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Number Seven
JANUARY, 1935.
RALLY PROGRAMME. Programme Guide Rally, 28th December, 7th JANUARY. N.B.-This programme is being printed in an attractive leaflet form, with map, and will be available (price 3d.) on 21st December. SATURDAY, 29th DECEMBER, 1934. Free. MORNING AFTERNOON District Parties. These parties have been arranged by Metropolitan Districts so that Campers and Metropolitan Guides will meet each other. The form of the parties varies in each district . Bird Lecture by Miss Joan 7.45 p.m. Harper. This lecture has been arranged by the Committee of the Victorian Guiders' Club, and is to be given in the M~eting Pool, Guide HeadquarWrs, 60 Market Street, Melbourne. SUNDAY, 30th DECEMBER, 1934. MORNING Denominational Church Parades in districts. AFTERNOON Free-Guides' Own in camps. EVENING Free. JAMBOREE. The Scout Jamboree is at Frankston, 31} miles from Melbourne. It is expected that there will be over 9000 Scouts in camp and over 6000 Guides there for the Rally Day; while 1000 Brownies win go down for the Brownie and Cub Day. CAMP HOSPITAL. Preparations for the Jamboree camp are proceeding rapidly. The camp hospital, a big marquee and smaller tents, together with a wooden building for the staff will be organised and run by the Girl Guides' Association under the leadership of Matron Grace Wilson, of the Alfred Hospital. She will have the assistan~ of two trained dispensers and between 50 and 60 nurses and V.A.D.'s, all of whom are Guides. MONDA Y, 31st DECEMBER, 1934. MORNING Rangers and Guiders may visit factories such as Bryant & May; Foy & Gibson's Woollen Mills: Rosella; Swallow & Ariell's. (Continued in Next Column)
STOP PRESS TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEE (Miss S. Cameron). "Help the Railways to help you." Allow plenty of time to catch your train. 2. See your local Station-Master about getting the tickets a day or two BEFORE each big fixture (Rally, Gymkhana, Combined Service, Hike). 3. If in doubt, ask one of the Transport Guid¡ el'S (with pink a,rmbands), who will be on duty at Flinders Street, Spencer Street and suburban destination stations. 1.
RALL Y COMMITTEE (Miss M. E. Bush). COME to Frankston for the Brownie and Cub Day on 31st December. COME for the Guide and Scout Rally on the 1st January. COME to Moonee Valley for the Guide Gymkhana on 5th January. 2. READ the Rally Circulars. and know all plans. 3. BE SURE that all uniforms. ties, title tapes, lanyards, are spotlessly clean, and all belts and badges bright and shining. 4. BRING all your friends and relations on the three days. BRING bright smiles to greet the Chiefs. 1.
DISPLAY COMMITTEE (Miss D. Irving). Remember the Flood! Do not forget your umbrella AND yonr right arm AND your right shoulder! Look for rabbits, friends and relations.
STATE SECRETARY (Miss S. Irving) Three things to remember on all occasions. 1.
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AF'I'ERNOON. 2.30 p.m. Brownie and Cub welcome to the Chief Scout and Chief Guide at the Jamboree, Frankston. 2.30 p.m. -March Past Brownie Packs, Wolf Cub Packs, Brownie Toadstool. Cub Grand Howl, Chiefs' Talk, Cub Grand Howl. Action Song, Brownies. Figure Marching, Wolf Cubs. Grand Salute-Brownies. Wolf Cub Display. 2.30 ·p.m. Launch trip to the mouth of the Yarra, arranged by the Melbourne Harbour Trust Commission. River trip to Dight's Falls in 2.30 p.m. the "Fairyland," 9d. return. Training Session for Guiders. EVENING Campfire at each Camp. TUESDAY, 1st JANUARY, 1935. Combined Guide and Scout Rally at the Jamboree, Frankston. PROGRAMME. March Past of Scouts and Guides. Talks by the Chief Scout and the Chief Guide. Guide Displays. Scout Displays. Admission: Guides in Uniform FREE. PubliCI: Adults 1/ -, ChiIdr~m 6d. Grandstand: Unreserved 2/-, Reserved 4/-. WEDNESDA Y, 2nd JANUARY, 1935. MORNING Rangers and Guiders may visit factories as on Monday, 31st. Visits to the Shrine of Remembrance; Efftee Studios; Training Session for Guider'!. AFTERNOON Visits to the Shrine of Remembrance; "The Star" and "Herald" Offices (Guides only). Launch trip to the mouth of 2.30 p.m. the Yarra an1anged by the Melbourne Harbour Trust Commission. EVENING Guiders' Party to the Chief 7.30 p.m. Guide, Town Hall, Melbourne. PROGRAMME. Welcome to the Chief Guide. 7.45 p.m. after which Lady BadenPowell will visit groups of Guiders in turn. Stunts by Guiders. Supper. Songs. THURSDAY, 3rd JANUARY, 1935. MORNING Open-air day at Notting Hill. On arrival at Mrs. Best's property (nearest station, SYNDAL) companies will divide into camps of Guiders, Rangers, Patrol Leaders, Rangers and Guides. The Chief Guide will move round the camps, spending an equal time with each.
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FRIDAY, 4th JANUARY, 1935. All day Conference for Commissioners at Janet Clarke Hall, The University, Melbourne. Rangers and Guiders may visit factories ~s before. Visits to the Shrine of Remembrance and Efftee Studio. Training Session for Guiders. AFTERNOON Pantomime Party. Visits to the Mint (Rangers only); "Star" and "He.I·ald·' Newspaper offices (Guide~ only); Fire Brigade Headqualters. Training Session for Guider~. EVENING Commissioners' Dinner to the Chief Guide. Theatre Party-Guiders and Rangers. SATURDAY, ' 5th JANUARY, 1935. MORNING Visit to the Shrine of Remembrance. AFTERNOON Extension Guides' Party. Guide Gymkhana at Moonee Valley RacecoursE'. Admission: Adults 1/-, Children 3d. Guides and Scouts in Uniform-FREE. PROGRAMME. March Past-Mrs. James Storrow, Chairman of the World Committee, to take the Salute. Displays by: New Zealand-Maori Display. New South Wales-The Union Jack. South Australia-The Landing of the Buffalo. Tasmania-The Dance of the Platypus. Victoria-Brownies. Western Australia-Display. There will be competitions and contests to interest everyone. EVENING-Campfire with the Chief Guide and Mrs. James Storrow. SUNDAY, 6th JANUARY, 1935. 3.30 p.m.-Guide Service on Scotch College Grounds. The Heads of various Denominations are arranging the Service. Addresses will be given by the Chief Guide and Archbishop Head. The "Free Time" shown on the programme will probably be filled with visits to the Zoo. where admittance for Guides in uniform will be Id.; the Botanical Gardens, the Fitzroy Gardens (look there for Captain Cook's Co~ tage). the Art Gallery, the Flagstaff Gardens, the Telephone Exchange, Beaches and Swimming Baths, etc., etc .. etc. These visits will be arranged by individual I CamPL J Fares: Guides and Rangers in uniform . travel for half fare on all tram lines. and con- , cession will he available on the Railways.
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Guide Gymkhana and Rally. MOONEE VALLEY RACECOURSE Saturday, 5th January, 1935. Gymkhana-About 20 competitions and contests which will interest Guides and the public are being arranged. Entrance fee for each competition will be one penny. ARENA PROGRAMME. 3 p.m.-March Past. Mrs. Storr ow, Chairman of the World Committee, will take the Salute. Displays by Guides of New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, New Zealand, and Brownies of Victoria. Horseshoe.-The Lady Baden-Powell will speak. Transport.-Miss Cameron, Convener for Transport, reminds Guiders to allow plenty of time for travelling by trains and trams, as there will be a great many travelling on that day. The special train on which Brownies will travel will leave Flinders Street, No. 10 East, at 1.45 p.m. Train times for Guides will be advertised in the papers. E ntrance.-Companies and Packs will enter by the Dean Street entrance. Coats should be made into bundles, labelled with name of Company or Pack and number of Group, and put into Group positions in Tca Room behind concrete stand. Com panies Staying for the Camp Fire, and having tea at Moonee Valley, should bring food in suitcases, labelled with name of company and group. These cases may be put in Tea Room behind concrete stand. Hot and cold water will be provided. Captains must bring everything else required. Grou ps will be as follows:1-Interstate Guides. 2-Victorian Guides in Indoor Camps. 3-Country Guides not in Indoor Camps. 4-Cheltenham-Mentone Division. 5-Croydon-Mitcham Division. 6--Eastern Suburbs. 7-North-Eastern Suburbs. 8-0uter Eastern Suburbs. 9-Southern Suburbs. 10-South-Eastern Suburbs. ll-South-Western Suburbs. 12-Western Suburbs. March Past-Guides and Brownies should be ready for the March Past at 2.45 at Group positions, indicated by numbers. Brownies will assemble in Groups and led by Group Guiders will "trail" to the Saluting Base, where they will divide right and left (see plan) and go to the Dressing Area, to collect caps and aprons, etc. Colours.-All Colours belonging to each Group will be at the head of the Group, marching two Colour Parties abreast, Escorts marching with Bearers. At red flag A, Bearers will salute by letting fly of flag loose, and will catch it in r.gain at white flag B. Escorts do not salute. At white flag B, one Colour Party inclines to right, and to left.
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Guides will march eight abreast. At red flags A, Guides will salute for eight paces to white flags B, then will divide, four Guides inclining to the right, and four to the left. A diagram will be sent showing movements for March Past. No orders will be given. Mtel' the March Past, Guides, still keeping rank~, will march to concrete stand and will remain in stand and on grass in front till March Past ends. 3.30 Displays.-1, Action Song, "Busy Little Brownies We"-Brownies of Victoria. 2.-The Landing of the Buffal<r-Souih Australia. 3.-The Dance of the Platypus-Tasmania. 4-Maori Display-New Zealand. 5-Display-Western Australia. 6--The Building of the Union Jack-New SoutIi Wales. 4.45 Horseshoe.-Guides will assemble. quickly in eights immediately after final display, in same order as for March Past, with Colours at the head of each Group. Leaders of each section will have practiced beforehand, other. Guides follow. On reaching position!; in Horseshoe Guides, still four deep, inwards turn without any order, and continue marking time till correct spacing has been obtained and they are told to halt by Group Guider. The Colours will all be at the ends of the Horseshoe; Group Guiders will lead Colours to positions. Brownies.- Brownies will assemble in same order as for March Past. When Horseshoe is formed, Brownies, led by Group Guiders, will make a Fairy Ring inside it. The Chief Guide and Mrs. Storrow will speak. The National Anthem will be sung. On dismissal of Colours, Colour Parties on the right hand side will march across open end of Horseshoe, and away to case Colourg., led by Group Guiders. Those on left hand side will then march across open end. Guides salute as Colours pass. On dismissal of Horseshoe, all Guides take once pace forward, salute and break aw:;ty and scatter Quickly. Group Guiders will wear coloured armbands. N.B.-All general details as regards uniform, groundsheets, etc., contained in the Jambor'ee and Rally circular apply to the Gymkhana also. In this circular, the word "Guide" applies to Rangers as well as Guides. Tea.-Group numbers will indicate positions where Companies have tea; Brownies will not stay for tea. Camp Fire.-The Chief Guide, The Ladv Baden-Powell, the State Commissioner, Lady Chauve1, and the Chairman of the World COp1mittee, Mrs. James Storrow, will be at th~ Camp Fire. It will begin at 7 p .m. and end at 8.15. Among the songs to be sung will be The Mermaid, Some Folks Do. the Crocodile. The Bush Night Song, the World Song, the Polar Bear, The Kookaburra, Birds of the Bush. M. E. BUSH, Convener, Rally Committee.
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JANUARY 5th, 1935. COMPETITIONS AND CONTESTS. The race of the driverless "cars." Direc:' your own "car." What is t he "car"? That i; our secret. Safety guaranteed. Operate the loudspeaker control of the "car" that cannot "steer" itself. Enter your "car" against the field. S.O.S. A cry from the river-can you throw th'3 line? Rewards for the champions-be on the brink! The last Match-who can roast the crabs on the desert island? The last star. A fraction out of place is a billion miles of space! Make the light go up. Here's Aunt Sally! Crack goes the stick, and down goes the snowball. "Ponies in the paddock," darts upon the target. A ball to hit straight, and skittles to send flying. And look! Here's the strong man with the weights upon his head. L~arn to carry the weight! Pay your p{;nny and pick up the token. See what awaits you! The Dellny on the square, the ring around the bottle, a puzzie of the flag, and the crvquet maze. Can yon put the Ball in the Bucket 'f Th~ Obstacle Race-cheen them as they r.rawl and climb, Crawl and climb and race the field . Competitions will begin at 2.15, and will continue throughout the afternoon except for the times necessary for the March Past-2.45-3.20, and for the Horsesho~.45-5.20.
GUIDE SERVICE. On Sunday, 6th January, the Service for Guides will be held on t he Scotch College Grounds Hawthorn, by kind permission of the College Council. The service has been arranged by the Heads of the Churches, and it is hope.l that as many Guides as possible will take part. Parents and friends may also attend. Addresses will be given by the Chief Guide and Archbishop Head. Hymns to be sung will be"Once to Every Man and Nation," tune 56H, English Hymnal. "Land of our Birth," tune 647, Presbyterian Psalter and Hymnal. "P raise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore Him," tune, Austrian Anthem. "All People that on Earth do Dwell." Old Hundredth. F OR SALE. O FFICER'S UNIFORM, tailor-made, perfect order, woman's size, also Guider's Drill Jumper. ÂŁ2/10/ -. THOMAS, F4619.
Dear Matilda, Of course, Miss Purnell should be writing this, but she said that what with counting labels and getting a different answer each time she really hadn't a minute. Well, of cours ~ , we can't all be good at everything, and I must confess that counting isn't my strongest point, either. Only it was not labels when I saw her -it was palliasses, and you know, Matilda. that if you have 1800 Guides, and after several counts you are sure that you have only 900 palliass-es, well, however good at numbers you are, the answer is not going to be satisfactory. Perhaps your readers have one that they could lend! Just send it to the Guide Office if you have, and see how welcome it is. Well, here we are in December at last, and the Great Girl Guide Rally is no longer something that is going to happen, because for some people it has already occurred. Some New Zealanders are expected before Christmas. Scotland has already arrived, and on the 27th an advance contingent of some 70 Guides ana Guiders ar rive at dawn from Tasmania and New Zealand. You know, Matilda, getting all the Guides into houses was some task, but a perfect army of voluntary helpers came to type letters, ann make armbands; and Miss Purnell said that really she didn't know if she would have been ready on the wharf without them. Not that she is going to meet the visitors actually as they arrive, because that is the TranspOl¡t Officers' job-you will meet those efficient ladies with pink armbands later, their job it is to wrest from unwilling Guides the luggage to which it is the first instinct of the traveller to cling. Miss Cameron, aided by a committee and the Yellow Express, have between them invented a luggage collecting system all of their own. This system is too difficult for ordinary minds to grasp, but it appears to be worked on the code idea with which we are ::W familiar in the secret service story-the main princip1es being that all works well until the key is lost. The Guides go to 36 places in all, some schools and hostels, and some Sunday schools. The Guides will probably think that camping in Sunday schools is more exciting and like real camp in tents. There is a lot less orderly work too, not so much dusting, and most of them are having their ~als in cafes and hotels. Two of the Sunday schools are cooking on their own premises, and arrangements have been made to put up bath tents and instal gas stoves, so t hat the Guides will have every luxury. But the schools, though undoubtedJ y more like home, are on the whole larger; there will be many more Guides to learn to know, and while there is more washing up to do there are (not like home) more people to do it with. The Commissioners will all be at the Janet Clarke Hall; and the Owls. both Brown and Tawny, are roosting at Ridley College with Miss Paling- as Mother Eagle Owl. Miss Bush will have Ranger and Guide Guiders at St. Catherine's, and there will be some vIsiting Guiders at each house to help the staff. Lady
Message from the State Commissioner. This month's "Matilda" will be published just at the time when we are having the great pleasure of a visit from the Chief Scout and Chief Guide, so the New Year is going to start splendidly for Victorian Guides, and I hope it wm continue to be a very happy and prosperous one for you all. I hope, too, that you will all enjoy the Rally Week and the Guide f€stivities and activities, with which we are going to celebrate Lady Baden-Powell's visit, and our Victorian Centenary, and that these will all go v€ry well and successfully. Before you read this, you will have had an opportunity of welcoming in person the Chief Scout and Chief Guide, so that I hardly n€ed to say here how very glad we are to have them with us, and what their visit will mean to the Girl Guide Movement in Victoria. -SIBYL CHAUVEL.
January, 1935.
Chauvel hopes to visit some of th€ camps, and Miss Purnell says that she thinks she will be able to visit each one for a meal. No, she isn't really going to have six meals a day, because the camps go on for ten days, and some are close enough to go for breakfast, and some very helpful Guiders have offered to drive her to the far-off places. Of course the Guides won't be in the houses very much, because there is a most comprehensive programme arranged for everybody. I think that the State Secretary must hav€ been working for months to fit it all in. By the time this is printed a most attractive diary will be on sale for 3d., which will give a complete list of events, and a map of Melbourne, showing the position of each indoor camp. Certainly the Rally for Scouts and Guides will be the most popular day, but the Gymkhana on January 5th should follow it very closely, because we do not know what exciting things are going to happen then. After reading th€ little blue paper (did you receive one, Matilda? Wasn't it interesting? IDspecially the part about encouraging the Guides not to take more sustenance than they require, and what Guide ever did know her capacity beforehand?) Well, after reading it we all feel that we know a good bit about the Rally, and we shall enjoy seeing it happen, but the Gymkhana is a new departure. There is a rumou, that Mrs. Storrow is to take the salute. W ~ know that she is the President of the World Committee of Guides and Girl Scouts, and that she gave the Chalet in Switzerland to all of us, and ·e very Guide will wish to bring her friends to see her-and, of course, another view of the Chief Guide. The same day and place is the Extension Party for Guides who are not strong €nough to take their place in the other companIes. They are specially lucky, for they are having the Chief Guide to tea, and any Ranger or Guide who has helped the Extension Guides in any way, such as being a "Baloo," is asked to come to the party, and to take this as their invitation, as there is really not time to ask them individually. There will be lots of blind Brownies, and 15 Guides and Brownies from the Austin Hospital all in cots, as well as many others, and the Royal Automobile Club has most kindly offered to take them there. Well, it seems a pity to leave ·o ut so many things that are happening in that 10 days. I could tell of the visits to the sea, and the river. of the trips to Woolworths and Coles to buy pr.e sents for the old folks at home, of the hike to Syndal, where snakes have never been seen , and the grass is lovely and green to eyes 'ot our children from the MalIee and grasshopper land, and a whole lot of things. But I think 1 will leave you with a list of the houses that have been lent to us, and if anybody wishes to trace any particular Guide, I believe that an alphabetical ili'st will be available at H.Q. during the Rally. Yours, etc. ONE OF THE CAMPING SUB-COMMITTEE . LIST OF HOUSES LENT. Church of England Hostel, Carlton. Club House, University.
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Matilda Knows-Do YOU? 1. That the following visitors from overseas
have arrived in AustraliaThe Chief Guide; Mrs. James Storrow, U.S.A., Chairman of World Committee; Mrs. Arthur L€win, Div. C., South Africa; Miss E. M. Francis, Dist. C., Molteno, South Africa; Miss Guendolen Wilkinson, Dist. C., St. Pancras; Mrs. Ronald Garrett, Div. C., Romford, Essex; Miss Maryot Manay, Captain 2nd Forres, Scotland. 2. That the Chief Guide wears a gold fish, and is the only member of the Movement in the World to do so. .3. That the Scout poles decorating the streets of Frankston are almost equal to th€ Venetian poles in the city of Melbourne. 4. That the floods pessimistically foretold for New Year's Day are now definitely "off." The only floods we hope to €xperience will be overflowing streams of Girl Guides.
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Brownies and the Rally.
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On Monday, Dec. 31st, hundreds of Brownies will travel down to Frankston to take part in the Brownie and Cub Day, at which both Lord and Lady Baden-Powell will be present. The Brownies will "trail" past the saluting base in groups, .waving and smiling at the. Chiefs as they pass. The groups will unite to form a large toadstool on the ground, Brownies with orange headbands forming the letters LAH (Browni.e motto: Lend a Hand), in the centre the Brownies will sit in this formation while the Cubs march past and give their Grand Howl. After the Cubs' Grand Howl, the Chiefs will speak to both Cubs and Brownies. Then comes the action song-"Little Brownies W e"-Metropolitan Packs are taking part in this, owing to the difficulty of Country Packs coming to rehearsals. Half the Brownies will be cooks armed with large wooden spoons, and half housemaids, with brushes and pans. All will wear caps and aprons. As a "farewell" to the Chiefs, the Brownies will give the "Grand Salute." They will be in double lines radiating from the centre like the spokes of a wheel. The Brownies will have another opportunity of se,e ing the Chiefs at the Gymkhana to be held at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Saturday, Jan. 5th, when the Brownies have been asked to repeat the action song-"Little Brownies We." As at the Brownie and Cub Day, the Brownies will "trail" past the saluting base in front of the Guides. The Brownie~ will NOT stay for Campfire. Further particulars as travelling facilities, etc., will be issued later. E.H.T.
"Oh, Daddy, DO come." "But why should I come to the Jamboree? It's all very well for you Guides to be there, but what is the good of your Mother and I being there?" "Oh, but, Daddy, you'll be able to see Kitty and me in a real March Past. We've never been in a March Past before, and I am just so excited about it all. Why, think of seeing the Chief Scout and the Chief Guide. It's absolutely thrilling, and they will both be there at the Rally on New Year's Day, and if you come you'll be able to see them too. Captain says there is a lovely hill on one side of the arena where people can sit to watch, and there are grandstands, too." "Well, yes, I suppose Mother and I would enjoy seeing you in a March Past, but is that all there will be?" "Oh, no, Daddy. Why, there will be 10,000 Scouts there, and they will march past, too, and there are · to be flags of all nations of the world. Captain says they will look lovely, so will ours, and we are taking our World Flag too. And then there is to be our Display. You know what our Industry display is, because we have told you all about it, but there are to be 20 other displays, and Guides are going to be along the coastline and the River Murray. I had a leter from Lorna, and she says the sea is going to look like real sea, and with sand, too. I don't know how, but it sounds beautiful. And there are exciting Scout Displays, too." "Well, you certainly make me feel as thougb I'd like to come." "Oh, Daddy, do come. Kitty and I will enjoy it ever so much more if we know you and Mother are there. And, you see, you could go to the Jamboree on the Brownie and Cub Day, too. The Brownies are going to make their toadstool and sing an action song and give their Grand Salute, and you know you always say what darling little things the Brownies look. And the Cubs are giving Displays too-one is called 'The Old Woman who lived in a Shoe'." "Well, that's two days, and I suppose Mother and I could find something to do the other days." "Oh, but, Daddy, there will be heaps to do. Why, there is all the Jamboree to see-all the parts you won't have time to see on Monday and Tuesday. It's acres and acres, and ther,~ are to be thousands of Scouts, and many of them have come from other countries. I hope we can go down another day and see the Camp, and then there are to be Displays every day, not iust on the two days we are to be there. Oh, i do hope we can go, as I'm sure there will neve'" be time to see everything on the Rally day." "Yes, I'd like to see the different Scout Camps, too." "Besides, Daddy, there is the Gymkhana." "What, a gymkhana?" "Yes, on tbe 5th at Moonee Valley Race· Course. There are going to be all sorts of (Continued on Page Ten)
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. All South Australia is looking forward to the visit of the Chief Guide with great interest. The following programme has been arranged: January 17-0pening of the Crafers' Training Centre by Lady Baden-Powell. Jan. 18, at 3 p.m.-Public Reception for State Council, all country and metropolitan branches and parents. 4.30 p.m.-Brownie Tea Party at Headquarters, and 8 p.m., Guiders Campfire. Jan. 19-All-day picnic for Commissioners, Guiders, Guides and Rangers, all Association members, parents and friends, at National Park, Belair. • Great preparations are being made up at the Crafers Training Centre in readiness for the opening. Most generous contributions have been made, and it will be a real home for guiding in South Australia
MATILDA COVER COMPETITION. The adjudicators for the recent competition in connection with a new cover for "Matilda" could not reach a final decision, so it has been decided to extend the closing date. to March ], 1935. The competition is open to all members of the Girl Guid,e organisation, their friends and relations. The prize money is £1/1/-.
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What to Look for in January. "The first fair month! In singing Summer's sphere She glows, the eldest daughter of the year. All light, all warmth, all passion, breaths of myrrh, And subtle hints of rose-lands, come with her. She is the warm, live month of lustre-she Makes glad the land and lulls the strong, sad sea. The highest hope comes with her. In her face Of pure, dear colour lives exalted grace; Her speech is beauty, and her radiant eye.s Are eloquent with splendid prophecies!" (Kendall). Birds.-Nest of the rufous fantail in fern gullies. Orchids.-Hyacinth orchid, scented leek orchid. Wildflowers.-Christmas bush, rosy storksbill. bluebell. elderberrv, slender yellow eye, field daisy, saw groundsel, heath daisy bush. rosemary everlasting, Austral trefoil. tall lobelia, shinin~ "urrant-bush, Alpine heath, Derwent SneE'dwell. frine-e lily. Stars.-Hydl"a (the Water-snake), Cancel' (the r,rabL Butt<>rflie",-KluQ:l!"'s Xen;"a . Bal"rprl Brown. Lar~e Wood Brown, Peapod Argus, MacleaY'f< Swallow-tail.
Field Notes from Frankston. While t.ho .Tl\mhOl"pP l\nd R>ll1y are taking Ilt F">lnk~t()n . t.horp. will rloubtles!l be moments when the cool glades of the tea-tree nll\~p
scrub will be sought and enjoyed by many Scouts and Guides. They must be careful to see, however, that the tea-tree is not damaged in any way, for recent investigations hav~ shown it to be gradually disappearing from our bay shores. Without this natural shelter in the hot weather, our beaches would lo~e much of their charm. Tea-tree, or leptospermum laerrgatum, to give it its correct titl~, was first named by that famous man, Captain Cook. He used its leaves to make an infusion for h is men when they were suffering from scurvy. It is a pity, too, that the modern spelling of the name is "ti-tree," for besides being incorrect, it severs the link connectingthis coastal shrub with the history of one of Australia's earliest explorers. Ramblers in the tea-tree thickets will find a rich and varied bird-life, and those who choose to rest awhile in the shadowy depths may perchance be entertained by the antics of a grey fantail or by the friendly ways of "yellow bob," the yellow robin. The ground thrush, too, should be eas.iJy identified by its erescent-patterned waistcoat, but being an extt"emely shy bird, it demands careful stalking. Honeyeaters of various species abound in the Banksia or honeysuckle trees-the yellowwinged, spine-bill, wattle-bird, greenie and many another. These honeysuckle or bottlebrush trees are yet another link with Australia's early history-they were named after Sir Joseph Banks, a pioneer botanist. Although wildflowers are scarce in January, the pink spotted flower of the. handsome hyaQinth orchid blooms under the tea tree in this hot month. Along the sands or over the moving waterB sea birds may be observed at leisure. The most common as well as most useful variety is the silver gull. With it, too, may often be seen the large Pacific gull, distinguished by a broad yellow bill. Although this gull has a black
. .,; l. ;. .O_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _:::.. .:MA:.:. . ::..T I L D A. and white plumage, the young birds are brown in colour for the first two years. Terns or sea swallows, so called on account of their pretty wavering flight over the waves, should be looked for, also gannets, with thei:: long pointed bills, so well adapted for deep sea fishing. Animal life is not wanting, either. Frankston is the home of the blue tongue lizard, also the, echidna or spring ant-eater-the "porcupine" of the Australian bush. Possums are. abundant and many a large domed nest of twigs may be found in the tea-tree scrub, occupied during the day time by sleeping tenants. But in the night time campers are likely to be awakened by the midnight frolics of playful "ringtails." -J.H.
January, 1935.
zerland to the Guides of all the World. And then we're going to make a huge Horseshoe. It will have to be a very big one if there are about 5,000 Guides in it. And the Chief Guide will be there then, too. Oh, Daddy, DO come." "Well, it all sounds so very nice, that I think perhaps we will."
MESSAGE FROM ESSEX. Mrs. Ronald Garrett (Division Commissioner Romford, Essex), visited Headquarters last month and brought a message of the friendliest greeting to Victorian Guides from the Guides of Essex. If any Guides or Rangers would like to correspond with an Essex Guide or Ranger would she write to Mrs. Ronald Garrett, care Guide H.Q., 60 Market Street?
Thank You Fund.
ANNUAL MEETING.
From now on the Secretary to this Fund will be Miss Dot Wykes, 94 Bowen Street, South Camberwell, but all correspondence in connection with the Fund should be addressed c/o. Girl Guide Association, 60 Market Stree-z, Melbourne, as previously. There are a few subscription for 1934 due which will, no doubt, come in within the next few days; but there are several more about which reminders have been sent out once, an.i in some cases twice. If any Company does not wish to continue to subscribe annually to this Fund, would the Captain please advise the Secretary. This would save some time and expense in sending out reminders needlessly. There are over 160 subscribers-Guide ann Ranger Companies, two Brownie Packs, and a f.ew individual subscribers-and it has been very g-ratifying to me to receive often m01'e than the promised 2/6. Sometimes ~ll patrols in the Company send along a donatIon, som~Â times a collection was taken up, sometimes the Company Birthday was celebrated by doubling the subscription. One Sea Ranger crew pays a penny for every Ranger who celebrates her Birthday in anv 'Particular month. and on tn~ Company Birthday they send along' 2/6. (Whieh reminds m_I was told the other day they had some money to pay in-I must ask the new Secretary to collect it.) Y.es, all the subscriptions and letters of g'ood WIshes have been very heartening. And. for the other P~ .... t of it the Fund has been able to advance QUIte a la~ge sum to Post Companies, and there is still a comfortable Bank Balance. The Balance sheet appears elsewhere in Matilda; or in a subsp.quent issue, perhaps. To all subscribers, many thanks for your cooperation and interest. FRANCES E. SEARS ,
The Annual Meeting of the Girl Guides Association, Victoria, was held at Guide Headquarters on 28th November. The Lady Huntingfiefd, State President, presided, and theJ.'2 were about 100 members and subscribers present at the meeting. The adoption of the Report was proposed by Mrs. Claude Couchman and Mrs. H. M. Hogg (Travelling Commission, Punjao, India) gave an interesting address on Guiding in India. S. H. IRVIN<;.
(Continued f~0!ll Pa~e Eight) competitions and excltmg thmgs to do, as we had at our Fair last year, only more of them, and then there are to be Displays all the afternoon. All the other States are g'iving displays. And there is to be another Mar~h P~st. I'm so glad about that. Mrs. Storr ow IS gomg to take the Salute that day. Captain told us all about Mrs. Storrow, and showed us her photo. She is the Chairman of the Wor:ld Co~Â mitte,e and she gave a lovely Chalet m SWlt-
Laugh and Grow Fat. Spring Cleaning is something of which we have all had experience; either we have been in the thick of the fray ourselves, armed with trusty broom, mop or duster; or we have suffered on the outskirts of other people's energy. The clean and shining peace which is the aftel'math of the storm is well worth the effort taken to secure it. The physical equivalent of spring-cleaning is hearty laughter. A good laugh, lasting until you ache, stretches the lungs to their fullest capacity, and causes the blood to circulate in the smallest and most remote cells. The good air then deals with the waste matter not usually reached in these out-of-the-way corners, and carries off impurities. Therefore a person who laughs much has a greater chance of good health than one less merry. The lungs being a vital organ, it follows that with right food and congenial work and surroundings, no one should be underweight; and one who can laugh in spite of a bad digestion and disappointing circumstances has a greater chance of "generous curves" than one who broods over misfortune.
COMMISSIONER FOR BROWNIES. We have to announce with regret the resignation of Miss A. E. F. Palin~ as Commissioner for Brownies. and with pleasure the appointment of Mrs, Frank Tate in her place. Miss Paling has been Commissioner fO<!' Brownies for over seven years, and we are immensely grateful to her for all the time, ener"'y and enthusiasm she has e-iven to the small oeople of the Movement. We are J!'lad t.hat she is not resigning her Eae-le Owl Diploma. and will still he responsible for the training of Brownie Guiders.