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MATILDA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

P,O,H, as l'ccomnH'IH1('d iJ~' th" sub-('ommitti'''

"finutes of m('etings of the ]:;xecuth·c ComIllitle('

of

the

Gil"!

GuidN"

September, 1940,

Association,

should be acc('ptcd, and thc Ie-afle-t printed for ins<'rtion in P,O,R, and ":\[atilda,"

Vic-

That

Lady

Cham',,1

and

Mrs,

Faulkner

toria. held at the Guidc Office on ) 7th J·ul,· and 1st August, 1940:-

,;hould be the trustees for the Guide Association ,Val' Ravings Group,

17th July.

packcd fOl' the war appeal up to :,lst Jul,·, of

RCj)o!'teci.

PI·esent.-Lady ner,

Edmondson,

Chauvel,

Mesdames Faulk-

Littlejohn

and

Tate,

and

;\1 is, PS Harrison, lVforan, Ritchie, Russell and the S(,(,I·etary.

Agreed, that Mrs. Faulkner should be OUI· representative on the Y.W.C.A. War-Time Appeal Committee, and that we should put a notice

in

"Matilda"

expl·essing

our

sympathy

witll til" appeaL That Thanks Badges would be granted to Mrs. Wel sh, Nyah West, and to Mr. Boothroyd, of Waubra.

That £5 of Miss Wilson's gift should be gin'n to the Guide Wal' Appeal, and £5 to endo\\" a day in House.

Miss

Wilson's

name

for

the

Guicie

That we should join the Youth Hostel Association, as a Group Member.

Reported that plans were being made for the concert to be given by the Ladies' Blue Symphonic Orchestra.

That Miss Campbell had ng"l·e('d to take leave of absence fOl' six months. and that Miss J. Alston had accepted the pos i tion of Actin" Commissioner for Extensions for six months.

That the Executive Committee had paid a visit of inspection to the Guide House.

That 22,100 garments fo!' the ,Val' Appeal had been pacl<ed to dat('.

That Mrs. Fairbairn,

Mrs. :;\facnonald and

\I

that

23,118

garments

had

been

hich 1425 were for seamen, That £499 wns amount in hand for the "'ar

Fund, and that an anonymous £500 had heen recpiYed, That 1\frs, Little-john ~Hh

WaR

to

donation

of

lwoadcast on

AlIgu"t in connection with the war ap,

peal.

That the total amount for the Ail' Ambulancc Appeal was £48,000, of which Austmlia ('ontributed £~132, 'l'wo Air Ambulances had cost £7500

each, Lifeboat £5000, A sum of £11,000 had been given to the Royal )1'avy fOl' motor ambulances, £10,000 to the Army for rest rooms, and £5000 to the Y,M,C,A, That a lettel' had been received from Pittard thanking the Association fOl' its offcl' to staff and conduct clearing houses in COI1ne('tion with the oyel'seas childl'cn'R sehemi', That the Commissi oners' ConfC'rcnce woulrI he- 11,,1<1 at 41 Kinl,ol'a I'd" Hawthom, tlHough the courtesy of :\frs, Swinhurne, That MI'S, 'l'ate had attended th(' Ill('eting in ('onnection \\'ith the training of playground leaders, That thc 1'('SUIt of bl'inging the \Yomen's Yolulltal'Y HcgiRter up to date had been vcrY !-<atisfactol'Y, That Mrs, Fairbairn formed a Local AS80cirltiol1 for the Lone Branch, -:\L E, Bush, Rtatc Reel'l'tar~·,

"r,.,

Mrs. Pearson had agreed to be on the CommittN' to arrange th" Commissiol1(,l·s' ("onfer-

"MATILDA, "

ence,

Is Your Subscription Paid ?

1st August.

Present,-Lad," Chauvel,

Mesdames

Bla('I,-

wood and Tate. and )fisRes Coles, DrulT, Las-

A coloured tag attached to your copy means

e II('s, ~foran. Purnell. Ritchie, Russell and the

that your subscription is due, and you will not l'ccC'iYe further copies until it is paid,

~ecretary,

Agr('ed, that in ord('!' to gin) mOl'e members of

th(' Movement an

opportunity to

tal,e a

mOl'e active interest in the Guide House, athil'd of the members of the Guide House Com-

,Ve can-

not guarantee that there will b(' sparc copics if you delay! rcnewal.

Countl'Y Guiders who ,,·iRh to I'enc'" theil' suiJsel'iption should write at oncc , enc l osing the

mittee and of its sub-committees should retire

amount dne or asking for it

annually,

against the i l' credit account if they have on(',

and should not hc cligible fOl' l'e--

{'Ipction for 13 months, 'l'hat the

revised leaflet of

alter'ations to

to be chargcd

We do not charg(' subscriptions asked to do so,

thus

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unlcss

"Matilda' A n Officia l Treasure Bag of GuidersJ Information for Guiders of Victoria . A ul!ltra h a.

Price: 3/- Per Yenr; 4/- Posted.

Sin g le Copies. 6d. each.

Editol': E. H. PURNELL. 10 Hel'mitage Road. Geelong-.

Contributions should reach the Editol' not Jat2l" than the 18t.h of each monl.h.

SEPTEMBER, 1940.

VOL. XVII.

ISAIAH XLIII., 1 :

GUIDE GIFT WEEK. WE ' VE DONE IT '" E ' V}: D 0 U 13 LED I '1'

£46,216.

A Message from H.M. The Queen.

A le tte.· from Her Majesty's Lady-in-Waitingto the Ch ief Co mmission e ,': "I am commanded to tell you that Her Majesty thinl,s th e r esult of the Guide Gift Scheme is simply wonderful, an d no praise is loo great for those res ponsibl e fOl' launching it, or fo,' the spi1'it of those Guidel's who were qu it e sU"e th ey were going to get the amotlnt n ee d e d. "

A Message from H.R.H. The Royal.

No.2.

Prino~ss

Th e Chi ef Commissioner has r (!ce ive d a lett e ,' f,'om H e ,' Roya l Highness the Princess Royal as follows : "May I ask you to co n ve ~' my warmest congTatulations and thanl,s to a ll those \\'ho have wO "I, cd so hard t.o mak e the Guide Gift W eek such a success. I am so proud and g "atificd at thc magnificent rf'sponse of on c and a l l in morc than doubling th e £20,000."

Cable from Nyeri.

"Tremendous congratulations to all Guid es cve rywh e r e on valiant e fforts with consequent imme nsely successful ac hi eve m e nt. Extremely proud th a t your willing wo,'k a nd self-sacrifice has brought grand un cxp cct e dly large amount ;'01" providing valuable gifts towards h elp ing suffcring peopl e . Best wishes and may your future efforts continue to bring sblace to others whilst giving you satisfaction through knowing you are cal'1'y ing out you,' Guid e Promise nobly a nd w ell."

-Baden-Pow ell.

"Fear nol for 1 h ave r ede e med th ee.

I have called th cc h~' th~' name, thou a rt mine."

We have said that wc knew ou ,· cause w as God's. But.!

That momentary sinking feeling, that horribl e vision of defeat when things w e nt w,'ong! It wa~ that which gave us away. \"'0 w e r(' not r"ally trusting God, 0" even b cIi e"ing much in Him. Yet, the histo, ' ~' of this age tells us that our challenge is to mal, e a new world, nothing else will do . A change of heart th roughout manIdnd! Humanity hound ' togethe,' by the conviction of Com l'ad es hip as the secret of life, and list e n!

A n e w world mad e out of th 'l mate l'ial YOIl and I are made of: and the whole vast miraele wrought in one g e neration.

This is not just another w a r , nor is it lik e any olh('r w a r . It is the sup" e m e clash b e tween good and e vil, between c iVilisation and SflSUgC chaos, betwcen b,'ute forc e and Christianity, But keep s t eud y! Hold your balance! Th e r e is morc to c orn e.

W e, of the B1'itish Commonw ea.lth of Na1 ions, a,'e th e champions.

Do not dare to shrink f"om that chall enge. It does not eome to us because w e a l'e better than our neighbours, but because w e ""Cl'e taught first. Thnt Co mmonwealth, founded with no human \'ision b eyond that of a narrow patl'iotism, t a ught us, in its building and its growth, th e secret of community life, and, whether w e ])mctise them 01' not, British standards of honour, justice, freedom are a by-word allover the globe; and woe to us if we do not reco~­ n is () our chall enge, our divine commission to lead the way, Th e san ds are running o u t, Go d he l p UB, they have run out, through t h e years wh il e the few who pleaded did not warn loud enough, and the many did not take the trouble to hea:·.

Again, woe be to us if we do not recognise

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divine commission, for OUI' challenge and nothing else will open our eyes to our unreadiness, and our unfitness.

Wh o can fail to heal' the challenge and commission , echoe ing as the~ do to-day from this God- made group of "area Schools" scattered all over the world to teach; echoing as they do from that equally God-made youth movement of Scout and Guide which has blazed the end less trail of comradeship, starting from our land?

Wh o can fail to see our un readiness ? Where is the massed Inspiration which knows no limitations and which counts no cost? Where is the blazing conviction of the secret of life?

Where is the revulsion from the old picture of religion wh ich was selfish, and is now torn to sh reds?

Whel'e indeed!

But the only I'eason why these thoughts are not tel'l'ifyin~, paralysing, is that they do not leave us helpdess, There is something to be done, The challenge rings , "The kingdom of God is w ithin you," Character is the ultimate force of humanity, What you can do, what you can be, thalj is what God calls for, Grip this and the lack ing fire will come: This and nothing else will be the forerunner of Victory, a surging Inspiration, its fire lighting the eyes of all you meet, permea.ting, not only you a nd those around you, not only Ch ristendom as we see it but all the world, the voice of humanity, made in Go d 's image, a voice of tl'iumph-"We are called by Thy Name, We are Thine,"(Preached in a country church on 26th May: sent to "Matilda" by Post Box Secretary for England,)

HAVE WE COURAGE? There is a great temptation in times of trouble to give way before the forces of depressi o n and apprehension and a sense of futility, We must fight against the temptation, fOI' these things are not only wrong-they al'e a waste of energy, and we need all OUI' energy for courage to \\"ork and fight for the futul'e, Much has been wJ'itten and sung about courage-what is it but faith? Faith in God-in one's cause-in oneself. Faith in the future, youth Leaders and Teachers have a gl'eat and .honourable responsibility in helping to train the minds and characters of young people in a time when chal'acter is going to mean infinitely much to the individual and to the commun~ty ..of the next two, three, fOUl' decades,

September, 1940,

They have a cause-they must face the future with faith and courage. They can only point the way when they know it for themselves.

Before this war broke out, we heard much about education for recl'eation. Now there is 110 time for recreation, but a great need for recreation, Webster defines recreation as "refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil." Let us see that we grasp every opportunity for spiritual recreation. Let us mal,e use of every minute that would otherwise be wasted in worrying-when walking along the road, or waiting for a bus-to 1001, ,'ound for f;omething to be pleased about, something simple and fine and in its way beautiful; and let us say a prayer of thanks. There are other ways, too, of using the passing moment. This will; refresh the spirit. This will give us courage.

The brave is he who has faced up to the thought of the worst that can happen and is ready fo\' it. He is prepared to do his bes~ when the time comes. Inwardly, he is serene because he is sure of himself; sure that he will be true to himself. Therefore he can go forward with cOUl'age, leaving apprehension and self-pity behind, Emerson wrote: "Self-tl'ust is the essence of hcroism.

It persists; it is of an undaunterl boldncss, and of a fortitude not to be wearied out."

-E.E.M,

GUIDE WAR APPEAL. APPI'o\'al has been given for parcels of material conl'ignerl to country districts to be made into clothing for evacuated and refugee child ren in England to travel fl'ee of charge.

These goods when returned to Headquarters will be freight-free also.

All parce,ls must bcar thc Association's label, which may be obtaincd from the ,Val' Appeal room on the Fourth Floor, at 60 Market st.

To 12th August, 1940, 24,982 garments have been sent to England, Of these, 1848 were Imitted comforts for the sailol's. The Guide Wa r' Appeal Comm ittee wishes to thanJ, Miss Purne ll for her heJp in editing the War Appeal Rcport,-M.L.

WAR SAVINGS GROUP. The Bxecutive Committee ha.s apProved the forming of a Wa.r Savings Group within the Movement, and opC!'ated from the Guide Office.

MATILDA

September, 1940.

Th e Trustees F a ulkn e r. a nd

are th e

L a dy C h a uvel and 1\1rs, j oint Secr etaries, Miss es

GOODBYE TO MR. AND MRS. BOOTHROYD, OF WAUBRA.

Bush and Barfus, Any m e mb er of th e Guid e Move m ent m a , ' link up with this H eadqu a rte r s Group,

On Tuesday last, a t th e invitation of MI'S, J C outts,

Vi c e-pr esident

of

the

Waubl'a

Gil"l

Guid es' Local Association, members and friendq m et a t h er f a l'ew ell to

RED CROSS NOTES.

of th e Guid e C ompany, who has left the distl~ict to r esid e in Ballarat,

Th e C ommittee a nd m e mb e r~ o f th e Girl Guid e H ed C ross Em e l'gen cy Compa n y wish to thank th e fri ends who so Idndl y for\\"al'd ed gifts for th eir stall on 16th August, a nd those \\' ho ca m e a nd bought from th em,

home, HEildon," Waubra, to bid Mrs, Boothroyd , fOl 'm e r Capta in

W e h ad an

After

w elcoming

th e

guests,

MI'8,

C outts

ca ll ed upo n Mrs, Goldsmith , Presid ent of th e Asso c iation , who spoke in glowing t e rms of M,'S, Bo oth I'oyd' s work in th e district, and

c.x cell ent coll ection o f g oods a nd w e mad e £ 36 ,

asl,ed h e r, on b e h a lf of thos e pl'esent, to a cce pt a sm a ll gift.

Thank you all ve ry much, intend ent,

:1\1I'S, TI'OUP , 'Divisional C ommissioner, then prese nted to MI', Boothroyd, th e thanks badge

M, Moore, Sup e r-

(which

GUIDE WAR WORK.

is

th e

highest award

by th e fOl' th e

wond e rful se rvice h e had r end e r ed th e local a uthority ov e l' the past nin e years, Both gu('sts of honoul' r espond ed suitably,

~

D istrict News.

giv en

Guid e Mov em ent to a non-m emb e l' )

a nd sa id that with d eep r egret th ey w e l'e obAho ut two months ago , w e d ecid ed to \\,01"1, for a small sal e of gifts to aid th e r e fug ee a nd P\'a c uated children in Bl"ita in, Two days 8 g0 w e h eld th e sal e and a d a n ce at night, and our pl' ofits of £13 / 11 /3 exc eed ed an y thin<; w e h a d hop ed for , E a ch o f our two Patrols contain s

four

Guid es, ann

und e r

th e

P a trol

ligc d to giv e up th eir a c tivities in th e district, They would, how ev e r , a lways b e inte rested in Guiding, a nd b e ev e r willing to l end a hand if n ee d ed ,

YOUTH HOSTELS IN VICTORIA,

L ead e r's a sc h e m e of m a ldng a ce rtain numb e r of a rtic l es a w ee k w a s carri ed out, Th e

For f ull d et a ils of 31'd M elbourn e Hange l's'

thil'd s t a ll was run b y th e Guid e rs, though w e

r ece nt hil( e fl'om Tunstall to Eltha m, any of

did quite a lot of e x c h a nging,

th e 1 0 h!k e l's should b e consulted in p e rson ,

both P a trols gave

1"01' insta n cf' , h ad

Th ey will t elJ you of sunlit stretch es of d e-

("oll ec t ed , a nd w e ga\' e th e m th e s w ee ts w e mad e, I can ima gin e that mos t of th e moth e rs

se rted c ountry road of hills stretching fold on

did

c h ed a gainst a rose and golden sunset,

quite a n

UR

th e produ ce th ey

amount of

fri ends g a v e produ ce ,

h elping a nd

m a ny

W e enjoy ed d ecorating

fold into a blu e distance a nd of tall gums etOf a

night sp ent at th e Youth Hostel

at

th e sta lls, and h a d sev e ral a nxious mom ents

W a l'l'andyte and a

ove r th c sec Ul'it,' of th e d ecorated uprights wh en th ey threat en ed to com e down, d ecol'a lions a nd a ll.

th el riv e l' by boat, Its design er , in som e d i st a nt p a st, p e rhaps took as his inspiration a

On e of our id eas w a s to ce l ebra t e our birthday, for w e as a C om p a ny a r e ex actl y on e y ea r old to-day, - Etti e Whyte, Capt" 1st U ltim a ,

hazardous journey across

m a tch box , a nd enlal'ging it, made it JUST fit two p eopl e -but, as for bicycles!

Of a midd a y m f' al by the roadsid e wh en \\'e prov ed th e prove rb that a watch ed pot n ever b oils, esp ecialJy if supported by rocks of a high ex plosive va l' i ety (se e Cap's fing er),

Th e Range r Captain, Miss LOI'Y, h elp ed by h e l' Hange rs and the Guid e C ompa ny, 1st Mal'noo,

ran

a

dance on

£18 / 10 / - cl ea r ,

] 4th Jun e and

made

This was given to th e local

Of sh a ring the carriage hom e from Elthal1l \\'ith th e sp ectre of a revell e r ' S c r ayfish , But a s I

said you must ask the Hangm's, These a t'e

T set out to t a lk of Youth Hostels, now

esta blished

at

Warrandyte,

Christmas

H ed Cross and Comfol'ts Funds, and used for

Hills, Kingl a l( e, Launching Plaee, Healesville,

wool for knittin g:-\Va l)aloo South, Stawell,

Rt, Andl 'ew's NOt"th , Toolangi , C ow es and N a r-

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bethong. They provide members with a roo( over their head, a bed, b la nk ets, cook ing equ ipment and washing facilities.

J n eve r y case, sheet s leepin g bags must be taken. The patte rn fo r these may be obtained fl'om the Youth Hostels Association, or a limited numb er may be hired at the rate of a 9d . a night. In somc cases hot meals will be pl'ovided at a moderate c h arge if a rrange m e nts are made beforehand.

Th e Guide Association has joined as a GroLlP Member, t his a llows parties of Gu id cs (Juniors) in c h arge of a f ull member to use the Hostels at half fees. Any Ranger Company may join as a group. This means th"l.t provided there is one full m ember of th e Y.H.A. with a party of Rang'e l's a ll members of the Company a r e ab le to make use of the Hostels. For those over 16 the usu a l night cha l'ge of '1/6 pel' head is made, To both Rangers a nd Guides the youth Hostel Association offers something that should prove of ever-in c r easing value, particulady at such a time as this when physical a nd mental fitness have become a national duty, as well as a personal privilege.

To those unus ed to lon g distan ces, I would a dvise starting at Warrandyte, the Hostel is , on ly two miles fl'om Wan-andyte itself, or .seven fom Tunstall, e ight f rom Ringwood and n from E lth am, while for the tougher a th ree-day tour may be tal,en-WaITandyte to C hristm as Hills 18 miles, Ch r istmas Hills-St. Andrews North 12 ~iles, SL Andrews North to Kinglake (two a lte rnative ro utes) eight to fiv() miles' respectiv ely.

So why not"Pacl, up your dinner in yo u r h aversacl, And Hike, Hike, Hike?"

Youth Hos tel Association ]\fembm'shill l "ees.

Group membership 5/ - pet' year F ull Junior, 14 - 21 year s 2/6 per year Over 21 years 5/- p er yea r Life membership . .

63/ -J. U . Boyes, Guide Representative, Y.H.A.

FOR RANGER GUIDERS.

A limited number of cop ies of a se ri es of five leafl ets on, Food a nd Nutrition h ave been made available by the co ul'tesy of Dr. Rowan , of the Public H ealth Department. These will he speci3J\ly helpful for Ranger Gu id e rs in co nn ection with the Rangel' Sta r T est. Ranger Gu id ers who would lil,e a set a l'e asked to Ipave . their names with Miss Barf us.- M .

Moore, <,;:o mmi ssione r fQr' Tests and Badges.

September, 1940.

A BIKE H IKE.

Had you been outside Heidelberg station at 11 a.m . on Saturday, July 6, you would have seen three Guiders with bicycles intently studying a map, and had you been interested enough to inquire you would have discovered that they were the advance party of a Guiders' week-end "Bike Hike" to Panton Hill.

The morning was perfect, the country was at its best, and the road sufficiently full of "ups and downs" to make the journey interesting-in fact, everything was so near to perfection that the advance party found the ride to Eltham all too short.

A visit to the butcher's for the week-end supplies,a hearty meal in Eltham Park, and then off to the station to meet the rest of the party, who had come by train.

Six Guiders, all mounted on their f aithful iron steeds, set off for Panton Hill. The road through Reservoir to Kangaroo Ground was practically all up hill, but as we hiked along we consoled ourselves by remarking every few yards-"What goes up must come down"-and we certainly had 'reason to believe that later, as we tore down a hill at such terrific speed that will for ever make the Big Dipper seem tame .

Refreshed with afternoon tea of oranges at Kangaroo Ground, off we rode once more; the rest of the ride passing uneventfully, except for one optimistic Guider who insisted on stopping halfway to look for a first aid outfit which she had lost somewhere about there when on a hike 12 months before-needless to say her search proved fruitless .

E ventually we arrived at "Venta," and as we made ourselves at home, opening windows, ligh;'ing fires and unpacking luggage, each was busy with thoughts of many other happy hours spent in that delightful spot.

Tea, which was a grand affair of three courses, was a most unusual meal, lasting for about two hours-there being at least half an hour between each course.

Our stay at Ventra, until we left late next morning, was packed with a hundred and one little incidents that go towards the making of a perfect week-end.

Returning home, we followed the road through Watson's Creek-the road was extremely rough but very pretty-in parts very much like the road to the Guide Mouse-to the Kangaroo Ground lookout. The first part of this run was all down hill, in fact we went for exactly 2~ miles without having to pedal-

September, 1940. this sounds very pleasant, but unfortunately a bout every 100 yards or so the road took a righ t angled turn which made it necessary to keep t he brake on most of the time; it was at one of these bends that the Guider with the fixed wheel bike skidded and had rather a nasty f a ll. From then on she walked down as well as up the hills.

Lunch (a delicious meal of lamb chops and "honeyed spuds") at the lookout, and then down hill almost all the way back to Eltham.

A toast to "Adventure" in malted milks, and then we parted-some to catch the train, and those who still had enough energy and felt zhey could still trust their bikes to carry chern a little further, to ride on to Heidelberg, where they arrived at dusk-weary, but full of the joy of the road.

"FLEETFOOT."

IN MEMORY OF MILDRED KENT.

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Mention wa s m a d e I'ecently in th e press of the gift of £1 000 to th e new Ro yal Melbourn e Hospital Fund to build a six-bed ward " in memory of Mildred K ent a nd in honoul' of th e Girl Guide Movem ent."

Mildred K ent wa s a Range r in 3rd East Ma lve r n Ranger Company wh en it was form ed a bout nin e yea rs ago. Sh e was a ve ry k een Ranger; for a time sh e was Tawny Owl , and then a Lieutenant at 1st G&.rdin e r. Sh e w as still a R a ngel' ,vh en sh e w ent on a tl'ip to Engla nd with h e r family. Th ere sh e becam e ill and later di ed. During h e r p e r'iod in hospita l sh e was ma rvellously ch ee l'ful a nd h elpful, a nd eve ry night sang to th e oth e r' pati ents.

Sh e had a ve ry good contra lto voice, and w as studying singing.

Mildred's fath e r, MI'. A. F. K ent, ha s a lwa ys been interested in Guides sin ce sh e join ed , a nd has been helpful in the past in many ways. \\T e appreciate very much th e honour he has don e th e Guide Movem ent in joining th e na m e of Guiding to his g en erous gift in m e mory of his da ughter.- F .V.B.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. " Adventuring," South Austra lia, "Canadian Guide r ."

"Te Rama," N ew Zealand.

"Th e Girl Guide Courier," W est Australia.

"W a ra ta h," N ew South Wal es.

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FROM W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S "FRANCE AT WAR." (From New Zealand G.G. Magazine, Te Rama. ) "The evacuation of half a million people from Alsace and Lorraine was a destressing nE'cessity, and its attendant hardships would have been scarcely tolerable without the willing aid given by the Girl Guides. . They helped families to pack the few things that they could take with them, and on train journeys that might well take three or four days they exerted themselves to comfort those frightened and unhappy people, herded sometimes in cattle trucks, and mitigate their discomforts. Day and night the Girl Guides were at the wayside stations to give what help and refreshment possil;>le to the refugees. They met them in Paris, fed them, encouraged them, and conveyed them across the city to the station from which they were to entrain for their destination. There again the Gird Guides met tl:.em, interpreted for them, acted as intermediaries between them and the population which was obliged, somewhat unwillingly, to receive them, distributed clothes among them, provided them with books, and, in short, did everything that human kindness could to ease the tragic lot of these strangers in a land strange to them.

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS. Sept. ] . -Guide l's' Own, Central H a ll.

Se pt. 14.-0utdoor Tra ining (see Ca mpin g a nd ·Training) .

Se pt. 14.-" A. A. Miln e" Night (see Extension Guid e Notes). .

Sep t. ] 9-20.- Commissione rs' Confe l'ence .

Sept. 20.- Annu a l Meeting, Browni e Branch .

S.e pt. 21.-Country Da n ce P a rty (see Rang er Page).

GUIDE SHOP. BElA'S .

Th e next f ew w eeks will s ee th e end of our supply of old style buckles for belts, .a nd th e on ly ones a va ilable will be th e new styl e in th e futur e, so if YOul' ord er should contain new style buckl es instead of th e old style whic h you ord e red , would you pl eas e then und e rstand th a t th e re a re no old styl e ones av a ilabl e. V\'e a re h av ing diffi culty with swivels on th e belts, a nd ·a t prese nt w e a re reduced to th e state of not being a ble to pui a n y on th em. W e hope

8

September, 1940,

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to be able to irnpl'ov is e in the futu l 'e, but [or the time being we can do nothing abo ut it, Those sold without swivels will sell for 2/3 in stead of 2/6,

STOCKINGS, ]n

future

"iousl y

the

stockings which

been sold at 2/6

will

be

h ave

pre-

2/11.

",V e

" Sleep is a Preparation."

have been able to obtain, a l a rg e I' size in this c heaper stocking-this will be size 8 for a

4~-5

And

shoe,

this month ,

f':~ptembel',

a ll

the bush-

l and is showing the I'esllit of thc winter stol'ing

HAVERSACKS,

up of food a nd energy in the b lossoming and

Will be 4/- in f uture, because of the better material in them,

This material is the only

one available, so we must be content with >L he'tter articl e, even at a greater cost.

singing of flowers and birds.

Th ese notes are heing wl'ittE'n in tbe middle of August, while on a short visit to POl'tland, and

l'A'I'ROIJ ROTJL BOOKS,

the heathlandR arc a

garden of flower,>.

To look casually thcre is only tho usual bluo

Will be 4d ,

green of coastal slll'ubs a nd bracken, but a second g l a n ce shows colour everywhere-heath, pink, rcd and white, the white of the bearded

EMBLEMS AND CHRISTMAS CARDS

heatlls, a nd pinky mauve o( the wild boronilt :just bl'ealdng into bloom .

In May "Mati ld a" I

asked for Compan i es to

send in to me their cho i ce of the most popul ar

Australian animals, the six most popular birds and flowers in Austra lia.

Hero a nd there a r c

bunches of a littl e blue creeper, and glimpses of go ld

of the guinea flowel' and

"eggs anel

hacon."

Orchids.

The r esults a r e noll'

to hand, and here below is the result.

Animals:

Soptember and October are the best months

Koala, kangaroo, platypus.

Birds: Kookaburra, lyre bird, blue wren. magpie, ga iah,

Many of. them al'l"

difficult to see at first,

e ITIU.

1<'lowers:

fOI' OUI' spring orchids.

\'Vattl e,

flowering'

gum,

boronia,

but after

finding thc

first one, and knowing .iust what to look for, it becomes easier.

heath, waratah, orchid.

Some Compani es who sent in as one of their

"Vith many of the small e l' orchids-such as

choice th e lye bird expresed the doul)t if Patrols

the Helmets a nd Gnats, it is easi er to look fO I'

would follOW up with their full names, would end up being "liars."

it

and

'.rhis would not at

th e

l eaves,

which

grow

Once these a l'e found,

flat

on

the

ground.

it is not hal'd to 1001;

a ll be agreeable, but I 'yould like to suggest that

round fOl' a plant beal'ing blooms, whereas it

mther than omit this lovely bird as One of our

would

1'9otrol Embl ems we might call this bird by its

Rignificant flowers by themselves.

c lassi cal nam e, which is

"Menura ."

This

is

be vel')' difficult to distinguish th e in-

Have' you a list of the ol'chids found in you I'

r ea lly rather a good nam e, a nd Co mpani es might

district?

like to use it.

luc),y enough to find a new species-

Especially in birds and

flowers

there

",a:;

a wide range of c hoi ce, and Home of them I am afl'aid were not Austl'ali9on

wild

flowers,

"Vho I,nows whether you may not be thet'e wcre

several new ones named during tho last yea r.

An excell ent reference book

fOI' orchids b'

but

"Ge m s of the Bus h ," one or the seri es of Nature

since it was the choice of the G uid es it could not

Bool,s (No.5) brought out by the "Sun" a fo\\' ~' ea l's

be avoided.

ago .

TheRe are now out of print,

but

These selection:'; must now go to ou r [<'edel'al

someone in your Company may st ill have on".

Secretary to be judged against the cho i ce of the

Solei ol'igin a ll y for 6d. a copy, in good ol'der

other States, so I

w ill 1l0W bl'ing fl'om 2/6 to 5/-.

hop e to be able to print the

final choice as decided by Australia.

Not many people sent in desig'ns for Ch ri stmas ca rds, but those that w e r e will be sent to the Federal Secret9.ry to choose from,

and

results

will be known later.

Which cuckoo I'etums fil'st to YOlll' District, and what is the earli est date you have h eard it ?

Thank you very much for send in g in this infOl'mation.

BY THE WAY-

CLARA BROADHURST.

Most of us know the Flame Robins go dowlI to the plains in the wintel', but return to tho

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MATIL~)

hills to nest in the spl'ing. H you live in the hills. watch out for their return and first signs of nesting.

Get your Guides to watch the trees, partietllal'ly th e EUJ'opean ones. Most of them will he well in flowet' in September-do the Guides know what the flowers of the elm, oak an d. plane look lik e, for instance? This is an old question, but does give an opportunity fot' ob set'vation to town Guides which is often not used.

Get them to notice how th e n etwork of the branches has thickened gt'adually with the swelling of the buds.

Did you know that although the Helmet, the Gnat and the Mosquito an d Mayfly orchid~ a ll have much the same shaped l eaves, the two l attet' can lJe distinguished by being deep ptlrp lish co l our beneath? All bloom in the early 8pring, and this year, anyway, the Mosquito ot'chid seems to have been we ll a h ead of the others.

WARRANTS AND REGISTRATIONS. Dis trict Comnlissionel·.

13rown Owl. 1st Birchip Pack: Miss L M. Gooding.

Gu ide Captuins.

n.

Vicl,et·s.

Guide liieutenants.

1st Ellerslie: Miss I. Alford.

Jst Yarck: Miss P. ulli..

UBGISTHA'I' IOXS. Packs.

1st 1st 1st 1st

Bairnsdale Pacl,.

Kingsville Pack.

Learmonth Pack.

Northcote Pack.

] st East Malvern, Korowa Com pan~·.

1st Gardenvale Company.

O ld G ui de Group.

Kew,

TJocal Association. vVaubra and Leat·month.

4th St. Kilda: Miss B. Caspat', Captain. . 8th Geelong: Miss E. Wrigllt.,

liieutenant.

2nd St. Kilda: Miss M. Monger.

1st Dimboola: Miss B. Stubbs.

LONES. Dear Lones,You may not believe it, but the Lones' Local Association is now an accomplish ed fact!

Which shows that if YOIl stick to a thing, you eventu a lly achieve it. I fi t'st started the wheels of this particular endea\'our moving on 27th October last year when I sent a circular l ettet' to a ll Commissioners asl,ing fot' theit· in My aim is to have one t erest a nd support. member from each Local Association all ovet' Victoria, who will be th Lones t'ept'esentative in her district, to co-operate with us in a ll

and decided that when r had 14 1 would call the inauguration meeting. Th at was achieved on 23 1'd July when we met at Headquarters and el ected office-beat'Pt's.

Howartson is to be equ ipm ent officet', a nd will

] st Gardenvale Parle

Companies.

7th Hawthorn, Tintern C.KG.G.S. 1st Strath Creek Company.

2nd Heidelberg Company.

CANCErJrjATIONS.

Brown Owl.

T am ind ebted to Miss Bush who gave mC' moral support. and to Miss Bat'fus who so ab ly tool, the minutes and exp lain ed the financial position of the Bt'anch.

T am pat'ticu l arly gt'atpful to Mrs, Robet·ts for agree in g to act as Secretary.

Mt's. Roberts. as you know, was Comm ission er for Lon es until her marriage two yeat'S ago, and her exp el'i ence and h elp to me will be invaluable. Miss Hooper has consented to be Treasurer, for which I am also grateful.

Accounts have a l ways been my "pons assinot'um," and 1 have profound admiration fOt' a n yo n e who will tackle and can control money affairs!

Mrs.

1st Benalla: Mrs. Moss.

2nd Benalla: Miss .T. d·Helin.

1st Yarck: Miss J. McPherson.

1 st ],;lsternwick: Miss B. Meads.

f

9

matters concerning Lones. I a im ed to fOt'm an Executi ve from the mett'opolitan membet's,

Castlemain e: Mt's. Pa rkinson.

Hopetoun: Mrs. J . Roberts.

] st Maryborough: Miss

A

Compan~·.

be of very useful assistance in dealing with the badg<'s, bel ts and sta t's that have hitherto been an added but'den to the Guidet's' lot.

H was a great tht'i11 to me to find 16 peoplE' at the meeting. and to know that they at'e w illing to give the extra time to 'h elp the eam;e of the Lones.

But that is not a ll. We have a ltogeth er 43 members r ept'esenting 23 d i stt'icts.

You will rC'alise how much this will mean to the Lones

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September, 1940,

MATILDA

---- ---------------to have contacts in these areas. For it is the more or less personal contact they can bring what is going to be the most helpful part of their job. f'o,· instance, a Guider w"ites saying, .. Ma,'Y J ones doesn't answer my letten;

1 don't I,now whether to l{eep hel' on my list to co nclud e she has just given up." 1 cnn

01'

then write to the Lones' membel' of her district aski ng if she can find out the reason fOI' the gil' l's "non-attendance."

Perhaps she h3.8

moved to another address, in which case w e can p r obably trace her, perhaps she has been ill, or if she has lost intercst at l east we I{no w \I' here we ar , and can put another gil"l in thc LOom pany to I'eplace her.

If

the Local

Lone"

in

theil'

Associations l,now districts,

and

if

thel'e al'e the

Lones'

Th e following i s th

list of ou,' membe,'s,

and the distl"icts they represent: -

Pel'Sonnel of Lonc. ' Local A

OCilltiOIl.

1'1' sidcnt: lVII'S. M. R . Fail'bairn, 2HG Kooyong Road , Toomle Hon. Secretary:

Mrs. Eric Robel'ts, WiJ'l'u--

way, 86 Argyle Street, Kcw. Hon, Treasurer: Miss L. Hooper, 8 Albany Road, Tool'ak, Equ ipm ent

Olfie'er:

Mrs.

Town ,\(cmbel',. RCrll'es(,lItillg Dis h'iets, Miss MacWilliams, Armadal e, ~[rs. Jardin e, Camberwell NOI'th.

Mrs. Coma li, Cau lfi eld.

MI's. Hughes, East Malvern,

membe r has undel·taken to intel'est herself on

Miss B lack, Fituoy.

their behalf, it is going to mal,e a tJ'emendo1Js differE'nee to the otherwise isolated children in

Mrs. Kebl e, ~ralvel'n. l'vli ss Jngrnl1l, Mll1Tumb ee na.

the cou ntry.

:-'I,·s.• mith, Parl,villC',

It will make Guiding so much

1,10re real and exc iting to them if occasionally

:\II I'S. Higgs, Preston.

thc~'

~l,·".

a l'e ab l e to attend an active meeting near-

by, or if they feel there is someone pal·ticuhul)" interested in them should they happC'n to visil their n eat'est town.

Enrolments

in

an

active

Company,

too,

nlight be achieved thl'ough this co -op el'ation between Lone and Active Local Associations.

Eve"~ ' one

of us who has f elt the thril l and

intel'est of an en l'olment wi1l realise what this means to a recruit.

Enrolment by post is at best R POOl' s ubstitute for the exaltation and enthUSiasm with which she receives h e l' Tenderfoot Badge in the Company of her felioll' Guides,

Howartson,

Barldey Street, Hawthorn,

Harley, Northcote,

IlIdh'iclual TowlI :Uemb(,I''', Miss D . NOI' ton.

Miss Andl'ews, :-'frs. Fink.

Mrs. &w inbu l'l1c. :\fl'8. N. \V elsh. l\l iss Andel'son.

l\liss BI'oadhul'st. l\liss Weppnel'. ~Irs .

McNaughton.

MiRS Howell.

Miss Bunning.

Miss Paling. l\fiss

~roran.

Practieal testing may be ananged, too, and local examiners for the val'ious badges as th e b~'

tending

givin~

the

bi-monthly

meetings,

by

at-

names of Guilders and Guides who haye l e ft their districts to go to

cOllntl'~'

area!l and who

may wish to continue as Lones: by giving hospltalit~·

to Lones visiting the c ity 0"

('Ollllh'~'

Mrs.

I'equests come along.

The metropolitan members can help

passing

)Icmbel's Rcpl'esenting DiRtl'lets.

Ramsa~' ,

BilTegurl'a.

Mrs. Zwar, BI'oadfonl.

Miss Cummings, urJ\I'aa, :\lrs. Roden, nal'eton.

M,'s. Bennett, Dimhool a.

1\1rs. Huffa m, Geelong.

Mrs. Stapleton, Hamilton,

through; by suggesting and discussing ways of

;\f ,'S. Fields, Lang Lang.

furthe"ing the Branch generally.

l\frs. Hayles, Merbein.

With thanks to those who haye respondC'd to my appeal , J give the names and districts of our members.

At the same time, I

draw

attention to the fact that we still have many districts not yet repl'esented, and I would be vel')' grateful if Commissioners would take note

:\JI'S. Henshali, MildUl'a.

Mrs. Strong, Monvell.

Mrs. ('ool,e, Redcliffs. l\frs. O'Shea, f'leymour.

Mrs. Stride, Yarek.

Indh'idual

Coulltr~'

)Iembers,

and hasten to appoint a membel' if they ha",'

Mrs. Graham, Annuello.

not already done so.

:'fiss Powney,

Horsham .

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September, 1940,

MATILDA

11

if , 'o u asl, for anything TOO elabomte-fol' in~tance.

a pictuI'e of the Guide House by moonlight. with bush fil'e scene in the bacl(gl'ound! ) Pleaso send yOUl' orders to "Chl'istmas Cal'd'S," <:/0 Miss Joan Alston, 5 Struan st., '1'ooral"

You I{now how in fai ry tales the youngest daughter

(01'

the youngest son) always "draws

liP h e r l ittl e thl'ee-Iegged stool to the fil'e whil e

she liste ns to" sonleone

01'

othel',

,wcll.

we arc to hav e thrce-legged stools at the Guid' Cottage (some literal-mind ed person will probably tell m e they have fOUl" legs-

Editor: Sydney F oott.

I <.)g is thrown

in free!),

the extra

and it is suggestcd

that Post Companies might each lik e to own There will far as

not" be a

I~xte nsions

big- camp (hiH yeal', ~o

al'e cf) n cemed-s mall Co m-

pany camps, yes, but noth ing to which anyone Probabl~'

in the Bmneh can eome,

it will be

rathel' I il,e. the papel' shortage "'h i ch we dis("ussed-though

(h e l'e

disadvantages, yet

0.1'

one,

whi ch

being the chanc e 0'

~'o ur

fancy dic-

tates and und e meath is a nam e- plate with the lIam

of your Company on it.

So will you put

this to your Company, and if they like the idea. asl,

thel'e will be all SOl'tS of compensation, not the least exciting of

They will cost nine shillings each, a nd

can ue painted in any colour

what colour it shall be painted,

In a recent pap"r there was u n account of a

Post

Guid c

in

England

(01'

rather

P'ost

having a ll (or neaI"l~' all) your Company to gether fOl' a joyous wcek-even if it's only a

Rangel') who had profited by her Guiding,

,,'eek-end,

She

had l ea rnt Jil'st aid from h er Company budget

Any Extension Guider who wants

and when hel' mothCl' was hurt in an air raid

to run a Com pany camp should l et u s know as soon as possible, with the approximate num,

she droppcd hel' crutches a nd hobbled to at-

bel'S and wh eth el' the majoI"ity want " house"

of h

t end to hel' in.iured moth e l', making good use first aid Idt.

I'

H er nam e is Ethel Shoutt,

Then w e wiII do our best flnd a

and she has be en in hospital 14 times since she

lie enscd Guide l' and a tmined nUI'SC, a nd YO\l will h :1\"o to look about for a Q,M, ami a Life-

an yonc II"ho has been in and out of hospital

saver,

as oftl'n as I havc," she' SR.id,

or "tent."

sion to

One last thing about camp-the Exten,

was 10,

"It tal, es mOl'e than bombs to frighten

I¡'und is unfol't\lnately not in a position

pay the

ex p enses of any Post Guide

fOl'

cam p (his year, Howe"el', w e hope thel'e will be a goo,1 ~tock of uniforms at 41 Spdng tl'ept - uniforms seem to have been th!' only al' Uclps of clothing not colleeted a nd sold in the I'ecent jumble sale epidemic, ( Incidenta lly, some Guider!'! al'e alleged to 11a ve b een so swept <'lean b~' the jumbl e sale broom that they arc no\\' forced to buy n ew :l1"ticl es of clothing' to r elllac e thos e sold fOl' "th reepence the lot, and n, real bal'gain:') Thl' state of Oll I' fnnrts leads on to the sale of eh ristmas cards, that this year will not b

Perhaps you feel a year for presents

AN "A. A. MILNE" NIGHT. Miss Gl'ant, a Tawny Owl in the Post HI'ownie Pael<- is alTanging an "A, A, )'Iiln c" night on 14th September at 8 p,m,

Thl'ough th e ldndness of Miss Swinburnc, it will b" h"ld at 41 Kinkol'a road, Hawthol'n , which runs w est off Glenfe ITi e road and is the "econd st l'eet south Bark e l's road, The eve ning pI'omises to be a very intel'esting one, and as there is accommodation for lOO w e hope you will come and bring YOUI' friends, male a nd fem a l e, The charge will be 1/3, which includ es sup-

and yet you still want peopl e to know that

pel',

~'ou

notify Miss Grant,

arc thinking of them ,

sion BI'aneh will

Well, th e 8xten-

undel,take to make

hand-

painted parchment car'ds, to order, for 6d, eacl) or

5/- a dozen,

These will take the form of

Austral ian birds or flowers,

hristmas scene<,

koalas, nursel'y rhymes, and/or anything else that your' inventiv e mind can d e mand,

(Th?

makel' reSOl'Yes the right to put up th e prir e

Will

those who intend 64

coming,

Foley st"

pleal'<e

E".4-Haw-

thorn 6115-in ol'del' to facilitate the suppel' aITangements, Proceeds go to pay expenses of a picnic for Post B I'ownies in the GardenR at the end September,

Do com e nn d helÂť fill t h e

sea ts~

- Aime e Stevens, Post Bl'own Owl.

or

September, 1940.

MATILDA

12

(Editor: Margaret Haseltine.)

A SPRING MEETING.

Do Make It An Outdoor One. "Nature Cil'cle" Opening.-Fairy Ring.

Brownies each bring a leaf 01' twig and form a circle with them around the Toadstool. Pennies can also be put with leaves. Hl'own Owl then says "Fairy," the Pack answer "Ring," All arc quiet listening to stm.}" Boggarts. Ther then sing Fairy Ring.

Game,-Seasons. Have pieces of paper in :lo pile in centl'e of Brownie circle, Blue-summer; yell<?w-autumn; brown--winter: greenspl'ing.

Br'own Owl asl,s questions such as "Which season of the year do we see the sky the most?"

The Brownies run and pick up the colour they think.

Everyone with the right colour' I,eeps theirs, other's put them ee who has most pape" in the end. hacle Pow \Now.-This could be about Sipring, What the Brownies have noticed about it.

Game,-Bear and the Honey Pot. Brownies for'm a circle, one sits in centre, eyes closed with honey pot beside her'. Circle dance ['ound and sing: "Isn't it funny that bear's like honey.

1 wondel' if this does, Buzz, buzz, buzz."

Then a ll stand still and Brown Owl points to one Brown ie who creeps in and tal,es the pot, and then. creeps baele The bear points if she hears a sound, If the Brownie gets bacl, to hel' place with th e honc~' pot, she becomes the bear, Han dieraft.-Give each Six pieces of paper: each Six has a diffel'ent colour. Each Browni e is to cut a small aeroplane from her piece and pin it on to her. These arc to be used in the next game, Game,-"Airmail" (A Compass Game). The e ight points of the compass are mal'ked by gr'een cards with a white border (Iandin~ grounds) with compass point on the under side, If out of doors, circles can be marked

on the ground, but in either case they should be a good way apart. Each Six is a fleet of aeroplanes and wear their paper aeroplanes of t11eir fleet colol! r'. Ha"ing looked at a COI11P:loSS to verify the compass directions, they lin e up r eady to fetch and deliver the a ir mail which consists of fr'om 12 to 20 labels or tags of the ('OIOUl' of their fleet, addl'essed to a compass point, e .g" S,"'\1"., .E" etc, all of which are in heaps in the middle.

The B r'ownies go up in turn to tal,e one at a time of their own co lour and deliver it at the right place. It is better not played as a r'ace, but the Six with most correctly delivered wins.

StorT.-"Apple Blossom and the Boggart."

(See below.)

Closing. .- E\'e rything is cleaned up.

Brownies in circle. Brown Owl vanishes each Brownie, who in tur'n picks up her leaf or twig and scatters it, so no one will know they ha\'e been there.-L.N. ~

APPLE BLOSSOM AND THE BOGGART. Once upon a time, in the middle of an old garden, grew a beautiful apple tree. In the spring it was covered with pink blossom, and ill the autumn the juicy r d apples were the ad miration of everyone wbo passed by, and the JOY of the children "'ho lived in the bouse.

A littl e fah'y call ed Apple Blossom liv ed in the tree, and she was a ver'y busy little fairy indeed. For, besides helping the buds to open in the spring, and looking after the bab\' green apples until they grew ripe and rOS~' , she was a lways being called to help with little hirds, who would not obey their' busy mothers, and to rescue spiders and other insects who fell into the water.

Now, in the sJuuhlwl"Y close by, under an old laurel, Jived a Boggart. He was a ver'y ugly and wic),ed little creature, coyered with greeny-b lack hair, like pond-weed, and his

September, 1940, hands and never,

his nails

MATI~DA

wel'e

never washed,

\')laek

beeause

he

He was very nimbl e,

st ruggling; ca lJ:::: c ,

a nd he hated Apple Blossom be-

'''h en ever she cou ld, she ca.lne do\vn

open,

A

pple

Blossom

heard

the

"Oh, Breeze, I

am h ere in Boggart's hole'

Is thel'e anyone who will save me?"

Th e Boggart was furious, H e slammed

th ,~

door an d scolded Appl e Blossom, a nd said: "If you d a r e try a nd escape, I'll push YOll

a nd r escued them, One d ay the Boggal't saw a b1ltterfly on th(' pansies,

being

<1001'

sigh of the Br",eze, and she cried:

and h e used to eatch all l<inds of insects! and thl'ow them into the pond, just to watch them

13

H e c r ept up very quietly and caught

into

the

and I

pond,

will st.and

The

it by the wings, and dragged it to the edge of

Breeze

had

go ne

to

the

tree,

told th em all wh ere the fairy was,

the pond and pushed it in!

Apple Blossom was ve r y

busy opening the

and

l au~ h

while you drown!" a nd

he

A Rabbit,

" 'h 0 was p assing, said:

"r

buds on her hce, but she saw the beautiful

will tell the Brownies in the fields, a n ,l

tiling struggling in the watel' and flew down

th ey and T together will rescue Apple B1os-

at once to help,

son1."

She was a vCI'y tiny fait'Y, and the

butterfl~'

So the Rabbit and the Brownies went to th e

was much biggel' than herself, a nd too h eav,'

laurel.

for her to lift; so she fet('hecl a big l eaf a nd

th e Rahbit started digging, whil e the B"ownies

And when th e Boggart left the hoI""

pushed it into the water in front of the butter-

I;ept watch,

fI~',

gart co ming bacl"

But, alas, h e was h ea,'y, a nd as he c r aw l ed

P'I'esently they h ea rd

the 'Bog-

one Brownie jumped into

on to it the l eaf tipped, a nd poor Apple Blos-

the ponr!, and pl'etended h e' could not swim,

Hom \\'as dl'enehed with water,

Th e Boggart was awfully pleased, and laugh ed

cannot

fl~'

with

wet wings, so

Now fairies the

Boggal't

a nd clapped his hands, a nd dan ced for joy,

danced \I' ith joy because no\\' his enemy, who

Meanwhile, the Rabbit had opened the tun-

was a lways spoiling his fun, was at his mercy,

n el down to the hole, and the Brownies rush ed

He d mgged the l eaf ashore, and seizing the

in

fr ightened fail'y, tool, her to his dirty home

Th eY' crept very quietly away from the sh rubs,

under the laurel. al~ d

tied hel' wings

H e got an old spidel"s web tightl~'

to h e r back, so th at

m'e n when they got d I'y , she would not be a bl e to fly, and he said: "Now, th en, you have always spoiled my fun h~'

r

saving my victims,

and

h elped

Apple Blossom to climb

till they got a way into the sunshine, they carefully unti ed

out, Then

th e cobwebs from h e l'

wings, and after thanking them she flew back to h e r tree,

And weren't the Buds and the

Birds pleased to see h er again!

sh a ll keep you here,

Th e Browni es e l'ept back to the pond, wh ere

to c l ean m~' house and cook my food: and all

the Boggart \I'as still lallghing at the Browni e

the time l'lll awa~', ,"OU will know that T am drowning eve r yt hin g that I can catch!"

in the wate l',

Poor Apple Blossom was very sad; ho\\'evel',

Ruddenly

the~'

all rush ed on the

Hoggart, a nd gave him the fil'st bath he har] ever h ad!

Th ey brushed and combed his hail',

she determined to mal{e the best of things, and

which was quite a pretty green now it was no

ha"ing made a n overall of dead l eaves, she set to \\'ork and el eared up the hol e,

longer dirty, and took him away to the sunn,'

Now, when sh e did not come bacl, , th e trees

that when he was clean and out in the sun-

an(l

the

birds

got very

worri ed,

Th e

buds

co uld not open without her h elp and there wuS

fields where they lived, shine,

he

fOl'got a ll

And, do you kno\\',

his wickedness and has

no one to teach the baby birds to be good

been kind and good and use ful evel' since!

People now call him a Spl'ite, and have quite

They asked the Sun and the Raind rops, but

forgotten that h e once liv ed in the dark anll

the~'

the dirt, Guide),

l1ad not seen her:

carne a long,

the~'

told

so when the Breeze him

sh e h ad

disap-

and

was

peared, and he said: "Wh erever b~'

r

Then we shall

find

some way to

r esc ue her," he

Boggart. -

(Th e

BROWNIE BRANCH. Th e annllal meeting of the Brownie Branch \I' ill be h eld on 20th Septe mbel', a t 8 o'cloel;,

So the Breeze went away, a nd wherever he travelled,

a

~

go, I will call A pple Blossom

name, a nd some day she will h ear me anr!

answ er,

call ed

sighed

out,

"A pple Blossom-

A pple Blossom," And one day, as he went through the shrubh ery, the Boggal't was at hom e, and so the

at th e Girl Guid e Headqu a l'ters, 60 Mal"1,et st" Melbourne,

The business consists of el ection

of office-bearers,

r eports

from

delegates

and

co nfe l'ene e session,-V, Tate, Commission",,' fOl' Brownies,

14

MATILDA

September, 1940.

THE SIGN POST lo'ditor: EUzabeth Alf r ed.

The loveliest flowers the closest cling to earth, And they first feel the sun: so violets blue; So the soft stal'-like primrose-d I'enched in de\\'The happiest of spring's happy, f l'agrant birth.

-Keble.

:>f.

HOW AN AMERICAN GIRL SCOUTER Measures Her T roop Over A Period of Three Months.

The following are points used to measure up her Troop by a Scout Leader in U.S .A. Supposing we compare it with the running of our Companies? Does your Company accomp lish as much in three months?

1.-Enrolment of at least 12 girls.

2.-At Icast 75 per cent. attendance at each meeting.

3.-0ne good song learned woll.

4.-Passod at least one I'equiremont of a badge.

5.-Some constl'uct iv e bit of Scout publicity achievod.

G.-At least one hike including one meal outside, at least one Patrol attending.

7.-At least one visitor to the Troop who can contribute something constructive.

8.-A thrift plan worl,ed out by the Troop, earn ing, spending and saving Troop money.

9.-0ne good game or dramatisation done well so that a Girl Scout can teach it.

10.-At least a -quarter of the Troop reading "The American Girl," and the Leader and Lieutenant reading "The Girl Scout Leader."

It.-At least 24 hours of home sel'vice and five hours of community service hy Patrols.

12.-At least one party with e nte rtainm e nt as main objecti ve~money spent secondary.

Maybe invite boys and have social dancing.

13.-Familiarity on the part of the Leader

with the health condition of the Scout, through the school nurse. l4.-I nspira tion a l-at least one fOI'mal ceremony.

Score 10 points for each of the above, with the exception of the last, which gains 15.

1f you score 90 to 100, you are cons id e r ed a good Company.

IF YOU DO NOT USB PATROL SYS'l'EM AND COURT OF HONOUR, SUBTRACT 75 PER CEI"rr. FROM YOUR TOTAL! (Note.-'''.rhe American Girl" and "Tho Girl Scout Leader" cOl'I'espond to "The Guide" and "Matilda" and/ol' "The Guider").

- Co ntributed b~' lVf. Nicholson, adopted rrom an American Girl Scout publication.

:>f.

A SPORTS EVENING AT THE COMPANY MEETING. These events are placed on the notice boards and Guides enter for them:Tho Hundred.-Two players. One should be neat with her fingers, the othel' a comp lete ass.

P utting the Weight.-One player. Neither brains nor strength essential.

'I'he Quarter.-One player, Pl'eferably with large h an ds.

The FUl'long.-One player. This is a catch.

Long Jump .-One playel'. This is more or less ,,,hat it says.

The Half.-One player. She must be in uniform, wearing some sort of overcoat and shoes -no t boots.

Obstacle Race.-One playel'. She should be hungry and able to tie her knots.

The Mi le.-Th e II'hole Patrol will take part. pal't.

Note.-Each P.L. will, before the races beg in , detail players for each event, taking into account the hints given on the programme.

No p la y er may p erform twice until the whole of the Patro l h as perfonned. once.

In the

September, 1940.

MATILDA

lat;t event, the Patrol will arrange to run six Guides, some standing out or running tWi,c e as necessary. ] nstl'uctions for running the events:Thc Hundred.-Onc Guide has to cut 100 in c h es of narrow tape in half, lengthwise, with a pail' of small nail scissors. The other Guidc is a llow ed to hold one end of the tap. Any playet' cutt ing the edge of the tape is disqualified.

Putting the Weight.-Consists of throwing a s lightl y weighted feather as far as possible.

As the feather is verY' bent, it is not vel'y easy to make it go even a few feet, and, in fact, it often flies in the wrong direction.

The Quarter.-Each playel' has to convey !Ib. of haricot beans, piled in a heap on the floor, from one end of the room to the other, and using only one hand, Every bean dropped must be picked up with the same hand before she can proceed. '(Our Q.M, docs not really do this bctwccn thc store tent and the kitchen in ca mp!)

Thc Furlong is a real "have"-it means "long fUI·." The competitor whose hair most needs' cutting is placed last and thc othcrs accordingl)', Long Jump.-An ordinary long jump, except that the players jump from a position with hcels against the wall.

Th e Half-past 8 a.m. - Players put to bed, having removed shoes, belt, hats, ties, coats. P il ed in centre of room, Have to dress in own belongings, and pass stdct inspection at batTier, Obstacle Race,-Getting over and under chairs, etc., eating a very large cracknel biscuit and tying a bowline around anothel' Guide.

The Mile.-Each player in turn imagines sh(' is running a lap in 30 seconds, Leaves Patl'ol and wanders around the room for what she cs timates is half a minute, then returns to next player, The Patrol finishi ng nearest to three minutes wins.-M,N,

SIGNALLING GAMES. PictuI·es.-Give each Guide some ca t'ds and ask her to draw and colour pictut'es starting with certain letters of the a lphabet, When you have a complete a lphabet in pictures put th e mOl'se at the top a nd the letter at the foot of the picture.

One of your Guides might Illake the whole set as a useful article for thc Patrol. Makc up a list of short words and

15

write them on different slips of paper. To P lay : Place cards round room. Guides come up to you and get a word and they have to look for different pictures for the various Icttel's in the word and memorise the morse. For instance, if the word was "THEN" they might find pictures tOI' (1) Towel, (2) Hen, (3) Eel and (4) Nail. You see the id ea? When a Guide has memorised the letters she signals the word to you, and if she is cOlTect she gets a point a nd anoth e l' word, and so on. This is a grand game fOl' recruits, Jumbled P ictu r es,-Divide into two tcams, each in different part of room. You signal a noun but you jumblc the letters up.

Thc teams r ead the lett.ers, an.-ange them in propel' ol'der, then draw what you h ave signalled, Award points. The drawings a r e sometimes most am using?

T ap Tap.-Divide into two teams.

P lace paper and pencil in front of each team.

Guides stand with bacl,s to you, all exccpt Leaders who run up , get a letter from you, run down and tap the letter' on the back of the next g uide--fingel' for dot, flat h3.nd for dash. Th;" message is passed down the line to the end and the last Guide runs up and writes down the lettel·. She then runs up to you for the second letter a nd so on. Guides continu e till they rece ive the whole message. You can use International signalling instead of tapping, but if so, warn them it is accuracy that counts and do not a llo w them to flap their arms wildly in theil' excitement!

Station Signalling.-Choose sevO\'al of YOU I' best signallers and station thcm some distance fl'om each othel' out of doors. Guides wOl'k s ingly or in couples.

Tllcy all stand at a stal'ting point a nd the first signaller signals 1). word .

Those who read it I'un to a point be,-ond th e signallel' when the second signaller signals two words. The third signaller sends th I'ee wOI'ds, and so on. 1f a Guide fails to read the word at any station she I'emains behind, and the signallel' repeats it. She goes on r e p eating until a ll Guides have given th e "message received" signal. This gives all Guides lots of practice. A Guide ,vho does not know the whole alphabet may refer to a code. Makc it a rul e that no speaking is a llowed and that the special signals -"call up," "end of message," etc.-are used , If you make YOUI' message exciting, such as " HuITY up, Captain in bUl'ning room.

Rescue het'," it adds to th(' fun and usefulness of the game.

16

MATIL.JA

September, 1940,

THE RANGERS' PAGE Editor-E, FAULKNER. Dear Rangel'13,-I am afraid this will be a ~' erappy page, as I lIn-ve spent the month either nUI'sing 01' having German measles and a Puckapunyal throat, and suudenly find it is time for "Matilda" copy.

There is quite a lot on the notice board, ] have printed the whole of the sports notice in cn-sc someone has not rcceivcd their cireuln-I·.

Do note that th€' country dance evening is for monf'Y 1'01' the Guide War Appeal. I I,now th'lt most of you knit 01' sew fOl' it, but we want to help towards funds fot· buying thc wool and flannel, too, so inierest everyone you can in it.

You will also find on the board more about the Rangel' Reserve, a group b€'tween Activ€' Rangers and Old Guides, which is being tri€'u in Bngland.

You can be thinking about it, too, it might be a good idea to get permission to try it hel'e. too. Then there is the new Proficienc~' Badge whiC'h is in use in B ngl and, and soon will be here.

As so many of you I Imow have beC'n doing A,R.P. courses, you rna)' find it a vel'~' suitable one to worl, for. ,,'as reading about Poland and their scheme for gids of 16-18 years. It is ver~' interesting to know what other countries do. so I am printing part of it below.

Poor Poland-it is sad to think of her scattel'ed people now! It is only a yeal' ago that T wn-s in camp with so many of them at Pax Ting.

I made particular friends with them one day when we a ll sailed down the Danube for 5 ~ hours together on a little steamel·. We sang songs to each other. They sang so beautifully, mostly part songs.

We spent a long time teaching them "My Bonny Lies Over the Ocean," as their Lead('r had heard it once befor e, and sang us the tunc-it had evidently pleased her and remained in her memOl'y. I expect you all know that their great Guide Leadel', Madame Mallwusl{a, managed to reach England, and has started a school there, and is writing every month for "The Guidel·."

J do hope that you arc somctimes ab le to read her interesting articles.

Thank you a ll who sent in designs [or the Ranger Page. The block is being made and we soon will have it. We want some mOl'e designs for registration cal'ds, please. Rimpl(' and striking, if possible.

Ranger greetings,

NOTICE BOARD. Minutes of the Metropolitan Ranger Committee meeting held on 2nd August, 1940, ['resent.- Mrs. Faulkner; Rangers \"in.

Cozens, Gwen Roberts, Margaret Clarke, Peggy Edmondson, Betty 'ewey, Myra Farley and Betty HOI'sley, An apology was I'cceived from LaUl'ie Wright.

Ranger Dinner.-The Convener reported that 88 Hangers were present fOt' the dinner, and 98 for the camp fil'e which followed .

September Fixture.-As the vis it to the Sir Colin McKenzie Sanctuary would be very expensive owing to thc petrol restrictions and high rail fal'es, it was decided to cancel it and hold a Countr'Y Dance Pal·ty in aid of the Guide VITaI' Appeal instead. The date was fixed for Saturday, 21st September'.

Designs fOl' Registra,tion Carils.-As only t,,·o designs had been received, it was dccided to wait and see if any more were sent in.

Conference.-Jt was decided to send out a circu lal' asldng fOI' subjects for discussion.

Sports.-It was decided to app ly for the University Sports Ground again, and to send out :.t circu lar as eal'ly as possible giving full details.

The next meeting "'ill be on Friday, 6th September', at H.Q. at 6.45.

'BETTY HORSLEY, Hon. Sec. ~

PROPOSED NEW PROFICIENCY BADGE. HOME DEFENCR J'cl'sonal P"otection, ,. rnilerstand the care and use of gas mas l,s.

2. Understand the care and use of babies' respirators (if available).

3. Show how to behave during an air-raid, indoors and out.

PI'ot-ectioll of the Home, 1. Understand about the mal{ing and use of a simple gas-proof room.

2. Know the principles of dealing with fires. incendiary bombs, and methods of rescue from smol,e-filled rooms; or hold the Fire Brigade Badge and know how to deal with in cendiary bombs.

3. Make up a simple First-aid Box and understand its use; 01' hold Ambulance Badge 1. Know three occupations wh ich ,,' ould

l,eep ch ildl'en intel'ested

17

MATILDA

September, 1940. a nd

l ess frightened

during an a ir raid.

Gen e ml ){nowledge.

1. Know what ah'-raid precautions and <,usual ty services ex ist in her lo cali ty, 2, Know the position of taps of mu in gas and water supplies in her own home, and how to use them.

3. (a) Send a nd I'ece ive messages by t el e phone ; (b) give concise a nd aecul'ate informa-

choscn she is gh'en a special

ta,sk for each

month, Servicc Pal't of th e Programme.- They have sepec i a l sel'vice badges for different classes of gil'ls, i.e " student will have a different one f"om labour el路.

At the end of the year they give their dialT to the Leader, who reads it a nd discusses it with the g il"l who must a l so show that she has ea rn ed her th I'OC badges.

:to BEING TRIED IN ENGLAND.

tion (verbally and in "Titing) about any Ullusual occune n ce; (c) deliver in pel'son a verbal message one mile away.

The Ranger Reserve (from The Guider)

:to THE POLISH "EXPLORER'S" BADGE. One can get

man~'

id eas in Po land' s "E.'-

plorer' s" Badge fOl' gil"ls 16-18.

They are call ed "Wayfal路ers."

Th y mak e m nta l and social hikes-obsel'ving evel'yth in g, and trying to find I' asons (and , if possible, so lutions) for the problems they meet in life. Th e aim of the pl'ogramm e is that a gil"l should l{now something of life before s h e chooses her call ing. She must ask herself, "What do T w ant to do, to be?" and then, after obsel'ving, she must choose h er direction herself.

The

details

of

the

Wayfarer

In many Rangel' Companies which hav e ileen I'unning for a numher of yea l's, the older Hangers find that theil' time is getting more a nd more fu ll y occupied. This is onl y natural und I'ight, bE'cause through Rangel'in g we :;hould all b("com e in creasingly useful people, finding n ew outlE'ts for service a ll the time.

But many such p eople a r e still proud to be Hangers, still I,een to l{eep in touch with the ompany, a nd even if they can't attend meetings often, want to join in Company activiti es time to time a nd so maintain the old feE' lin g of good fellowship and share the inspiration of th CO lllpa ny spirit.

1"'0 111

programme

Th at is why the fOI'mation of a Rangel" Re-

are:(l)A Wayfarer shou l d do everything in her and power to gather Imowl edge

:<erve has been proposed, and Co mpa nies of old ::;ta.nding arc a!'<ked to exper im ent with it and

stl'engthen her character.

(2) She hikes in summer and w inter, in town a nd country, to get to know life.

(3) She must win thl' badges in her own bmnch of work. i.e., the calling she has chosen to follow aftcr her first few months.

(It must be understood that she chooses to study a subject which inte r ests h el'-she is not obli ged to adopt t h e callin g she has chosen to study-the object of the programme being to give her an opportunity of I,nowing something about it before she d e tiniteb ' decides.)

(4) She must mak e a diary fOI' a year, not-

report whethel' it mE'ets with the ap proval of o ld er and youngE'I' members ali1<e. 'l'he ' fundamental principles on which su('h a Reserye should be built up arc these: l\lembE'rship of the RE'serve should never be路 come a r e fuge for the hal f-heal路t d. It should be an honour attained only by those who have proved by their l,eenness that they desel've it.

No one under 21 can join the Reserve, nOI' can anyone who has not had at least three years ordinary membership oC the Company, with good attendance. Th e three yeal's a l'e essential, whethel' they tal{e place befol'e 01' after the Ranger has reached the age of 2l.

To maintain touch ,,-ith th Compan y those

ing a ll she has observed and l ea rnt and

in the Reserve must attend at l east six meet-

a lso everything about her own subject.

(5) Sh e must read thl'ee bool{s on the suh-

ings in the yeal', but they must not attend more often than onc e a month unless specially invited.

jeet she has chosen.

(6) W11 erever she goes and whatever she does, she must do HER part of the job speciall y well as After a few months disC'ussions, she choos es to study; then when

a Gu id e. of observation the subject she wish hel' subject has been

Finally, they must reall y be "in reserve"that is to say, they must be ready as far as possibl e to take their share in any special ac vity for which the Company may r equil'o I' help.- W. Hangers.

Lander,

om missioner

for

13

September, 1940,

M.ATILDA

CAMPING and' TRAINING PIONEER CAMP. Ho\\' i s your camp cooking progressing?

Get

a Scottish grandmother to tell you the best way

Lo

make

porridge:

r emember

Lhat

5/9,

Guide's stew is not just "stew," but

a

It takes an al'tist to

good

so

praetise

to

a

tasty and

nourishing dish,

mak ~

aehieve

th Guide House, gage,

this

Camps

must

1 /3

reach

Camp i ng Recl'elal'Y,

3 / I 0;

I r,

Bus (I'om Wesburn to retul'n,

App l iC'ations,-Applieations

>\'

f;tew must be cooked long and very slowly-

dumplings,

under 1 6 ~'ears,

I¡'rom Melbou l'ne, years and o\'e r,

including lugfor

th e

abo"c

MISS HARR I SON,

126 High st"

Hon,

Glen

Iris, I"h' shillings deposit must be sent with eaeh apâ&#x20AC;˘ ,J';, 6, not late I' th a n 16th Oetobel', 1940,

art: you can h:1\'e dumplings cooked on top of

plieation: this deposit will not be I'efunded if

the stew,

withdra\\'al is made late I' than one month be-

or dumplings served as a sweet-

t.hose cool, 'd i n a syrup of go l den syrup and

fOl'e t h e commeneement of the Camp,

\\'ater a r e delicious, and as light as a feathf'r

tiCKf'ts

l if cooked by one who I,nows),

must be sent with deposits,

To fl'Y bacon

fl'om

Melboul'nfl

al'e

If I'ail

I'f'quired.

fares

ln the ease of 'l

w ell needs eare, and not too hot a fire; when

party of six

C'ool(ed, put it in a !'<maJl billy ncar th

the same eountlT station. a spC'eial concession

Lo keep hot. -

fire

F,V,B,

1'01'111

mOl'e Guides tl'avelling fl 'om

01'

will be sent to

pel'~on

in chargc,

Al'e you r GlI id cs preparing fOl' the Pioneer Camp ne. ' t Eastql'? \'e ntul'e,

I t i!'< going to be I'eal Ad-

BUNGARRA CAMP SITE OCEAN GROVE.

"Matilda," fOl ' the last few months,

has been giving hints in this eol umn for preparing fOl' this Camp, and the Pioneer Badge, Please l et us know if some of yOUl' Gu i des al'e Pl'opos i ng to come, and IJe su re to show the m thC' hints contained here

ach month,

SUMMER CAMPS AT GUIDE HOUSE. amp Adv i sel'

and Camper's

District

xeept the third

to

3rd

J'anual ' ~' ,

I';.

) 1.

Leigh ,

Fc c,

22/6 to 30/-, acC'ording to numbel's,

sitc

is

week

in Janual'Y,

Rate of

Valley

Highloll,

rd.,

Geelong.

Geelong 2287,

Licence

inclusive,

amp

el udes equipmcnt (enough fol' about 30 eampel's), For fUrthel' particulal's, apply to l\liss

TRAININGS.

tcsts, 'and for general campcl'aft tl'aining-26th December

pel'manent

hi l'e is 2/- p I' head per w el(, and this in-

Thone,

(; ui de,'s' Ca mpc l'aft ']'I'uining, For

Geelong

availab l e fOl' hire' any time during the sUlllme'r

The and

art'ang rJ.

following classes have be n

will

be held at the Guide Office unl S8

otherwi se stated:-

Hangc,'

o mbilled Camp,

For a ll Rangers i n Victor i a, f r om 26th Dec e mber to 2nd January, i nel usive,

.1 "ee, 22/6,

Brown ic Classe , Wednesday 25th 26th

Two G uide Combined Ca mps.

FOI' G uides under ] 5 yea l's on 1st January,

1941. and

evening,

~-eptember,

-Oetobel',

8

p,m"

commencinlj

for six clas es,

Field Miss

Guider-in-Charge,

D3.\', A,

Seal'le,

Shoul d have one yeal"s Guide servicc, preference will be given to Seeond-class

Guides,

Six

Gui des

Guider may appl y

01'

five Guides and

fl'om anyone

one

Company,

Applications must be made on the special applicati on form obtainable from M i ss HalTison, Poe, 22 / 6,

Dates: 31'd - 10th Janual'y inclusive,

Fares,-Return fares to the Guide House b~' ntil if not le!;s than six al'C' travelling: Fl'om single

fal'e;

under

16 yeal's

16

and

yeal's,

Tuesday evenings, 29th

Octobel',

8 p,m"

Field

Day,

10th September21st

September,

Guidel'-in-Charg , Miss )1. Hoffmeyer, These two elasses are for elemental'Y tl'aining,

Sandshoes must be bl'ought,

Guiders arc

as l'ed to be punctu al a8 c l asses m u st end punC',

and 11th-18th Janu ary in c lu sive,

('OlllltlT stations,

G uide Classes,

two-thirds

oyel', single

fare,

tll::t ll ~' ,

Guiders who haye not pl'evi ousl y at-

ll' nded Headquarters Training must bl'jng sign('d nomination Rioners,

fOl'ms frOl11 Disil'jet

Fee, 3d, per class,

Commh;-

Victoria Alterations to P.O.R. PASSED

SINCE

THE

1939

EDITION

WAS PUBLISHED

FOREIGN GUIDES. Page 9, Rule 2 (e).

Any Guider wishing to admit a foreigner into her Company should send all particulars about her (name. address, age. nationality. length of residence in Australia) to her District Commissioner. The District Commissioner should make enquiries as to the suitabilty of the girl, and submit the information to the International Sub-Committee at Victorian Headquarters for approval.

Foreign gitls wishing to be enrolled in Victoria should make the First Promise as follows: " I promi,se on my honcur that I will do my best: To do my duty to God, to my own country, and to the country in which I am a guest."

Refugee children unable to live in their own country and not wishing to promise loyalty to its Government. make the First Promise as follows: " I promise on my honour that I will do my best: To do my duty to God and to the country in which I am a guest."

In both these cases the second and third clauses of the Promise are the same as for British girls.

A foreigner who has already been enrolled as a Guide or Girl Scout in her own country should not be re-enrolled in Victoria.

Warrants to Guiders and others who are not British subjects cannot be granted without the special permission of the Executive Committee.

TESTS. BROWNIES, page 27. pan. 9 "Tell a story to children of Brownie age. so as to hold their attention for at least ten minutes" should be amended : "Tell a story to children of Brownie age, so as to hold their attention for from five to seven minutes."

BROWNIES, SWIMMER BADGE, page 37, clause 1. " Swim 25 yards, breast stroke" should be amended "Swim 25 yards, breast stroke or crawl."

FIRST-CLASS GUIDE, page 43, section III. clause 3 .

"Swim 50 yards and throw a life-line to reach a person 20 yards away" 'should be amended "Swim 50 yards and throw a life-line to reach a person IS yards away with regularity. " EMERGENCY HELPER, page 57, footnote.

"This banl(e must be tested by a qualified doctor or nurse" should be amended : " This badge must be tested by a qualified doctor or nurse; where difficulty is experienced in obtaining the services of either of these, the District Commissioner may approach a suitable Red Cross or other qualified official."

SWIMMER, page 73 clause I . " Throw a life-line to reach a person 20 yards away" should be amended " Throw a life-line to reach a person IS yards away with regularity."

SAMARITAN, page 112 .

Footnote should be inserted: "See note at foot of Emergency Helper Badge."

THE GOLD CORD AWARD,page 147.

"Sick Nurse or Emergency Helper.

Probationer or Samaritan" should be amended : " Sick Nurse, or Emergency Helper, or Probationer, or Samaritan."

War Time Alterations and Additions GUIDE SECOND CLASS TEST. IV. Service.

2. Make some article useful to others.

Proficiency Badge HOME DEFENCE. Personal Protection.

1. Understand the care and use of gas masks.

2. Understand the care and use of babies' respirators (if available).

3. Show how to behave during an air-raid, indoors and out.

Protection of the Home.

1. Understand about the making and use of a simple gas-proof room.

2. Know the principles of dealing with fires, incendiary bombs, and methods of rescue from smoke-filled rooms; or hold the Fire Brigade Badge and know how to deal with incendiary bombs.

3. Make up a simple First-Aid Box and understand its use; or hold Ambulance Badge.

4. Know three occupations which would keep children interested and less frightened during an air-raid.

General Knowledge.

1. Know what air-raid precautions and casualty services exist in her locality.

2. Know the position of taps of main gas and water supplies in her own home, and how to use them.

3. (a) Send and receive messages by telephone. (b) Give concise and accurate information (verbally and in writing) about any unusual occurrence. (c) Deliver in person a verbal message one mile away.

This slip has been printed to fit P.O & R., and can be cut, and gummed on to its respective pages.

Sent~mber =

1940

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E__R ....ED..._'_ _C_R~_ .201i.Pj\.NY~ WE~FARF

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A Ohild Vielfare;:!le Z s has been 8.l ranged t l •.I. do will star"; on Wednesd~y, September 18~h, at '1045 poll1 o at a room a t the Baptist Churchs V'lills Stl"eet "Camber-N~ll Tunotiono rrr.is class is open t a l l members of the Girl Guide Re - er 5S Cpmpfny, ~.:.d to oth· r Guidi.ers on p~yment of the 2/~ Red Cross Meml1ership Fee 0

I[embe~ s

note time and plaQ;e

0

who ha:U6 a Ire6dy se'1t their nemes i 'D , please Other:3 wishing to join please notify meo ~1o

Moore s

Superintendent.

£AMP INa AND TRAlNING

OPEN WEEK··ENDS at

~ GUIDE HOOSE!-:-

adlitioI

0

USUf'lly on the first and third we e :~end of A~Gh month~

except when these clash v;5th public 1.011days er S 011001 ve oations 'lhE.l'e i s a Gt'\1.d (ir in Charges and capt~ins ox Lieutencnt~~ with the Comr i ~ s 1.onerws 1-e1'mis ion, mey take a par~y of the"x own Guiceso Ra nge r s , Guide~s nnd Commissioners lmy apply sing y or ~ake up pa=tles o lh~ l eek~enda are run on the lines of thes'" at Our Chalet in E w." t ze l"",r.

Cocking and the work of the house is shared by all those pr c ~ ~nt Cer~nin set times p such as lllt;Hi;'S, praye:r.s~ Ciolours ';tc,~ are obs '--)d by all; tbe rest 0 f the tine is free ~ and Guiders b~:'inging Guide 3 ~. ll be responsible for their progra~ Provision is rlGde for hL. ~ meals 0

Q

I

0

0

Fee from Friday evening to Sunday evening :6 6/- p in= eluding return bus fare from V'6~burn; pa~t tiue in prep L'tion.

Rail fare ina-dditlon to camp fee: from Melbourne. 16 ~nd over, 5/9 return, under 16~ 3/100 Applications~ a ooompan 5.ed 07 2/6 deposit. f ahoula. be to tbe Oamping Secre~\iery , Miss Harrison ~ 12·'-i High Street Glen Iris 1 SoE.6, as fcllows:For week~ end 4~h~5th Ootober ~ app'icatlona by 20th Sepi~embe1.:' " ,t 18th~.19th n "" 4th Ootober" fide

0

f,

It

n

ff

November nov

8th~9th 22nd ,~23rd

25th October

ft

8th November

Q

0

Please state which vJee1:c~·end is applied for s and bY Which train it is pzu'posed to travel ~Fr1day evening.

Saturday morning~ midday or evening). .han

Deposits will not be refunded if withdrawal is made less ne week before the CAmp d fl te 0

E.

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Morp.n &

Commiss1one:r

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O~mp.ing,

MATILDA

September, 1940,

LICENSED GUIDERS' WEEK-END.

Ou tdoOl' '1' 1'11 i Ili JIg' , !'ept(,lllIH'l' 14, at ~

calch

1>,111,

Blael,hurn,

Guider's will

Ha1'1'isoll

:\fiss

have a

this

timc,

The

programme ])iHtanccs,

October

"Matilda,"

The

PI'O-

gramme wi ll consist of refresher training in

wecl,-end

hil,e

camp

instead

of

thl'

usual camp at "Gipton" 01' the Guidc House at

I ~,-'1'he place and details "'ill bc

in

l et

to

ncarest tr'ain lh' ights, October

PLEASI~

Guiders

I,no\\' whl'lh e l' thp~' thinl, it is a good id ea f o

\\"ill cOn!';ist of Fir:,;t ('lass Hil, ing,

l)l'inted

'Will

t,.ain, or, if this is alte r ed, the

week-ent!,

CUll

know

\\' e

of

,'e rY

a

good spot if the majority arc in fa,'our of it.

All Gu i del's ho ld ing a

Camper's Licence :tr('

asl,ed to considel' this and send i n an opinion,

Htnlking, TI'aeldng and -,\dventure Games, Guiders who

wish

to attend

the

Outdool'

NEW CAMPERS.

'('r'ainings arc asked to notify ).[iss B, ).I acartney at the Gu id e Office,

60 )'larl,et st"

]\.[,' 1hou1'l1e, C,I, not later than a wc('l, lJ eforeha nrt,

~,pc(:ial

October , 19~O,

Fc e, ~ / 6,

A pplications,

Rail fal' c, 3/- rctUI'n, hy 2 / - deposit,

accompanied

shou ld reach ;\[iss Harrison, 126 High st"

Glc'}

I !'iI<, S, E , 6, l.Jl'fol'e 14th Septcmber, 1940,

Th e

fo"

Guid C'rs \\"ho arc n('w

to camp in g will b(' held at "Gip ton," 8ton, 28th-29th fi eptembel' and tClber ,

I{cfl'c"hpl ' " 'C'ck-C"J(l. " Gipton," Franl<ston, under cannlS, 5t h -6th

1I'C'C'I,- C' nd~

fare

I¡'ranl,-

~6th-~7th

Oc-

I"cc, for each ",cel,-end, 3 / 6 plus rail

3/-,

Please app l y

to Miss HalTison

fOI

the first week-end, not later than 7th f;l' ptelll' bcr, and send I'

funded

if

~/-

deposit,

withdl'a\\'al

I )l'posit wi ll not he is

made

aftcr

14th

September, -

1, l a in c

~ I 01'an ,

programme will inC'lud c Wide Games and gcnNal

I'c fresher training for Gllid e r s who ha\'c

not attended a training for some timc.

THE GUIDE HOUSE. SUMMER TRAINING WEEK.

IlEPOSI 'I' REFl'XDS,

A T r a ini ng \V ('cl, will h e h('ld at thc Gui(1e

Would people who bool, the Guide Housc 01'

J anual'~',

Brow ni c Co ttage, and are unable to usc them ,

H ouse

from

I'rogramm e

27th will

Ilccf1mbcr to includc g('n('ral

4th

Gu id e and

Brownie training- :1n,1 is aimcd to help pal'tiC: llla1'i~'

Gu i ders

Comm i ssion

1'8

tmining arc

by

correspondence',

tJ l ease app l y to .Miss Drury for rcfunds of theil' deposits?

If you givc suffici('nt noticc, you

(tre entitl ed to

a

rcfund,

asl{cd

to mal<e surc that all ncw Guid('rs we('k,

I,no," Fce,

about

this

8/ - plus farC'S,

Gu il de r-in- (,hu r ge, ~I i ss S, ':\lacLeod , llhould Sl'c..

at

'I iss

the

.-\pplicat ion s

real'h U,

Guid

the

Hon,

~(acartn<' ~',

O/'fice,

60

;\[ar'ket st.. Mclbuul'l1 c, b~' 15th :-\o\'eml>er, 1940, \¡'h' e "hi llin gs deposit a nd

mil

farc (if d esil'ed) shoul d be sent with each application , Deposits

will

funded

If

madc

latcl'

not bc

withdrawal than

rcis

J st

l kcPl11her', 1940,

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1\1 A TIL D A

W O HI\:L\ G B:EE S,

U'uces so that e\'en the shal'pest eyes could not

,\ re you .ioi ning the Gal'dening \ Vol'ldng Bcc on

~lst-~2nd

Scptemhcl'"

A

path has to be

the ol'chal'd, thc UI'ie I, steps I C'ading f!'om the main path to the too l shed m:lde

September, 1940,

through

door n,nd th ence to tlH'

woode n steps at the

detect w here Uley haye been, inst('ad of ad\'crtisi ng them l>~' bUl'nt black spots to all anrl sund I'y?

How about a fire-hiuing- compptition?

B l'oadhul'st,

I it-d

('o:'t farc,

dght to the edgc of thc wooden steps,

TIll' ",'ason fOl' this is that p('ople are so im-

patient!

You sec, they w ill take flying step"

~>'O IT~ ',

I I11 pan leap:; frolll t he I he wooden :-;bi 1'8

to th e

l11alll

The

refiult bcing horrib l e worn

or

60

app l ~'

applican ts ~l\J arkct

st.,

to

Miss

:'v1el lJoul'l1t',

The

,,<'ek-en(1 will not eXeCI'd

In -

in('luding

'I Ii E BH O W X I E (,OT 'I'A(H-:,

path, instt'ad of going along to the

"I'iek steps,

Bee

Wol'I, i ng

Ouide House a r c goi ng to be extended and ca r-

The Brownie Cottage is looldng- clpJightfu ll y

frcsh with new foll,-\\'ea \'e curtains ancl

palehe" on the grass bank whprc the l eaps h aye

uedsp l'cads:

misfired,

colouri n g, anothcl' is b l ue and grey, anel th ..

So

fl'mptatioll

h~'

\\'e thought we should extC'nding tlH' slq)s ,

1'6moVC

So a ll the

I;l'ieldavel's can step fO I'\\'ard for this jou,

Then

the firC'p l aecs a l'e go in g to be n .a r ked on t h e l'amp f,jte,

r

but

\\'i11

You know this sad

stor~',

1

thin I"

whisper it again-peop l e han' lit

Ii res a ll o\'el' thc ('amp

Si tes, some evcn

lit

onc

room is in pink

other t\\'o arc in gold and bl'own tonings, 'l'1~e

Rrownie Comm i ttc("s latest news tell:;

of stout wonde n s t oo l s painted in gay eol oul's, to ue used Cott age,

i n st('ud of chai l's at tl1(' Browni.,

hopcd cach Pack \\' ill provide a stool, the colour they can ('hoosc,

(iuid('sl. othel's ha\'c k il led grass and left b l ack

put on it.

patchcs-so certain p l aces on thc Camp

It is

Rathcr excit ing, they sonnd,

Ihem on tree roots '(THEY cou l dn't h ave been \)<11'(,

and fawn

a n el

thei l' nal11<'

\\'ill

he

They will be solid ('nough to hold

hefty grown-ups as well

as small HI'owni"""

>lites ar(' go i ng to ht' llIal'I,('d-and tires al'::'

and \\ ill ('ost 9/- each.

10 iJe I it on them and nowhe r e e l se, to g i ve the

I nl'in pl'o\'id('i) 011", I \\'Ol1dCI' how many there

gnu;>; anel tl'ees a fail' chancc,

would b("1 ?

:d l

pl'actise

l ighting fi l'es a n d

Couldn't we

If e \'OIT Pac I, i n Vic-

-:\f.D.W.

romov i ng the

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