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JANUARY, 1938.
MESSAGE FROM LADY CHAUVEL. "Matilda's" appearance at the N e w Year give s m e an opportunity which 1 am v f:l r:, glad to tak e of sending my best wishes for 1938 to all Commissione rs and Guiders in Victoria, a .., d throu g h th m to (he Guides. I hope it will be a happy year, and a good year. fOr all ot us. J hav e just re c e ive d a d e lightful C3 rd add re ssed to m e "For th e Gi rl Guid e R of Victo"ia" from th e Chief R(.out and the Chie f Guid e , an acknowledgment of OUT good wishes (0 th e m on th e ir silver weddir,g (lay, It has a v e ry ni ce photogra ph of e ach of them, and across a sih'e r ground the words: "We both thank you ve ry warmly for your most kind thoughts of us." Thev both look so well in th !'ir photographs, just as tb ey did when I saw th e m in England and stayed with th e m at Pax Hill a fe w months ago. - SI BYL C HAUVEL.
EDITORIAL. W e wish all Guide rs a v e ry happy and succ e ssfu l y e ar, during 1938. Th e r e are several things W 9 would r e mind you of: Firstly, Thinking Day, which falls on th e 22nd February. If you watch th e pape rs you will notice dates for th e c losing of ove rse as mail. Secondly, h e lp us by paying your subscription wh en th e "yellow sticke r" arrives to t e ll you it is due . Thirdly, contributions are asl<e d for by th e Editors of various page s and th e Librarian wants h e r books returned. All these things have b ee n m e ntion e d in "Matilda" at various tim es. but th e b e ginning of th e y e ar ,;ee ms an id e al time to r !'mind y ou aga in .
WHAT WE WILL DO IN 1938. A N('w y oar! Ar~ unprinted page b e for e us! What fl n Adve nture! The P e ssimist said th e other <lay w e w e re starting off with a handicap-I nfantil e ParalysIs! C lose d Companies! Num bf'rs affecte d! But who listens to the P e ss in !::;t? And is it a handicap? Som .., Captains have be e n delighted with the response and co-operation of their' Guides, and have felt t.hey have begun to know them in quite anothe r way through their lette rs. Also, we have learnt a lot of new and useful ways to taC'1de tests and badges in th ~ way the Posts and Lones do. It's a challenge, certainly, but, like Spring C leaning in a house, it may put us ou t o f our
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strid e a littl e (a good thing if it jolts us out o( tIll' ruts, too), but is v e ry satisfac tory in the lon g ,¡un. Think of all th e forgotte n use ful things w e discov e r a t th e back of (.upboards, or on the top she lve s . Pop e Gre gory the Gre at lhought thal, if a thin g which h as got to be don e doe s not adva n ce through ass iduous e ffo, t. " " e n tha t whi c h has alre ad y b ee n done \\' 10' 11 , falls bac k, for the huma n soul in this world is lik e a ship asce nding against the stream of a. rive r1 it cannot b e s uffe r e d to( stay in on e pl a c e, f or it will float back to the lowe r parts unle ss it strive s fOl' a highe r. A N e w Y ea r "with an unprinte(l page"wh a t an " Opportunity!" Guiding is for the Brownie. Nimbl e feet, nimble finge rs, happy h art. Let u s k eep Guiding a Game ! Guiding is for the Guid e . Eage r to m e et Life , to p" e pare, to h e lp, to seek a dve nture , Let us k ee p Guiding alive ! Guiding is for the Ranger and e v e ryon e up to 8 1 (and ove r) . Out in the midst of things. living, worldng, thinking, sh a ring, se rving a nd lov ing. Let us k eep Guidin g happy. 1 a sk e d (he H e rmit in his c e ll The secr e t of. the wise\ to t e ll , He aske d m e then if I oould gu ess The "Se sam e " of happiness. The n I r e pli e d , "it c ome s by ste alth In royal gifts of h e alth and w ealth," "Nay," h e mad e a nswe r , know this spell, "Tis lov e , and live , and labour well." - Enid F a ulkn e r .
THINKING DAY.
22nd February, 1938. Coming a s it does, jus t a fte r the Companie s and P a cks re sum e m ee tings afte r th e summ e " ,¡e c e ss. t his v e ry important Guid e date som e tim e s c atch es us ur;awa r e s , a nd w e wish W I' had r eme mbere d soon e r, a nd pre p a r e d with the Guid e s a morE' worthy c e le bra tion Of the joir,t hirthday of our Chie fs. Thi s y ea r , with som e Compa ni e s a nd Pac-I{R still in r eceSIl owin g to the e pide mic, it may c a ll for a littl e e xtra inge nuity to plan so~ne W fLY of markiT'lg the date as a m e morabl e one. W e hope to have some spe cial Thinking Day Cards ava ila bl e by the middl e of January, ' !U tim e to post to othe r parts of the Guid e world to reach the r e by Thinking Day. Closll!g dates for mails will b e approximate ly as tol low ~ :-
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GUIDE CAMP HOUSE. Browni(' Guider!;. what hu\'c ~·ou donE' towards adopt ing' thE' ccttagl' on thc propos,' d Cum p House property for th(' US(' of Brownies? Thl' car outing to He:..lcsville was a huge suc cess. Miss Lardner and Committse would like to thanl, all thE' people who so kindly lent cars. '1 he nC'xt E'ffort will he a picture night to be hE'ld at the Regent Thpatre, COllins Street, City, on 14th Decem bel'. This function promises to bl' a succ('ss. PINlse let the Hon. S cretary, Miss Betty Casper, "Donego." Bu,dalohn Court, St. Kilda, know what yoU are doing to help to SWE'II the funds. We> hope to have £20 in hand before the New Year. Fund-4 raised to be sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Miss Mullin, 6 Allison Avenue, Gle>n Iris, S.E.6. -BETTY CASPER, Hon. Sec.
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'1'0 Gu!tlet·s of )':a8t('l'11 SubuJ'bs Dh istOll who
iute> 1() going to the " 'e<>k-cull bel11~ ]1('ld at \' j('h)1'il1. Cottage, }i'l'Ullkstou, fl'01l1 12th to 14th :\IUI'(' h. that YOUl' Ilame sholll(l be Fent In by 7th 1"<,b.'l.Uu'y to ;\lIss J. '\'nt'OIl, 1 Ghur'les St., .!dlmont.
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\Vc nrxt drove past the beautiful old Mission Chnrch of Sta Barbara to thc Day Camp. in til(' 10\'(' ly grounds of one or the City Parks Camp is open three days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Girl Scouts and two days a week for Brownies. We drove the car along a natural earth road ovcr a few roots and stonE's wPiI into the park and parked under a Shady J.if Oal,; there wcre Grey oak and Scrub oaks. and an oak which is nearly a ch stnut, native lilac which we call cE'ano thus and red leaf('d hlackherry which is poison if touched. and quantities of other shl'uhf! and shady trees, cl'eepers. rocks, mossE's. Lots of hirds; intpl'esting wood peckel'S with red crests, minute humming birds, insects, n E'sts, and paths ahout a natural woodland, quitc natural and scruhhy enough to be really interesting and attracth·('. \Ve ran into a group of Guides and grO'\Vnups and met a fair happy fac d girl, Miss Hansen. paid field Captain, and a Diploma'd nurse who is always in attendance. Miss Hansen took us OVE'r a little rise to the rocky banks of a dry stream bed where a group of children, including a Japanese girl, in green play suits of shorts and shirt, socklets with G. Scout badge on them, were busy fire,-lighting. Then WE' found Mrs. Travis, a member or the Council and wood craft director, in a nice shady spot surrounded by a large group or
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Scouts making wooden bOOks covers from B inch 3-ply wood cut to size and cover d with Dexterine glue, then covered thick with Postel' paint and laid to dry in the bright sun for about 20 minutes. Next a design was drawn with a. hlack brush and painted in colours. When dry this was smeared over with a rag dipped in bUl'llt sienna QIr umber to make It look old; a baCk made to fit, and a narrow cxtra piece of wood thronged on with leath e')' laccs to the back, and little hinges to the front to allow the book to open and fill. Othel' children were up in th<, forks of trees or propped against logs reading. Others with a saw and vice culting black walnuts into buttons. The black walnut is a native to the Eastern States but someone has a tree in Sta Barbara. Anothe r group and another leader were making nature design8, pinning a spray or flower or I !l.f firmly to Ozalic paper, and holding it in a fram e of cellophane and carboard, or in an old photo developing frame in the sun till thE' paper which is first blue, r e d or grCl'n. lUI'ns whit"" The paper Is then takpn out of the fram e and put into a large tin with a little open jar or bottle of amonia the lid fitt d tigh t1y back on the tin and left on 6 to 10 minutes till the design is printed. Another group were doing splatter d esigns. Pin the spray or flower firmly on nice paper. Splatter on calsomi n e or similar paint with a tooth brush through fine wire gauze, an old gravy strainer does. Very attractive words and leite rs can be pinned on too. A couple of children bad drawn a most attractivc map of the Day Camp. the papel' burnt off at the edges to look 16th century. Others had just returnE'd from the littl e museum about five minutes walk along a shaded lan e from tI,e park whE're they had gone to identify birds and flower·s. Th er~ were beautifully mount('d groups of birds, animals. and plants in thl' museum also< mineral spectmens and a collection of Aboriginal Indian things. Lastly \\' went to the Archery oval where Mrs. Hitchcock's 12-year-old and some others Wt'I't' shooting arrC"VR at a target in a very g'l'U('('ful sport. "'hE'n we returned to get the cal' til(' ellildrcn werc settling dO'Wn in little go;' up:;. of two and lh;c('s. and (lVl'n 0111''; to PDt till' lunch each had brought to the park, for drinks the girls order and buy milk delivl'red at tll(' park in sealed bottles. There wal'! no Raluting. few uniforms or badges and very little formality, the whole thing had a Lapp)' fripndly and thOToughly Guide spirit and atmosphE're. The followi ng week. Mrs. Hitchcock took MI'!;, Rt<'tson and r. another Commissioner to visit thE' Paradise VallE'Y Camp. 48 miles inland rrom Sl. Barbara . We left on a 10vl'l), bright cool morning about 7 o'clock. clil1lb~,l tit ... windiryg San MarCOS pass over the r()aR~ lange and went down into the valley wh,'!'.' the camp is, through attractive park like I'ountry, long white grass and" shady oaks [lila g!oriOUl!l lights on a wild jumble of hills an I mountains on the far horizon. The last half mile is steep and is fit only for Ol'l' way traffic so on visiting days some of the Guides do tTaffic-cop W,)~K giYing
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a red flag to the last car going to deliver to the last car in the proces ion back. 'l'l-e camp Is on a gently sloping hillside nict!ly co\'cred with shady trees, and groups of rocks and little hillocks; the dry grass had been cut lOI' meadow hay so was in a nice condition tor the camp. Over 60 girls were in camp with .-1. very keen and jolly Miss Peckham in charge. a nurse, a paid cook who has one Girl Scout as assistant, and a grown up with each group. The groups 11.1' made up of about 5 girls as lJ1uch the same age as possible. The girls looked attractive in fresh green Indian-head play suits, each group has a tent pitched a good way from th next group but the iron cot in which each Scout sleeps is under the stars and blankets were gaily airing. There was a s leeping bag on each b d and straw between the beds. They had a few stick gadgE'ts for holding things. There was a large artificial swimming pool with water running in and out and the water in the pool is chemically treated and tested befol'e each swim period. The girls must have a shower before entering the pool. It was a pretty sight to see a neat little figure and tiny humming-bird use the shower, at the same time. There was a check board and keys to check groups and girls entering the pool. Girls wearing red caps may swim in the deep end beyond the rope, blue caps in the shallow beginners' end. There weI' showers and lats f(}l' each group not far from their tents. Hospital tent beneath an extra shady tree and supply tent. Lunch was served in a large permanent hut with a kitchen at one end and a huge Ice room behind it. Big macaroni cheese and tomato sauce pies were brought in to each table .where 12 were seated. There was singing of grace before .and after the meal and round songs afterwards. Juniors gave a cO.m ical verse of a song about a "Pooch" (common dog) and a flea that they were to produce at camp fire tbat evening. The rest of the meal was tomato, lettuce and cottage cheese salad fruit salad, and bottles of milk to drink, se;'ved on plates with cup, knives. forks, etc., the washing and clearing up done in patrols. I saw the kitchen, ice room, and supply tent. "Trading Post" they call it. Spent the rest hour talking to Miss Peckham in the theatre circle under a shady tree; camp fil'e in middle, out of course. lazy heat about 90 degrees. Plenty of birds about, quail, wood peckers very busy ' digging holes and finding nuts in them to eat the grubs that hatch in the nuts later on, and lively ground, squirrels scooting about. Then to the pool to watch bathing and life saving instruction and a lovely . drive b~ck to Sta Barbara. The camp etiqu tte was friendly and informa l : girls were quiet happy and busy, no scre:;l,ms though one ··group was excited and ir>terested in having met and killed a rattle snake on their morning hike. Bell was rung to mark hour of work-no whistles blown. -Mrs. Harry (lfficer.
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only d ul'in g- th(' last fnw months that I hav(' 1001H' <1 upon moths, as anything mol"! than PN;tS. that will p e rsisl in coming into the hOlwp and lying- a bout the floor in a lifeless state wh ' r e by demanding th e iml1lf'diate attention of dust-pan and brush . How e ver, Miss Mullin bping SO l{ e C'11 on Wogs, I felt the ',K- you ollght to know whaL that stands for- ollght to do something about it. flo, rathel' relu~tantly. I began to taka. an interest in th mo~t dull and uninte r('sting moths, But "'('I'e th y dull and unint~ re sting? To b('gin with, I told you some wet.'ks ago about thp beauty of tht.' Gpom tel' Moth. and how I had a family of young ones. How big w('I'e they th l.' n? Oh, yps, ffO small that you could just S'l' th e m. Now I have six of them -four of lhe original batch (or hatch, if you lik(' that b e tt e r) and three add d flinOE' one of ' h f'!" , 11a vil1g. f'HctlPHI. These additions'T found in the gal'den-a certain plant looked very badly .eatel1. as r was out watering about 6.30 one morning, and I discovCI'ed dozens of loop( I S h:..ving hr('akfast, I think they must do th pir fl'e ning at night and Hl.l'ly morning. Tho two morals to this tale are: Get up eal'ly and ature Study is a de finit e help to the gardener. Oll(' of my p e lR is much bigger than his b"oth nrs and siste l's-he must E'at more. He is I ~ inch('!'! long- l just measurt.'d him--and I-8th inch across his bacl" His colour-very p,'ctty-pale gr y down the back, shade darl,er grey next to that , whitish side!! and brown undern eath. tht' whole having hair lines in black running th!' Inngth of th e body, In addition to this, he has tiny I'('d spots at inter"aiR along tll!'se ' lin e s. The magpie will not eat th es loopers. I ,'; onder if othel' birds do? There are two things characte ristic of th n looper- the way he loops his hod)' up as he 'walks, I.e., he brings his back fe e t up to his front feet, b e fore h(' tal,es t11e n cxt ste p. These back feet ar· n really a set of C'laspC'l's- one pair at th o tail ul1d another pair a littl e furtller up. This bl'ingfl us to tht.' s econd chal'acteristic, that of remaining motionl ns!'! lil{(' a twig, holding on to a support with th esc clasp e rR. The body appears at fil'st to havt.' no oth e r means of RUpport, bul if you 100], close ly you will see a Ulken thread fl'om the mouth to th" near!'st Jt
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\V('II. havl' got II'om moth!' to cat~ rpill u rs. and still llal'(' to t t' ll you of th(' wl'ig' lev g-re!' n on !' \\'hich fed on ro:,;e lE'aves and finally spun a cocoon in a lNl.f, pupated, hu'ched t'l a fawn moth of two shades laid millions of cggs. which hatchl'd, and thcll WUH
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eaten by our pet magpie. And there is the beautifu l tiger moth with red on him; plain brown onE'S with sometimes a black distinguishing spot, som tilTH'S a white one; some have exquisite markings; an~ a white one with various Inarkings, sent me by Miss Mullin waR the most wonderful thing I have ever seen. 12'0 next time you see a lot of moths round a lamp, don't be content wilh, "Oh, 100\< at all the ins cts!" IF you feel a bit bored or sometliing at first, just stiol, to it, and you'll soon find your room developing into an "in"E'ctary."
The Ringtail Opossum. Th Eastern species Of ringtail opossum, most common to Victoria, has a thick woolly fur Of a dark greyish-brown above, while the underneath is creamy-white. The paws and portion of the legs are reddish-brown, but its long prehensile tail is covered with dark grey fur fQr aboot two-thirds of its length and the rest is whit", the underneath being naked of fur. The tail is very tapering and used when travelling. Thus the possum swings by its tail until it can reach another branch with its forepaws, and not until it is sure of a safe grip does it release tlle tail hold. Opossums are v"ry numerous in the ti-tree scrub of the coastal districts, but the silver-grey variety is more common here (Lubeck). The ringtail makes an entertaining pet. and is very fond of sweet things to eat; cake, raisins and ('hocolate being favourite delicacies. It takes a piece of cake in its little forepaws, while r e maining upright on its hind feet, munching daintily, and wrinkling its nose all the whil e . After eating, both "hands" are held up and licked with its tongue, then brushed over the nose and mouth, a washing process similar to that employed by a cat. When asleep, he curls up with his nose hidden by the coiled-up tail. This, of course, is during th e day-tim e. At night he is wide awake, and if taken into a lighted room, the brown eyes dilate and seem to gradually protrude, until they l'E'semble bright black shoe-buttons. A charactE'ristic of the ringtail is nest-building, which is done with almost any materialtwigs, leaves or barIc It has a curious method of carrying the material C'Urled up in its tail. The twigs, etc,. are first picked up with the forepaws, passcd under the body and with the ~;lld feet pushed so that the tail can curl I'ound them. -M.K.
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In all phases or life, certain .questions and problems have a way of coming up again and _ ;;'_111. and of nev l' being finally answered. So til!' old question, "Does the Brownie MoveIlwnl meet the needs of the child of to-day?" was raised again. '1'his is an attempt to. answer it, by a person who would reply in the atfil'lllative. Th e re al'e times when everyone of us feels despondent, when we are inclined to think that in our Brownie work we are dOing little good. After leave of absence or an enforced holiday, suoh as many of us have had owing to the r ecent epidemic, we come back to our work with re newed zest and a changed point of view. Certain ly, it is true, as criticism in the past has had it, th e present school life and curriculum cover most of the things to cater for which the Brownie Branch was invented. But the small girl comes to Brownies for the same reason that you and I go to the theatre, to a symphony orchestra oon(.ert, to church4 or to play gOlf. We want to get away from our every-day life and work. School work and home tasks, many of them drudgery, fall to the lot of the smal IgirL &11e comes to BrowniE's-to an atmosphere of magic, where anything may happen. Even if at Brownies she has to do something ordinary, like washing dishes or running a Illessage-just routine home tasks-these same things are here invested with a spirit of fun and adventure, You and I know that we do dozens of things at our Pack meetings, that are only eVl'ry-day things furnished up to makâ&#x201A;Ź' thE'm more exciting. Interwoven and round about all we are trying to teach, we have our games that are just for fun. So the Brownie comes, gets what she came for, and is satisfled.
By thl'se remarks, I do not mean to Imply that our int" rpretation of Brownies is perfect; that we have lived up to the Chief's standard. But one has thought round and through the subject again and again, and cannot find any new avenue to open up to the child from seven to eleven years of age. Surely we 'an take comfort from V. H. Friedlaendt>r~ wh n he says: "We are here to travel, not in ord e r to arrive," Surely from the fact that, on the whole, the Brownie comes regularly, willingly, enthusiastically, over a period of years, we may judge that \ve are giving her at least a glimmering of what sh e hopes to find. -D. M. McDonald.
FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR. A mile 15 just as easy an athletic exercise as a i"l'OWll, but it is !\J whole lot more becoming.
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BREVITIES. Resolutions for 1938. '!\fore out-or-door Pack meetings. More Pack good turns. More contributions to "Matilda."
'.rime, 10 minutes. Brownies to draw, with co loured chalks, something they saw during the holidays, and give the drawings to B.O. (NSPECTION. Tim e, 15 minutes. Houses round the village t;reen. Bro\\'n Owl Is a lady wanting to buy a house. T.O. is house agent. P.L. is 8.0.'s littl9 daughter. When the hO\lses have all been looked at, Brown Owl says that the lady bought
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on e '(she n eed not say which ) a nd t h at one ni g h t h e r littl e d a ughte r w oke up and heard s inging, s o s h e tip-toed to h er w ind o w an d look ed out a nd she saw a toa.ds tool on the g reo n a n d fa iri es, etc., a nd thi s is w h at they sa ng : (Tune : "Three B lind Mi ce"). H e re 's Brown Owl, H e re 's Tawny Owl, l'a cklead e r, too. Tu- w hit, tu -whit, ta -w oo. Elves a nd Gnom es come d a n ce a n d s in g; F a iries com e up-on the win g; Com a nd join th e Fairy Ring. With Brown Owl. ji" llh'Y Ring e nding with " The Magic spe ll is breaking, a nd the F a iry Ring will v a nish in th e twinkling of an eye ."
GA.llE-- NA'l'IVE GMJE FOR SIXES. Tim e, 15 minutes. B.O., '1'.0. , and P.L. at on e end of room , or g a rd e n, sixes lined up at oth e r . At s ig n a l, "Go," first Brownie of each six runs up to w hoev e r Is opposite her six, B.O., '1'. 0 ., or P.L. She is th e n aske d the n a m e o( "a flo we r be ginning with D," and whe n sh e h as a n swe r e d I'uns back be hind her six. The se cond B r ow ni e runs up a nd gives "the n a m e of a fish b eginning with F ," and s o on , a nd t h e s ix fini s hing fir s t has won.
pow-wow. Tim e, 10 minutes. Hand round holiday pictures and t a l1< a bout the m . 'J'EST WORK. 'rime , 20 minutes. Second c lass Brownies la y flres wi t h P. L . Brownies, knots with '1'.0. Twee ni es , ties and plaiting wi t h B. O. GA.i\[F~"I
WALKED IN THE WOOD." Tim e , 15 minutes. l\{lithod.--Chalk on ground o n e less (' il'cil' than th e r e are Brownies. J';ach Browni e stands in a circ le-excep t t h e on e who is out. Bown Owl says, "r walke d in the wood ." Browni es answe r, "What did you see? " B. O.: "Birds fl y ing. " All Brownies come in t o t h e da nge r zon , ie ., the "wood," fl a p pi ng t h e i r wings until B.O. blows h e r 'whis tle , wh e n they a ll try, to get a circle, and one get s left. Var y the r e marks, of course, for ins ta n ce: " I walk ed lJy th e se a," and saw "fish swimming" or "c r abs running sideways." CLOSING. '"lIe 5 minutes. Go back to the story of th e littl e g irl loo k ing out of h e r window. "Prese ntly s h e fpll asleep, and when she wol<e up a g ain, s h c ra n to look out of her window, but the to a d s tool had gone , a nd the Brownies had gon e and there wasn't a scrap of anything to s how wh e re th ey h a d b ee n ." Tim e : Approx. 1 hour 30 millutes.
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W' no\\ come to the Nature l;:ection of lllC Browni!' LilJrary; and ncxt month we will sta r t on the Story Section:W I Au:;tl¡alia.n 'i\ature, No . 1, Birds and Blossollls; and W2 Australian Natu re, No , 2, }\ ni mals , 'l' lwse a l" lJy Cbat'ie8 Bal'nelt, a nd 3. 1'1'/ a Il la l' vPllous and interesting des I'iplion o f Austl'alian lJirds, animals and wiJdflowel'H. W3 Htori<-s for tho Nalul'p Hour; thest' 3.1'0 ,ltories alJout animals, birds, flowers, etc. W5 Nature ~)tories to Tell; these at' not so ,,' uch stol'il's, but how things happened, etc. \V6 'J Ill' ('rys~al Bowl; .L delig-htful book of Australiall Naturt' Slorie:;, such as How the Emporor Gum Caterpillar gol its lOvel y colouring-. W 7 A Bool~ of ature M~ ths; lege nds as t o wh y things are.
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l{ANG.tiR'S LOG. 7th SoptemlJer. The scene, Victoria Statio n; lhe t iml', 10 a.m.; the cast; seven touring Ran gel's; the atlllosph're, one o( noise and bustle. 'loot! toot! puff! puff! Oft we go 1'01' Do\'or. A. hasty -howing of passp-orts and an l<cited hunt (or a lost suit case and w e' re on lJoard tho Channel steamOI' "'jth the far-famed while cliffs receding into the distance. The mo tl ey crowd of passe ngers showed a great dea l o( inte rest in '" circle of deck chairs drawn close ly t ogether whose occupanls were busily devo uring sandw iches and oream cakes-the lalter a Vl'I'y Slll'cial treat in honOur of two b irthdays, alld a 1'(, lilar'kalJlp tribute must Le paill to the smoolhness of the s~a when it is rea lis ' d that til(> rl':.t:il was lIot followed by disastrous res u lts. An olJli g ing Uustoms official at Ostcnd cal'cfu ll y mar'ked all our belongings, and the wond e l' was that h e l'efrainea from chalking us when we turned OU I' ruc-sac-Iaden backs to wal'ds him. Aft~r half an hour's train journey, Wl' arrivl'd at Bruges, to be greeted by two Belgian Guid es, and t ogether we cla ttered over thp colJb lC' stones to the Convent in the wak e or o u r l uggagC' which was to have the r ide o f ilS young life in a. hand cart. He r e we wer e warm l y w lcomed lJy Mere Marie Ancilla, a nd t1u'oughout our stay of fi,' ¡ days her unflagging ('an' and h e lp(ulness did s o much t owards our comfort. Whiil' til Bruges we were ab le to Vifl it t h e Battlptields going lJy chal'alJan(' to Ypres, St. Omer, Mount Cassell and Hill Sixty. "\Ve a ls o went J"01' a whol e day trip into Holland and viHit('(] l\1idd o lblll'g, the ('apital Of the Province of Zeeland. Another dll-Y was spent in seein g I3rug't'fl itse lf, a nd it was most interesting t o ride i n a motor boat a ll round t he canals w it h m any a glimpse of pictu resque ol d bridges and b uildings. On the day before we left B r ug s WC' went down the canal to Zeebl'ugF,l', \I Iwre " .!' walked in the wind and the I'ain a long the sea. (ront, and fel t t his to be ( C-onUnllc d on P age 11.)
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J!lditor : RU'l' /l DRNNY.
BOOK-LOVERS'S BADGE. Over a period of somE' seven years of teo ting for Book-lover's Badg!", only about three of the Guides who came to m a to be tested ev r had any authentic lov e of books for their own sake, and to whom thl' Book-lovE'r's Badge was a seal on their love for and knowlE'dge of read ing. And I think it is largl'l y thl' Guider'~ faul,' l' or on e thing, shl' isn't always a lovl'r of books herself-why should shE' bp if hE'r inte rests lie in other directions'?-and for another most Guiders have "ootl'd objections to using the child's natural curiosity about lift' (which inc'ludes stars and cabbagE'S and grilling chops and boy friE'nds and rt'ading) to open thE' door to the world of tale-telling. . But I have strong vit'ws about tht' right way to tacl{l e Book-IovÂŁ'r's Badge, and if I can clarify these in the half hoUl' befor~ I have to go and pod the peas for dinner, tht'y might help- the hard-worl<ed Guide" to pass on tol he,' children something of tbe magic and something of th reality of th~ world or books. , Th e first E'ssential is to prevent the pot-huntIng GuidE' from adding thE' Bool,-lover's Badge to her already crowdE'd sleeve. The pothunte rs in the Company havE' the borrld habit of reading carefully through thE' list of badges in P.R. and 0., with a pencil in one hand and a look of determination in thE'ir E'yes, and carefully noting down thE' badgeR that 1001< easy money. Unfortunately, th mere reading through of half a dozen books does look like easy money to them, and so ortE'n the harrassed Captain lets them go ahead on th ~ ir own account without any indication of how to tackle this badge. What I found very general among average children, too, wag a conviation that if a bool< had been "done" at scbool, t h e n on e needn't worry; one could just add that to on e's list without E'ver botharing again. This applies specially to the versereading clause. One Guide out of fifty read poems specially for the badge, and all the others trusted to their knowledge of verse painfully acquired at school. There is one other thing the Guider should remember r egarding this badge, and that is. she should become an inveterate buyar of the current editions of that invaluable publicalion. Policy, Rules and Organisation. It is extraordinary to find that the majority of Guiders
January, 1988.
are working on out-of-date editions of this essential book of words-the worst offender I found using a ]92 edition in ]935! H wasn't that she couldn't afford it, for a copy co uld always bp borrowed from her Commissioner. The result was that the frantic tester would rec\'ive a little party of Guiders one evening i'OI' testing purposes, and to her horror find that they had all b en given lists of books to r<'ad from diffE'rent editions (never tha current one) of P.R. and a.-which r suited in paniC' all round. The worldng for badges in Company p,'ogrammes is so difficult to fit in, that it is very easy to giVt' second-class Guid s a list of hadge requiraments and tell tbem to go ahead in th!"ir own time, Or' to let the Patrol Leade" ('oPI' with them. But i1l the ch ildren are to be given an idea. of the fairyland that lies b-etw aen the pagE'S of books, and of tbe magic of "liltl.> hlack and white words," the Guider shou ld endeavour to run at least: once a year a Bool{-lovE'r's Badge Night. The weele before the Company should be told that next w a pI, wilt be Book-lover's Night, and that each Guide Is to bring with her one paragraph (preferably with conversations between characters) fr'om any of the books mentioned in the list to be read for the badge. The list shou ld be typed and given to each Patrol J.Rad r, who , in Patrol Time, will arrange what <'1\ ( ';1 Guide in hl'r Patrol ig to bring. This will ('ntail p-robably a little research worl< either at home. at school, or in th library at her job, for each GuidE'. Teachers at school are certain to be a profitable source of l<nowledge, if parents ar ~ not the reading sort, and as a last resort the Guide who has any sort of collection of booles in bel' home could invite her Patrol along one afterno on after schOOl to do a,little delving (subject always to the parents' consent! ) When ach chi ld hag decided what she will hring, she> is told that she is tOl bring with her next meeting enough equipment (wblah must only be borrowed from home or friends) to d,'ess as any character she lik s in any of the bool{s in th n list for the badge. On arrival, tlw Guid('s assume their fancy,dress ' (make sure th('), haven't bought any of it), and are ('(1.cl1 given a number pinn(ld on them. They havp (0 parade round the room, and eve ryon e h '!l to gueRs what everyone else represents, nnd putA down thE' names opposite thp appropriat!" numbers. The Patrol totalling th a most (,OI'l'P('t guessE's gpts ] 0 }}oin(s.
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Next on the programme comes a sit-down game. The Company (onus a circle on the floor, while each Guid e reads out h e r very short paragraph, the r es ult of much r esearch and bothe ring of t e achers and brothers and siste rs at hom e. Each Guide write s down where she thinks it dom e s from, and the most correct lists a re totalled on a Patrol basis. Anoth e r 10 points is awarded for this game. lncid e ntally, the above game is somewhat unfair to those children who have r ead littl e . On th e oth e r hand, it might mal{ e them d ecide to r ead mo·re! The n comes th e pi ece d e r esistance of the evening. Fancy dress is cast off, and each Patrol is give n 15 minutes to work out' and th e n act an incident from one of the books by on e of the authors on the list. This should, I think, b e an[lounced the w eelc b efore, so that P.L.'s cou ld come armed with id e as. No dressing up is a llowe d for this. as no equipme nt is available, but th e audience should b e a llowe d to guess from what book it comes. This id ea cou ld b e e nlarged upon to a v e ry great extent-Guides could r ead th e ir parts, already pre pare d by th e P.L.'s, or just act in dumb shOW, and so on. The Patrol putting on the best version, according to vote by the Captain and Lieuts., should gain 10 more points. Or th ere c ould b e an outsid e judge, tbe Commissioner or lo ca l Book-love r's Badge tester. Th e e ve nin g should e nd with a camp-fire ci rcle, while Captain t e lls a. tale from any of t h e books by" a n author on the list. If Cap t ai n isn't good at spinning tal es, the n the Commissionor could b e aslu'd to do it. Or the outside visito r .' Th e yarn should b e t a k e n from one of the I('ss e r r ead authors on the list---'8teve nson or Kingsl ey 01' Dickens. At a pin ch , it (ould b e. read, a lthough r ead ing is n eve I' s o HUCGcSs rut as actually tolling a story. "The Pi c l{wick Pape rs" offe rs itse l f a dmira bly to l'('ading a loud . if the conversational bits a r e chosen. Or Kiplin g's " Just So Stories" or .J ungl!' Book t a les. A. A. MillH' is so overdone nowa days, a nd mu r h mor{' suited to grown-ups than to childrpn that Guide l's should r osisl the often ovp rwlw lmin g temptation to do him to dpath . K €' nn rt h Graham€'. too. is wpll known . so that f' mphas is could IJP with va lu e laid on ,H ans And e r~on and Thom pson Seton and Steve n son and Kipling and so on. '10
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but ·to (' nable thp child to gai n a littl e and an p oticin g knowledge of va rious subjects, so that late r ' on the ch ild will b '~ le d to find out morp on the s e matte rs for h e rse lf. This is esp ecia lly the calle in the Book-love l"s Badge . If tlle" Guider can arouse th e child's inte r est in l1i:roks as a world whiC'h will bring th e m into touch with b ea.utiful things and tru e things and -real things, th e n she will have <J.Qne much for to-day's children.-R.V.S .
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EXERCiSES AND ACTIVITIES. This is the Second of thJs Series, the First or which apIleal'ed ill the Novembel' Numbel', AOTIVITY. 1. Run be hind L eader, when she turns round, all crowd down. 2. Make a circle-hold hands and walk on to es to the l oft, dl'op hands and skip 4, into centre, 4 sl;:ips out to circle again-repeat. 3. Walk with stiff legs and arms, pre tend to be wooden man, and then on signal, a loose rag doll.
TItmn:i. Lying position, \"ith legs straight and hands by sides. 1. 'l'ry to· d e scribes a circl e in the air with one leg. N.B.-ALL b acks s hould be on the floor; should not b e able to push hand underneath a t any part of bacl;:. 2. Lift hands ove r h e ad and p-retend to pull down a h eavy we ight- aU backs on floor. 3. Li e in crooked-lying position (kne es bent, f ee t fl a t en flo or) - Ieft hips off ground, but tr'y and k eep most of back on the floor. 4. Kn ee l on two kn ees; touch ground at side; try not to lean forwa rd . Repeat to opposite sid e . 5. Kn ee l; a rms stretched sideways at shoulder h e ight. Try and touch right toe with right hand (don't allow arms to drop). 6. ~'TAND, feed a strid e, drop in relaxed position, k eep kn ees straight, a nd try and touch knucl<l es of hand on to floor. This is easier if a bouncing move m e nt is made continuously, slightly ra isin g body upward, and dropping a llttl e furth e r down each time. 7. Stand, fee t as tride, pat yourse lf with s mall p a ts from h e ad, down to le gs and toes. (;A.UI·~ -'lOVE)1ENTS. (a) Pulling C ontest. -Stand with feet apart in two lon g lin es, grasp hands and pull. (h) Ro c ki ng Horse.-Take a partner; sit, with fee t touching. knees bent, hold hands. A Iie[; dOlVn while B stands; B li es down while A stands. H a nds joine d during whole exer('is(' : h ,'ad a nd baol{ must touch floor when lying. -B.B.
GOOD THRNS FOR THE CO}1PANY IN RECESS. I s your l'ompany in r e c ess owing to the epi"(' I.li('·! Th pn you may b e glad of these ideas. A District "Bottle Drive " for the Children's Hospi:al s hould r e sult in many dozen bottles ,)ern:; ('oll('cto(1. Th e hospital needs and uses e v e ry dl'scription o( bottl e and jar. Tomato sau cl' bottles for babie s' feeding bottles, marmite jars with their screw tops fOI' ointments, fLnd all oth e r l;:inds of typ es of bottles for mixture s wi ll b e grate fully r eceived by the &lcretary. Soft toys for a poor district. The making of soft toys is great fun, and will interest the Guides in handicraft. Odd scraps of woo l can b e coll eo~e d and e xchanged to' save exp e nse. The ave rage cost of wool for a soft toy is 6<1-
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The New Idea Soft Toy Bool" No. I, gives knitling d i rections for 14 sofl toys. vVhy not a party for mothers? Instructions coulcl I, ~ given in the "leHer" to the Guides for making some gift, such as a bool{-mark. The Guides could gh'c a mysterious parcel to mother to take to lhe party, to be opened only when the word is given.
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GENERAL. The Nature Disco"erer's NOtebook.-Price fld., plus 2d. postage. This is invaluable for Gu id el> who are doing their second class test and und e r diffe r e nt headings such as ~'piders, Dogs and Cats, Flowe,'s, Birds, etc., it gives a number of questions which give an ide a to thC' Guide in h e r obse rvations. This is to be ,'ecommended. Yal..lS on ScOut PI'Omlse and Law.-Price This is a Gilcraft pubIt C:.J.tion. and gives a short talk on each Guide Law. It shoul-d b ~ made available to the Guides, and should give a le ad to the Guider for talks on th e Guide Law. J lid .. plus ld. postage .
GUIDE SHOP. New books have just come to hand. are as follows:~
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PLAYS. 'J hn'c S]cctchcs f(JI' Guides an(1 Brownies.They are: Blind l\lice-Camping Slwtch; li'irsl Aid and Then-GC'n~ral Guiding; Th e King of Hearts-Showing part of a Pack meeling and the play bC'al's on the story told by thc Brown Owl. l'Ollyanna.-A play with threc scenes showin g General Guiding. L( , t a Bl'owule SmJle.-Three short scene •. IJUlSlll Udl.- FouI' short scenes of a Christmas pal'l)' , consisting of Gu id es Hiking. a (,'hristmas Tree and a Nativity Scene. MUlE FOB. 'GlJ IDF,.r~ AND BROWNn~S. This gives useful information for a ll thosc who wish to do l1Iiming. TIl!' author says : "Beforc we begin training OUI' children for st,'aighl drama, a small bl'anoh of it-mimeis worth OUI' consideration." ~I~GING A!\D SINGING GAMES.
f.anglng (;ames 1'01' H("(·l·Clltioa.-Price 1 /3, p lus Id postage. These are ga.mes for a ll ages and' Ranger Companies will finu them just as usoful as Guides and Brownies. They are from all countrics-AnH'l'ica. England, N ('t herlands, Gel'lllany and S\\'(:'den-and in c lude the following games: Shoo Fly, Th e Jolly M ,lle l', Cap'n Jenks, Duteh Hhoc Gan:e, Come, Let Us 'Be Joyful . Four in a Boat, GUl>taf's Toast. TiJrn the Glassos Over, ]3rown-eyed Mary. and llE'n' We Go Hound the Mountain. 'l'l'aditional Singing Games fOI' BI'owlucs.f'riep 1/8, plu'l 1(1. pOHtagl' T11eH., cOl11e mORtIy from Scotland, anrl include: Thr Sold,er's .J·OY, King \Viilialll, Th(' Big Ship, The Ilusl<y Blu1'bell. Liltl" Sand~' Girl. .locI, McCuddy, King or' BUl'm'y CastlE' . A' the Rirdif's l ' (he Ail'. 'Thc CoOl'onation COllntl·y ))an('c Boo\cFric (' 2/6. plus 2rl. postag-C'. This ineludpR the musi' and notations of a nC'w lo t of ("oun( r y ·Oitnel"s. They nrc simplP to lea rn. and . Rom~ of them an' done in the Poll;:a Step whIch's 'q ttit E' faScinating (0 00. The dancC's are: Galop('d e, Speed (he P'lough. Tho Long-Eig,hl. 1\1,01'peth Rant. Thl" orfolk Long DancC'. fh e (, rcassian eirel!'. The squar(' EIght ., 'The ' Anglo-G-enn.an Ruck Sack Song Book.flrice 1/9, plus 2d. postngp. "The songs het'~ puhlished arC' thost' which group.' of 'Engl.'sh, German and } us( rian sturle nts, w>tllong, 'eHmtiing; 0" ('lll'0dng togethe,·. havC' taught ~,~'choth 1', and \\·h.!ch havE' beeol111' as much ,) :'I't "f th ",,(, lours as their ropes and ruek:;ack ."
Painting Book.-P'rice 1/6, plus 3d. postage. This h as b een in stock for some time, but it is playing an important part in Guiding at the present tim e . During the infantile paralysis e pidemic, it, ill an invaluable bool< to b e at th e disposa l of B"ownies and Guide s who can occupy their tim e with paint brush and paints painting! Guid e figures, Badges and flags of the Guiding countries of the world . At the same time th ey are ga ining a knowl e dge of the se c ountri es which will b e a great help to them in the future Guide work.
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It is propos >d to hold a Combined Ranger Sno\\' Wee k at Mt. F eath e rtop, n e xt August. Most of the metropolitan Range rs know thL; alt'~ady, but. ()f c ours<!, it is ope n to country Q.nd Lone Rangers, too. Anyone a.nxious to (ome s hould apply to Miss D e bbie Bradshaw, { '/o Girl Guid es' Association, 60 Market Street. M e lbourne. , ThE> whol e c ost will b e not more than £7. This cove r s all fares from and to Melbourne (concpssions will b e acrangeo for country Rangc rs). A"commodalion at Feathertop and Harriptville. pack horses to and from the Bungalow, a nd hi!'\) and insurance of ski and boots. Send in your name ea rly. and send £1 deposit bE>foT'e March 1. Nam es are taken in order of app lication. "ith a waiting list In case any of t h e a ppli cants a r e unable to go. Th f' Bungalow a t Mt. ji'eath e rtop holds 20 with q uitc a lot of comfort. There is a big rlining living-room b e drooms rather like thE' cabins on a ship. with two bunks above and two 1:;elow , on C' bath and on e showe r-room, with hot wat(',·, and a furTlace room where ('10' hl's ca n bl' rl riC'd. A man and hiswifC' m a n a g n the place and 110 t h (' c ookin g. a nd. in addition. there is an')th!' r woman who hdps in th e kitchen , and thc' ski instructor. The journe y liP is hv train to Wangaratta, " nd s('rvicc bus (0 Harri e tville. where we spend Ih" night. :o\ ext morning 0111' packs and ruc sacks are slung on pack horses and we walk thE> fiv e (or is it six?) ::111C's to the Bungalow. to arrive slightly late for 'lunch and absoIlIt<'ly famished . It is a good track all the way. and not really steep. The last mile may be through snow. That makes th !) going
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heavy. but the thought that all those very hard rocks and treacherous stumps will be well covered, more tban compensates for the difficulties in walking. Five and a-half glorious days-we come down the following Saturday-with luck, hot sun, so hot that we ski in just our trousers and cotton shirts. or if grey anli cold, w'oollies and windproof jackets. By the second morning, we ha\'e begun to learn the language and speak of "herringboning" (NOT feather-stitching remember!), "traversing," "linked stem turns," and "conling down under control." The week fiies all too quickly, the busy days and cold quiet starlit nights, never-to-be-forgotten experiences that store up health and energy and a firm determination to go again next year. J. U. BOYES, Commissioner for Rangers.
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A course of lectures on Indoor, Camping and Pack Holidays was held at Headquarters in October. Tb..e te.st was held on 8th November. As a result, tbe following certific,ates have been awarded:-Paok Holiday Permit.-Miss H. Gross, 1st Richmond Pack; Miss L. Niquet, 1st West Melbourne pack. Indoor Camp Certificate.-Miss M. Nicholson, 1st Sandringham Company; Miss L. Fordyce, 1st Black Rock Company; Miss B. Alfred, 2nd East Malvern Company; Miss L. Harris, 1st Dandenong Company. -E. E. MORAN, Commissioner for Camping.
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the I1roper setting for a visit to a place of such dramatic connection with the Great War. That afternoon we were invited to attend a Belgian Guide meeting, and in the evening a large camp fire held at the Convent, and we were glad to have the opportunity of meeting the Belgian Guide folk in such a happy and friendly way. On ~'unday, 12th September, we left for Brussels, where we were met by two Guiders who were vet'y helpful, and devoted the whole of their time to taking us about during our stay in the Belgian capital. We managed to see quite a lot of the city anli to go to one Frenoh opera, Sitting in state in a box. We spent Thursday night in the train, attired rather tastefully in our rugs and little coloured caps, and were able to steal a few hours' sleep despite the harliness of the seats. In the early dawn. we arrived at Basle, where the curiosity of the Swiss Customs officials was aroused only by our bag of buns. After changing trains, we found ourselves among the mountains, and the unbelievable beauty of the countryside flying past us took our breath away. Almost before we knew it, we were at Frutigen and were soon on the. bus bound for Adelboden. Climbing steadily for 20 minutes towards the snow-capped peaks,
we came to the end of our bus ride and hiked the last half mile or so.. ever upwards, arriving thankfully at last at Our Chalet. We passed a very happy 10 days at the Chalet where there were Guides from Switzet'land, Belgium, China, America, Roumania. Holland and England. Excursions were made to Kandersteg, where we saw the International &cout Chalet, to the Blue Lake, to the 'L'rummel bach Falls, the Grindelwald GlaCier, and lnterlaken. We made many a trip to Adelhoden Village and aocompanied by Our trusty walking sticks did quite a lot of climbing about the mountain sides in all kinds of weather. Very early on the morning of Friday, 24th September, we bade a regretful farewell to Our Chalet, and set off southwards to Geneva. Here we. stayed one night and, one day, during ~h1ch. hme we saw many interesting things, Jncludm~ the Loague of Nations Buildings, the InternatlOnal Labour Office the Monument of the Reformation, St. George's Cathedral and theRu ~sian Church, also many a lovely view of the Lake of Geneva. We went shopping on our last day in Paris nnd poked among the old bookstalls along the Seine embankment, finishing up with a final visit to the Exhibition, and five members of the party braved the perils of the lift and enjoyed a splendid view <if the floodlit scene from high up on the Eiffel Tower. Next morning we crossed from Dieppe to N~whaven, and arrived in London that evening WIth a strange feeling of having come home. Here we are sl1endingf a weelt or so before setting out on our great cfLravan adventure. i~¡~_u-~~--.o-",-,c,.-.u--.o-.o~
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ADDITION TO CONSTUUTION. Addition to the Constitution of the Girl Guides' Association, Victoria:At a. special meeting of the State Council of the Gil'! Guides' Association, Victoria held on ]9th Non·mber. ]937. it was agreed that: 'To clause Iv. paragraph ] 1, after "Confer('nce." add "a Guider nominated by the Guid('rs' Committee." '1'0 dause v, add as (c) "One Gmder to be nominated yea.rly .by the Guiders' Commit-
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REGISTRATIONS.
Guide CaptaJns. 1 st Ascot Val e.-Miss M. Williams. ] st Brighton Bea<!.h.-Miss I. Stamp. 1st Hampton.-Miss A. D. Mitchell. 1st Mt. Evelyn.-Mrs. McMillen. 1st Preston.-Miss E. Jacl{son.
Local Associations.-Minyip, Nhill, and Rupanyup. Pack.-1st MOr\vell. ('ompany.-lst Cockatoo. APPOIN'D-lENTS.
I JieuteJlants. 1st FairfieJd.-Miss M. Harding. 2nd Footscray.-Miss Jean Miller. 1st Gardlner.-Miss M. M. Fairlie. 1st Marnoo.-Miss Lorraine Newall. 1st Nlhill.-Miss Marie Facey. 1st Nhill.-Miss Connie Fischer. 1st Nyah District.-Miss gsther McKay. 1st Pomborneit North.-Miss N. Boyd. Bl'OWIl Owls. 1st Hamilton Pack.-Miss M. E. Whelan. 1st W;>st Melbourne.-Miss L. Niquet.
RESIGNATIONS.
1st Mt. Evelyn. 6th Ballarat.
WARRANTS AND REGISTRATIONS.
GuJile Captams. 1st 130x Hill.-Miss Meg Lester. :!nd Coburg.-Miss A. Paton. 1st Dunkeld.-Miss M. Woodburn. 2nd Hamilton.-Miss N. Pedrina. 1st Nyah District.-Miss E. Caldwell. 1st Somerville.-Miss H. Harmer.
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III dause v. the present (c) will bccome (d), and (d) will become (e). -So H. IRVnn:.
Rangel' Captains. 1st Box HIll Rangers.-Miss E. Bishop. 1st Brighton District.-Miss I. ~,tamp. 1st Lorne Rangers.-Mrs. Hughes.
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WARRANTS. Dhision Secretary. Eastern Suburbs Division.-Miss 1. Watson, 1 Charles Street, JoUmont. C.2. ,Vimmera Division.-Mrs. W. H. Huffam, Rich Avon Donald.
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1st Murloa Pack.-Miss Myrtle Eardley.
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Division Commtstonel's. North-Eastern Suburbs.-Mrs. R. '1'. Robinson. 2 Rockley Road, South Yarra. Dirchip.-Mrs. Spittle. Birchlp. Myrtleford.-Mrs. T. Snowball, Canowindra, Myrtleford. Richmond and East Melbourne.-Miss D. . Coles, 24 Hillcrest Ave., Kew, EA.
January, 1988.
IJif"utenants. 2nd Hamilton.-Miss Nita Pedrina. 1st Moe.-Miss E. Sullivan. 1st Port Campbell.-Miss J. Gardiner.
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Brown Owl. 1st Surrey Hills.-Miss M. Butt.
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