 21; Central (Scouters Schwartz and Garner), 30; Te Awe Awe (Scouter Richardson), 25; West End (Scouter Carpenter), 10; Ashhurst, 6; the total force numbering 130 of all ranks." The photograph is inscribed: "Concert on the Lawn / Foxton Camp (1923-24) / 'The Long and the Short of it' / Senior & Junior Champs E. Carpenter [and] J. Kells".