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MATILDA. CONTENTS.
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guiders' Uniform .. .. Imperial Headquarters' Building Fund Stradbroke Competition Country News , . . . .. Camping, 1929-Ranger ProgramnH' Correspondence ,. Brownie Page . . . . . . .. .. .. Some NotE'S, - Guiders Observe, Training ane! Warrants ., .. ., ..
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:'\'ews, art1cles, stories, etc" fill ' ;111'111 ,, ;(,11 ;n , , \Iatilda " ~hould be forwarded to the Editor, ,'/0, Girl Guide Headquarters, 60 Market Rh·eet. '[f'lhnlll"IlP, ('.1, II)" twenty-third of the montll,
EDITORL\L. Wiih ihe opening of guide activities for the y('ar may we make a report on the progress we have made during the first half veal' of oIll' existence as a monthly journal. . OUI' circulation has shown a gratifying in('I'eaSe, although, as yet, we have noi reached our goal nOO I'eg'ulal' subs('rihl'l's. In the past s ix months we have plIlishl'd u series of Natme Talks and !It'veral badge artieles, We havf' received a nUlllbtor uf itellls Ilf disl1'ici amI ('OmpallY neW!l, W{' l't'g-I'l't. that. ~pal't' diel nol allow u~ ttl prillt UWIII ill full. Now lhat th(' price . list. i" published s('parately Wf' have more spa('(', <tnd ontC' again we would ask UuiJel'" to s"nd ;11 it .. ms nf oriKinal COll1pallY
Patterns, price 1/6, are available at the Equipment Depot. S. H. IRVING.
Ii\II'EHHL HEADQUARTERS JlUILDlNG FUNO. In the "Guider" each month we read with interest of the progress of the new Building, and of the many ways in which companies and packfl are helping to raise the rcquired amount of money. The lTon, Secretary o[ the Australian Federal COUlwil has cabled to Imperial Headquarters, asking that a room wOlth £800 he n'served a~ Australia's donation, Up to date, Victol"ian Brownies, CuidN, ancl Rangers have subscribed £204/2 / 6, with a pl'omise of £5 to comf' next month, Guiders! Please let us know if thf'l'C is any more money to COI11f'. Wht'n.I'verYQne has sent their suhStl'iptions lo the Vil'iol'ian Fund, the money will he Corwarded to England, and the atirattiv(' certificates (we have a sample on the notice board in this olJice) will be sent fl'om Eng-land to all the Companies and Packs which have suh:,;crihed, S, II, IRVINe;, Rtal(' R('('l'f'tm'Y,
GUIDERS' UNIFORM.
STR.\DRHOKE COi\1PRTlTTON. at.ure Diary. It has Ix'ell found that sonl(' l'Olllpanil's had ui::tbanded last yeal' befol'e l'e('eiving- thl' notin' "I' \,IJ(' details for til(' Stradhl'okl' (:Ull (:Ol1ljll'I iLiun, so it has bel'n tI('tided that. til<' dut(, 1'01' Ill{' (,()lllllH'lleelnent of thl' allll'I' Ilial"v shon ld 1,(' alLel'ed to 1st March. . 'rh(' l'(' hal/(' ut't'n several qUl'stions ahout L1l(> Iliary, to whi('h a genl'l'al anSWl'1" is g-iv('n hplow. It is not intcndf'cI that th(' Diary should "olltain l'ntries by each GuidI', evel'Y week. The work should ],(' divided amongst thp PatloIs, It has \)(,(·n suggested that Patl'ols take month ahout to keep th(, Dial'Y, This would lot' qUitl' all right, hut any (Jthel' ulTangement for the division of labow' would he equally C01'1','Ct. Rul(,s :-;hou ld not h(' too hard and fasl; natlll'ally any intel'estinA' fact 01' happenint:' observed IIY any mem\)el' of thp Company ~hnuld be included, ilTcspectivI' of wheillPI' 01" not h(,l' Patrol is 1'esponsiblt, 1'01' the Diarv al Lhat time. ' Tht' aim is to pl'odute an intl"l't'sting- chl'IH]kl,', to which all membf'1'~ 01' the Company have, ('nnl'tibuted somethi ng, The method adopted hv the Company in ('Illnpiling the Diary should be desC'ribtod, B, E TD l~A ULKNER, Ilon, See, Stradlll'okp CllP Competition,
A ne w form of unifol'm for Guiders has hc('n approved for use in Victoria, It has the ap· pearancc of a full-length (:oat, buttoned dowl1 the front with inverted pleats on the sides, and the usual patch pockets, worn over a whit!' shirt 01' blouse, with the ordinary Guiders' belt. It is intended (a) for Guiders who do not wish to purchase a coai and skirt' 01 (h) mad E' in drill as a fll1mmer uniforlll. '
COUNTRY NEWS. 1st Poowong Guide Company and B~ownie ,Pack celebrated their first birthday WIth an mdoor rally. The programme included a physical culture display and sing-songs by the Scouts and the Brownies, Colors were pre-
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This yt'ar Wt' hUllt' to puhlish J"('g'ular hadg"(' :irliclt,s and Natu!'e talks. We would likt· to mak(' an urgt'nt rNllw,;t thaL Guidel's will let Us have' any !;ugge~tions Ihat will ('nahle us to cater mOl'e fully f01' their needs, Ti has been suggested that now "Matilda" afJP~ars ea('h month, ('aptains might (·xchange ideas on pl'oblC'll1s o[ eompuny management through ihl' ('onesponrl enc(' columns, f' O that all 111 ight benefit, We hop(' ihat Cuiders will ('ontinue (,(1 support "Matilda," and hplp Il~ to make it Jllor(' interesting. Our linal rl'minclt-r is that ('ontributiOlIS should reach lh(' Rdilol' Jlol lat " r than 231'<1 of eac'h month ,
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sented to the Coinpany by the loeal Executive, whilst the Guides and Brownics werc in horsel'hoc (oP;l1ation. Thc . VistJ;ict':. Commi:;sioner, Mrs. MeWil , liam, and the " cout Country Commissioner (Rev. E. F. 'C ooper) wCI'e present. The Companies at Koruinburnt, A1'awatha and Bella werc represcnted.
CAMPING, In!J -:JO. Twenty Guidc Camps werc held this SUlllIller, ~o that a great 1nany mor(' 'hildren spent a. Guidc holiday tllllier canvas than any prcVIOUS veal' hen', Mall'y of thc l:alll]Js were <It the seaside, which in SOmc cases mcant. that children fro\1\ I.he l:ountry :;aw, the f;ea for tht" first' time, :lnd in other cases ehildrcl1 from Melb ume ' \'alllped inland, thus enjoying Llw hill!'! and Kullies and river scenery, ' . The 1st East'l'J1 11 ill Rangers and U uides had all indoor camp with Miss Morion at ~hcrbl'ooke; Miss Campbell camped ai Lara fOl' a week with Rangers, and a week with <:uidcs frol11 the Fit.Z1'OY di:;;trict; Miss Hay111'111 also had two week' <It Eltham wit.h Ran"ers and Guides from Sand ring ham and Hampton . :~]'(l Richmond, with some Guide:;; from 1st Broadford, were at Eltham with Mi1's rquhart, and 2nd Sl. Kilda wcnt with Mrs. Potter to Mount Evelyn. CampI' by the sea includ!!d une at MelTicks, with Miss Thewlil' in eharge, of 1st Armadale and :lrd Kew, while sites at. Sunnyside, Morningion, and Hendra, I<~l'ank ston, wel'e used JOI' six camp:-:, a]Jal't froll1 those organised by the (:alJlping Departments. Miss Mills, with 1st :-{urrey ~Iills Rangers Miss Moore with (;uidcs [rom Canterbury District, were at Sunnyside, while Mi ss Nethercoie, with Guides frol1l Kooyong, Kew and Ivanhoe; Miss Purl1fOlI, with a Geelong District Camp; Mi::;:; Sall110n with Cambcrw('11 Guides; Miss Bush with (;uides from Bendigo, Kel'ang, Shepparton, Kyahl'ClI1l and Lone Companies, W!!rt' at J-Ien,[,¡a. TIll' s i" \:amp:i organised by the Camping lJ c partmen~ included four at Sunnyside and two at Hendra. At i'lul1nyside Miss Barfus had two c:ombined camps of Rangers from 1st i'lt. Kilda, 1st Hawthorn, 1st Drouin, 1st Malvern, Malvern District, 1st Ballarat 1st Bendigo, lst Toorak College, 3rd Be~digo, 1st Melbourne, 1st Hamilton, 1st Albert Park, 1st (~eelol1g, 1st, 2nd and ~rd Victol'iall Lones, 1st Kyabra111, 1st Prahran, 1st Tallangatta, 1st ~t. Arnaud, ~l1d Heidelberg, 3rd a.mherwcll, J :;t, Casterion, ~nd North Melbourne. Miss Moore was in charge of a (;olllbilled eamp, wiih Guides from lsi Si. l"ilda Is1 Gardiner, 2nd Carlt()!l, 1st Maldon, 1st CI~nes; and Miss Purnell had a combined Gippsland ('amp, with Guides from ¡ Traralgon, KorrumhUl'ra, Yallourn, Bennison, Drouin, Foster Yanam , Wonthaggi, Stratford, Moe, Orbost: Poowong. At Hendra Guides from 1st Lancefield, 1st Northcote, Ararat, 1st Castlemaine, 1st Monbulk, were in a combined camp with Miss
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Ncthereote, and Miss Bush held a Training Camp for Guiders. , Several of the camps had "visitors" staying with them-too many to include names here ('xcept to mention the Guides from the Exten~ sion Branch, To those privileged to be there it was very goOd to see two Guides .from th~ ' ~nd Prnhran (the Blind) Company, in camp at Lara, and .fOUl' Guides from"2nd Heidelberg (Austin Hospital Company.J) at Merricks - and to see how splendidly they joined in camp lifl', and whai a big joy it was to them. From all reports, the camps were thoroughly enjoyable and happy, and onc hears everywhl're that, among the children at least there are already eager plans being made fo~' "our next (:(lnlP." And from whai one l:ould see lhl' l:uiders also, in spite of th l) trials of wind :lIlel rain and heat, were also thoroughly enjoyIng th~mKelves, .and showed signs ihat they, ~oo, Wlt.h t.he chlldL'en , would be planning for j uturc camps. Those camps which began S001l aHer ChristIna:; Day had a vcry fair share of variations in the weaiher, as ihe heavy rain, and in many ('ases I)xceptionally strong winds, were enough to provide a very good test of the Camper's ability to deal with such conditions. These difficult situations were handled splent!idly by all the Guiders coneemed, helped by th~ .children, who, with a .very good, happy SPll'lt, enterf'rl t.horoughly mtu the work and fun. The weaiher impruved with the new year ~he later camps having, on the whole, beauti~ illl days and calm, cool nights- in fact, the weather at t.hf' Campcraft Week, the last of the season, was almost too even as some at I ~ast wished for more variation, to give practice in dealing with emergencies. Camps c:ould not be held if Guider::; were unable to arrange with owners for the use of theil' lan~, and ther~ must always be a very deep feelmg of gratItude and appreciation to all ihose. who have leni ~ite::;, and who, toKether With many other .fl'iends of the movement, too numerous to mention, have contributed so willingly, in so many different ways to the success and happiness of the camps. ' Each camp will have its own story to tell of the fun and happiness-of all that hap~ pened at "our" camp-and each Guider who had the privilege of camping with the children could not but realise how much she as a Guide,', owed to Camp, which is, as the Chief Scou~ ~ay;~, .in Girl Guiding, "her greatest opPOl'tulllty m her "fun of playing the ga"l1e in guiding girls." M. E. BUSH. RANGER PROGRAMME. Th programme for the two mOl'lt,hlv ..... ~~t_ ings for metropolitan Rangers has been drawn up for 1930. The meetings are arrangcQ i .., far as possible, for the last Saturday in' the month, The proposed plan isI<'eb~'uary (22nd).-Swimming Carnival. Apnl.-Talk on League of Nations. June-Social and Country Dancing. August-Debate. October-Annual Conference.
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FrOlll a Guiders' Callll [ hear "Rally," I hear "L{ally," 11 ark, quiLc ncar, had;:, tluite ncar, Pittcr, paLtcr, footstep:;, Pitler, paller, fooLsLt'ps, '''e'I'e all hel'e, we'n~ :111 here! :j: :!: :1: :j: '1'" I.he LUlie oJ "TiL Willow," with apolo"ies. "On the _banl,s of a dam SOlll(' Gii'l Guides were camped, J\ lid Lhey worked from morning till night, Alld I said to them: 'Guiders, why. slave in lilis way, \\I11\'n you should he so carefree and gay?' WiLh a ~ igh ilwy replied 'This fact doLh us sway, Thc C.A. is coming to-day!'" ('()nnESl'ONDENCE. Ilcn r
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I ' was IIlosL inLeresLed Lo read ill your \) ecelllbt'r number about Lhe early days of Guiding' in Viclol'ia, and or the two English (:niders of experience, Miss Robim;on and Miss Hogarth, who came out Lo help plaec (:uiding on a firm footing. I was then connccted to onc of ·thc larg-cst up-country branches, and was enrolled by Miss Hogarth. Thcy spcnt a whole week in our district, and' I shall never {orget their visit. Everything in Guiding waf; so new to u.,; in Lhose days, that the things they told us, and the photos they showed us, tillcd us with enthus iasm, and a dcsire to learn more of the movcment. To-day we do feel we know a little more about the big game, but realise we have still mllch more to learn. While writing, Matilda, I wonder if you would be interested to know in this small town of ours we run a competition each year betwcen the Guides, Scouts, Brownies, and Cubs, for a Club Room Clock, presented by our Presidcnt, Mt·s. Troup. The first year the Guidcs won the clock by nine points. This year lhe Scouts beat the Guides by half a point, but our Brownies beat the Cubs by six points, so we are pleased to hold the clock for the second year in our Club Room. These competitions create quite a lot of interest. We had judges out from Ballarat. We realise it is hal'd to judge the work between us, but it is worlh while, and helps to raisc thc standard o( ' ompany work. If any of your readcrs arc intercsted, I will be pleased to send details of competition, and points given. Yours sincerely, Clunes. M. MOWBRAY. Dear Matilda, We must write and tell you all about the camp at Wooloomanatta, Lara, because no Guides have ever camped thllre before, and anyway, it was all such a thrill that we're simply dying to tell someone.
Febru/i.ry, 1930. --------------------------~~--Our thanks arc due to Major Fairbairn for allowing us to usc the site, to the ' managet" and his family, and evcryone else who did so much to make our camp enjoyable. The- Ii rst week the camp consisted of Ranl('crs from lhe I<'itzroy District com panics, :1I1d tht' s('cond wcck Lhe ' Guides came fl'olll lhe 1!'Hzl'oy :tnd Collingwood cOlllpanies. The l{an~n' invited two blind Guides lo camp with them. We just loved having thcm. and Uwy made us such a wonderful J)uddiul!. alld lovely stl'ong "tands for the hasins ill til<' wash t'ubic.:lcf:!. We hope lhaL wc'lI he alile to have hlind ~uidcs with us again next 'Year. Well, the wind blew tlurLc a lot at lirsL, but. when it is found that a trifle like t.hal didn't worry us, the wind secmed to lose heart, and only blew in gusts, and sometimes it forgot. to hlow for n whole day. New Year's Day waR likl' that, which was just as well, bccause we had sHeh a husy Unit'. You sec, it was hot, and we all wanted to swim in the big dam. It was so cxtensive, Matilda, that pcople like you would probably call it a lake, so don't. imaginc iL was a l11uddy watel·hole. will you'! The manager's son sUlJlmed up the importance of the day when he wrote in \tis diary: "To-day was Visiton;' Day. Miss Bu.-h camc to in 'pect the camp. AnoLher stray dog arrived as well, and wc dOIl't know who it belongs to!" So you sec we had no time to spare lhat day. The next day we hiked to thc You Yangs. We climbed I'ight to the top, and felt as Matlhew Flindcl"s must have felt when hc rcachcd that peak- only mOI'c cheerful, as we knew we would l!et a lilt part of the way home. Then cal11e a sad day, when the Rangers had to go hOI11l', but the Guides arrived the ~all1u day, Hnd were vel'y cheedul. As the weathel' was warlll in the second week, swimming took UJl a good deal of OUI' time, but on two afternoons we had the most exciting cricket match-the Staff bravely played against all the Guides--we will remember our fifth law, and refrain from quoting the SCores! We Guides also climbed the You Yangs. There was a special thrill about it, because we went to bed very early the night before, and got up about 5 o'clock next morning, and had tea and biscuits. Then we started on our climb, and enjoyed breakfast on the mount. We could just see our tents, 'way, 'way down below us. We were all very sorry to take our tents down, and bring our camp to an end. I haven't had time tei , tell you about our camp fires or the kingfishers and their nest, or the swans t~at flew a6'oss every night, nol to speak of the' hawk which was mistaken for nil aerojll:l1le - but therc is no time now. With he~t wishes from THE CAMPERS AT WOOLOOMANA'l"l'A. STAR TALK. "5000 years ago the Southern Cross was visible from the Baltic, and it is now on its return journey from the South to appear again above the European horizon." (From "Flags of the World"- W. J. Gordon).
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OUR BROWNIE PAGE. Something old, something new, Something magic, something true, Singing in plenty, a story to tell, And something to make you happy and well! PETER. A Story for Brownies. Thel'e was once a little boy called Peter, who was always saying: "Me too, me too!" When he looked through the window and saw f;omc one riding by he would call "I want to ride, too!" When he played in the garden, and ~aw lhe birds flying in and out of the trees, he would Htretch his arms up to the sky and cry "I want to fly, too!" And when he went down lo lhe pond where the little fishes swam, he would cry, 1'1 want to swim, too!" One day Peter was all alone at home. He had Hcated himself under a bush, close to the house, and was cracking his whip to pass t,he time 'w hen-Trot, Trot. Peter saw a white horse with a golden saddle on his back coming towards him, The horse stood still as he came in front of the boy, and said, "Jump on, Peter!" The boy at once jumped on his back tryillg "Now I can go for a ride. HUlTah!" Trol Trot- and off they went. N,:l far away he passed his little sis~er, standing- outside a gate. "Where are you gOlllg til, Pele!"!" she called, "Out in lhe, world';: ('ried Peter, "Come too- lhel'e's lols 0/ room, ' "No I'd rather stay home," she said, "Oh, .\',1('11, ~lay lhen," he cl'ied exc:itedly, "Guodhye!" And he cracked his whip, and lhe horse galloped 011. First they went acruss a large lIlt'adow then they climbed a hill, then they went th;'ough a thick, dark wood, After this they tame lo a lovely gl'eel1 field, full of red and hlue flowers, and then to anolher woodjust a tiny one, this time--and here the trees weI'" 110 hi~heJ' than ol'llinul'y gt'ass- and they !llood so close together that one couldn't sec tlw "al,th, At the end of this wood was a very high sandbank, up which the while hui'se pl'Oceeded to dimb, but mOl'e and more slowly, and not without Home ditliculLy, until he reuchl'd the vcry top- and thel'(', at the foot of the othel' ;;ide of the emhankment, to his astunishment Petel' beheld stretches and sLI'etches or beautiful blue sea, "Now T ('an'l go any further, you must get down" said the horse, "But I want to go flll'lh~I'-T want to," cried the little hoy, ' A t this the hors(> kickl¡d up it:-; hind legs and gav(' a mighty jerk, and lhe b,oy was r<lIl('(1 ull' the hOI'~e's IJack and on lo lhe sandlrank, when he rolled down, down, dtlwn until - splash--he had reached the bottom, and fallen into ' the sea! , Just then a reddish goldfish slipped in be'tween hjs legs. "Now I can go for another ride" cried Peter, sitting up very straight on the 'fish. "Now you must swim," said the fish. "Why, that's even better!" cried Peter, and off they swam through the deep, wide sea. And down at the bottom of the sea all the little
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fishes were looking on and dancing with joy when they saw Peter svy'imming alo~g; !lnrl above tht' birds were flymg and peermg mto the w'ater at him, and saying "Look, Look! Why, that's Peter!" and as ,they swam farth~r and farthel', they met a S~IP, and on the ship stood Peter's father, lookmg very angt'y, and peering anxiously about him, crying: "Where can the boy be where can he be'!" And as Peter heard thi~ he cried to the fish: "Quick, go deepel', or he'll see me!" The fish dived under, and landed at the bottom of the sea where the white shells were glistening, and' the red stars shining', But Peter had his eyes full of water, and he was soaking wet all over, He cried: "I want to get back-I want to get away!" At this the fish shot up to the surface, and gave a mighty jerk as he was about to dive down again; at the same time a large black and white bird who was flying by caught Peter in his beak and threw him over his head on to his back, and flew away, "What luck," cried Peter! Now I can fly!" The bird flew higher and higher-the sea sank lower and lower, and had soon disappeared altogether, A vision all in black passed them -it was light on her way down to the earthbut they flew on, higher and higher, up to the moon and the little stars. "Good evening, Peter! You he re! Why, it's terribly late, and you should have been in bed long ago!" cried all the little stars at once. "But I don't want to sleep," said Peter, "I want to fly higher and higher up the sky, and follow the sun on the other side," The stars laugh ed-"I cannot fly any hi,gh(>r," said the bird "you had better g'o on flYll1g on that cloud! l'lIul'l'ah! I'll fly on that cloud," cried Peter and the ne xt moment the cloud came by a~d took the boy in his arms-so gentle and soft was the cloud, But all of a sudden as they flew high up there, it seemed to Peter that he felt- two big, hot tears trickling down his cheeks, "Feels just like my mother's tears," said Peter a little sadly, "Yes, my boy," said the cloud: "they are your mother's tears-as I came by she was crying, and I brought them with me. Wipe them quickly," he added, "we are getting neal' the sky, and you must hav!' a clean face," Peter began to cry, and sobbcd: "I don't want to go to the sky, and I don't wunt to see the sun, I want to go home," As soon as he had said this the cloud began to go lower and lower, and very quicklythud! Therc lay the boy under the bush neal' his homc- and in front of him stood hi~ mother- and nev('r was Peter more pleased t.o see he!' and the sun smiled pleasantly on them both, ' F, LOWENBF.RG . (Translated by a Bl'ownie Guider,) BROWNIE TRAINING. The first course of Brownie Training Classes will begin on Tuesday, 25th February, The Classes will be held at 7.45 p.m. at Guide Headquarters, 60 Market Street, Melbourne. The trainer will be Miss M, Brown.
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(Taken on Reading "Flags of the World-':"'Past and Present--Their History . and Associations," by W. J. Gordon.) The original standard of Rome was the simple wisp of straw which has now come so low as to be used by road menders and hung under bridges to mean "No Thoroughfare." A Standard is that which stands by itself, a s an upright post or pole-then has come to mean that which fli es from it. .\ Pennant or Pendant-long, narrow flag, ends in point, and hangs from a height. Hunting.-9in. x 40yds. Made in Yorkshire. Toggle-a spindle-shaped wooden pin beneath which is pitched the rising end of halliards. Red Flag-Mutiny and Revolution. White Flag-Amity and goodwill, Truce, Surrender. Yellow Flag-(or black and yelJow) - Infectious illness. Gr(,(,11 Flag-Hoisted over a wreck. Black Flag-Mourning and death. Hlack Flag. with Skull and Crossbon('s - Pirate. Red CroS!]. with ' arms of equal length, half as wide a~ they .1l'e long, stopping short of' the edgl's of th e white field; hospital ancl amhulance flag (lXG:l Intel'l1ational Conference, Geneva). (N.B.- Ditl."crl'nce hetween Rl'.1 Cross and St. George's Cro'ss, latter extc'nds to edges of white field.- F.V.B.). Dipping-Mark of honouJ' and l'espcct; the flag is run down, thell up again. Royal Standard may nevel' be flown except when Sovereign is actually present; it may not he used for decoration. On Church Towers the propel' flag is that oJ' St. George, irrespcctive of the Sahlt to whom the Church has been dedicated. The only flags the civilian may fly for patJ'iotic 01' dl'corative purposes are the Union Jack and the Red Ensign. Ii'. V. BARFUS.
GUIDERS OVERSEAS. Guiders ~ho are travelling usually find their enj{lyment greatly increased by being put in touch with the various organisations overseas. Those who know Miss Jean Macmorran will be interested to heal' what she writes to Miss Irving from Somerset, England. She arrived carly in October. "It was awfully good of you to ..w~it~ to the
Durban, Cape Town and London Guide Headquarters, and I have appreciated it. I did not have time to look up the Guides at Durban, much as I wanted -to, but at Cape Town I went to the Headquarters, and had a very pleasant hour there with the Secretary and Mrs. Campbell, Head of Rangers. They were very good to me, and made me stay to morning tea, and we discussed the color question and its relation to Guiding. They had planned to take me for a drive ronnd Cape Town, ancl a visit to a Company, but as I sailed again that day, it could not be arranged. I only had three "hectic" days in London, but I found time to go to Headquarters. ancl ~aw Miss Hill, who knew that I was coming. r do hope I shall be able to sec her ag-ain. J have met Miss Paterson, Guide Secl'C'Ltu'y in Glasgow, and she is going to al'l'unge for n](' to see some companies there. Now I am spending three weeks here in Somerset, with my uncle. It is a beautiful spot, right in the country. At the end of this month I am going to Waddow Hall in ClithcroC', Lahcs., for a training week a s I cannot manage Foxlease this year. I am looking fOJ'ward to it immensely, and will Ipt Y(lII know how I c' njoyed it."
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(;ellel'al Guide Tl'aining. The first COUJ's:- of Training Classes :1'.01' Guidel's and prospective Guiders will bQg in on FnJDA Y, 28th February, 1930. The Classl';; will b::! held at 7.45 p.m. at Guide Heaclquartel's, 60 Market Street, Melbourne; Miss Swinburne will be in charge. Further Cq,urses will be announced later; the second Course .w ill probably begin in April. MERLE BUSH, Head of Training.
WARRANTS AND REGISTRATIONS. Lieutenant:. 1st East Doncaster-Miss Bullock. Packs:. 1st Nort h Melbourne. 1st Richmond. 1st Winchelsea. Companies. 4th Bendigo. . 1st Melbourne. i.. 1st "Queens~liff (S. Georges). :... <:l rd ¡RichmorYrl - .. .
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