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Vol. XXXIX-No.7. JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1961.

PU BLISH ED BY THE GI RL GUIDES ASSOCIATION , 20 RUSSELL STREET, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA. .. THINKING DAY 22nd FEBRUARY ,~1f2. -.z:: ~ v

COMMONWEALTH GUIDES GATHER IN BRITAIN GIRL GUIDES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH TAKING PART IN A TRAINING COURSE AT THE GUIDERS' TRAINING CENTRE, FOXLEASE, ENGLAND. Left to right are Guides from Hong Kong, South Cameroons, Trinidad, Aden, Trinidad, Tanganyika, St. Vincent, Sierra Leone, Hong Kong, Singapore, Pakistan and Trinidad. -Courtesy Department of Information. Page______Two "* January-February, 1961. ______malilJa A STATE COM MIS S ION ER 's DIARY My Divisional Meeting and very good ran a Belle of Belles' Ball, and I was in­ Annual Meeting in Ballarat-such a good vited to judge. Great credit is due to the report. But the meeting was a little sad, as members of the L.A. Byaduc isn't a very it was Mrs. Richardson's last as Divisional big place, but the Hall was full, and, of Commissioner. For ten years we have been cour e, Belles from far and near. Being fortunate enough to have her, and thank her rather partial to youth, I thought they all for all her generosity and unselfishness. looked lovely. However, walking, curtseys, Guiding under her wise counsel has multi­ etc., do come into it when judging. Mrs. plied considerably. de Garis, the Presiden t, kindly invi ted me On Tuesday, 22nd, I had the privilege of to stay, which I enjoyed very much, and enrolling nine Guides at Carngham, the first I was looked after by her own Guide, Company. I know it was very exciting Brownie and sons. Thank you so much, for them, as it was for me. We had a Byaduc, for a lovely evening and my stay lovely enrolment, and Mrs. Kirsner, the in your countryside. Division Commissioner for Caulfield, who 3rd December.-Attended a Fete at the was staying with me, gave a little talk to home of Major and Mrs. Philip Russell of the new Guides. Carngham, who lent their home to the L.A. On Saturday, 26th, Miss Macartney (who to make money for the Scouts and Guides. was staying with me) and I motored across It was very kind of them, and I thank them to Eaglehawk via Bendigo. It was a tre­ very much indeed. Unfortunatey, it wasn't mendously exciting day-the official open­ very good weather, but everyone enjoyed it. ing of the Scout and Guide Hall by Major­ The garden was full of Blue and Brown General lusson, the State Commissioner for figures, lovely to see in a new district. Boy Scouts. Our first call was on Mrs. Monday, 5th December.-State Council, Baker, Division Commissioner, Bendigo, who and a very good party given by the Consul gave us tea at 11 o'clock. Afterwards we of Thailand and Mrs. Fader in honour of went on to Eaglehawk for a Civic Reception, the King of Thailand's birthday. fol lowed by a lunch party kindly given by Hope you have all had a lovely Happy the combined Scout and Guide Committee. Christmas holiday, and feel fit and fresh After lunch we went and as embled outside to meet a New Year. I hope we have the new Hall. Major-General Risson gave a another lovely year like the last, full of very good address and opened the Hall, effort and achievement. No one will forget which is a grand hall. I was very honoured Jubilee Year. We have Thinking Day for at being given the privilege of unveiling the our first effort and celebration. Let's try plaque which commemorated the great day and make it a wonderful Thinking Day in and Major-General Risson's and my visit to every way. It is wonderful to think we are Eaglehawk. Later we went on to the gar­ the means of helping our sisters in other dens to see the Brownies, Guides, Cubs and coun tries through this fund. Scouts at work. Then a tea party, and IRENE FAIRBAIRN. finally home. It was a wonderful day apart HER MAJESTY'S THANKS from the efforts the people of Eaglehawk Received by Mrs. C. O. Fairbairn, State have made to make this Hall possible-the Commissioner, Girl Guide Association, atmosphere was so friendly, everybody keen Victoria. and all in it together. Thank you, everyone Buckingham Palace, at Eaglehawk, for a wonderful day, and 11 th November. many congratulations to you all. Every­ Dear Madam, thing was arranged beautifully. May Mrs. I am commanded to ask you to convey Houghton, the District Commissioner, get to the Queen's Guides of Victoria Her all the help she needs. Thank you, Mrs. Majesty's sincere thanks for their kind mes­ Houghton. sage of loyal greetings said on the occasion 30th November.-Something a little dif­ of their Golden Jubilee, which as Patron ferent this time. The Local Association of of the Association, she much ap~reciates. Byaduc (which is 16 miles out of H;:lmilton) Yours truly, MARION CHARTERS. THE NEW SCOUT AND GUIDE HALL AT EAGLEHAWK.

1 st HEYFIELD RANGER COMPANY Back row (from right) -Pam Graham. Maree Ni%o :iek. Heather Weston. Front Row-Irene Vinnal, Annette Risley, Captain F. Truin, Irene Skeels, Betty Rcache. Page______Four * January-February, 1961 . mali~a II

THINKING DAY, 22nd FEBRUARY no longer adequate. Therefore, coupled Thinking Day Greetings to you all, and with our gratitude for your past contribu­ my best wishes for a happy Celebration Day. tions, we appeal most earnestly to you not This will be my Thinking Day prayer. I only to keep them up, but even to increase would be very happy if you would also make them to meet this fresh need for extended it yours:- training of World Association Representa­ "0 God, we beseech Thee to bless all who tives-Representatives whose task can bring belong to the Girl Guide Movement through­ happiness to so many children living in out this State, Australasia and the World. insecurity through no fault of their own. Help us to bear one another's burdens, to This letter carries our warmest greetings li~e not for ourselves but for others as and good wishes to you all for Thinking members of a family greater than ourselves. Day, 1961, and the inspiration of Abraham Let no spirit of selfishness, pride and pre· Lincoln's words: judice or envy mar our fellowship with Thee "I am doing the best I can, the very best and one another. This we pray through I know how, and I mean to keep on doing Jesus Christ. Amen." it to the very end." Yours sincerely, THE THINKING DAY FUND (Signed) LESLIE E. WHATELEY, • Each year, when the time comes for us Director, The World Bureau. to send you a summary of how your con­ (Signed) RUTH TUCKWELL, tributions to the Thinking Day Fund have Treasurer, The World Committee. been spent during the current year, the truth of the expression that the sky is the limit "THINKING DAY" is brought home more forcibly to us. Dear Commissioners, It is easy enough for us who are in direct Here we are at the beginning of our Guid· touch with those in need of assistance to ing year of 1961. With this beginning comes realise and understand the ever-growing im­ a very important day for Girl Guides and portance of the Thinking Day Fund; but, Girl Scouts throughout the world, "THINK­ because the majority who contribute do not ING DAY." share our first-hand experiences, our grati­ I am sure that you will all agree that it is tude and admiration are all the greater a very good thing that we have this special when we see the total yearly contributions day, so that we can have special celebrations continuing to increase. Never in the history that unite us with our sister Guides and of our World Association has the challenge Scouts wherever they may be. There is one been greater, nor the need to answer calls way we can really help tremendously, and for assistance, more urgent especially from that is through our THINKING DAY Guides in countries which have recently PENNIES. Many of you will have read the become, or are about to become, politically report from the Director of the World independent_ World events are moving fast, Bureau, Dame Leslie Whately, on the and to safeguard the fundamental principles THINKING DAY FUND, telling of the many • of Guiding/Girl Scouting, we must keep wonderful things that they do with the abreast of these events. This means we money sent in from all over the world. must train more and more World Associa­ The training of Travelling Commissioners tion Representatives, whose role to-day and the expense to send them to different covers a far wider field than the title of countries must surely cost many pennies, Trainer implied in the past. and now we are growing into a much larger In addition to her skills as a Trainer, she family we will need more Travelling Com­ must be a diplomat familiar with our work missioners to give assistance in new areas. on world level, which means she must under­ Of the grants given to countries to help stand the functions of the World Committee in many ways, some are very small, others and work of the World Bureau. on a larger scale. One instance was the Those who qualify to-day are dangerously small sum taken from the Thinking Day few. In the past this training could be Fund to bring together the Planning Com­ given by correspondence or the briefest of mittee for the ALL-AFRICA CONFERENCE, visits to the World Bureau. To-day this is UGANDA, to be held during April-May, 1961. malilJa /J ______January-February, 1961 . * Page Five_ From this Conference will come a wonderful INVITATIONS, 1961 lot of help from discussions and just being FROM THE UNION OF THE FINNISH together, so the money from this fund will GUIDES be well spent. We know ourselves that, International Camp of the Four Winds when we have our Commissioners' Confer­ in Finland. ence, just what a great deal of help we An invitation has been received for five get from it, and we can understand what a Rangers/Seniors or Young Guiders/Leaders, wonderful thing being together means. and one Leader to participate in the Camp There are many, many things to be told of the Four Winds, to be held in South­ of just what the THINKING DAY PENNIES Eastern Finland from 25th July to 4th can do in this Guiding world of ours. Do August, 1961. try and make 1961 the best Thinking Day Place-South-Eastern Finland. The exact ever. site is not yet decided. Dame Leslie Whately thrilled us with tales Dates-25th July to 4th August, 1961. of her travels, and in the recent letter I Cost-Camp fee -F. marks 4000 (approx. have had from her she was just off to £4/9/-) and transportation. Spain, Egypt, Syria and Ethiopia. I am sure Camp Chief-Mrs. Kate Jouhki, Deputy that it sounds very exciting, but on the other Chief Commissioner of the Union of the hand must mean more work for the Bureau Finnish Girl Guides. and more use for the pennies. Programme-In addition to excursions and It is very fitting that we have with us camp activities, the programme will include some visitors from the Philippines. To many discussions on themes which are interest­ it will make the link of friendship very ing to this age group of the delegates and a clear. I hope they enjoy their stay with choice of a dozen different interests and us, as we certainly enjoy their company. activities. A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. Qualifications of Delegates - Delegates BETTY PEARSON, S.I.R should preferably be from 15 to 22 years old. THE ISRAEL BOY AND GIRL SCOUTS Equipment-Personal camp equipment. FEDERATION Sleeping bags. No group equipment. NATIONAL JAMBOREE, 1961 Hospitallty-One week's hospitality in Fin­ The Israel National Jamboree, 1961, is to nish homes is offered after the camp. take place from 30th July to 3rd August, Tour-The hostess country offers assist· 1961. The exact place of the Jamboree is ance in suggestions and arrangements of not yet fixed. Since the country is not too tours in Fmland. large, it will be easy to get to any place Please reply to the State International and to visit the various points of interest Representative 30th February, 1961. right after the Jamboree. RANGER ADVENTURE WEEK. 1961 Camp fees, including transportation from The next Ranger Adventure Week will be port of arrival (Haifa by sea or Tel-Aviv by held at Our Chalet. air) to the camp site will be less than IL 20 Dates-10th September to 22nd September, (about U.S. $9). 1961. Please reply to the State International Rangers and Senior Girl Scouts, who Representative by the 31st March, 1961. should be between the ages of 16 and 21 INVITATION FROM NORWAY years (not under 16), will be accepted with The Norsk Speiderpikerforbund invites a the approval of their National Headquarters. party from Australia to their National Camp, No special qualifications are demanded, but 1961. girls must bring a certificate of good health Time-29th June to 6th July. cmd be keen to take part in this special Situation-Royse, Tyrifjorden, five miles programme. N.W. from Oslo. Programme-This will be as varied as Cost-Fee, Norw. Kr. 70, and Norw. Kr. possible and planned with the Rangers 10, travel cost from Oslo to the camp and themselves; it will include walking in the return. mountains, an overnight hike, cook-outs, Please reply to the State International dancing, singing, dramatics, handcrafts and Representative by the 31st February, 1961. discussions. (Continued on page 7) ------Page Six * January-February, 1961. ______m aulJa /J

FOR THOSE WHO ARE YOUNG IN active Guider when she started the 5th HEART Caulfield Guide Company in 1932, then later How these words describe our dear Mrs. became a Ranger Captain and opened the O. G. M. Knight, whose passing on 7th Caulfield District Ranger Company, where December has left all who knew her with a she remained as leader until 1948, when she deep sense of personal loss! was appointed District Commissioner for When, at a Commissioners' Conference, Collingwood; then followed Northcote and the remark was made, "From the smallest later Assistant Division Commissioner for Brownies to the largest Commissioner," she North-Eastern Suburbs. took great delight in claiming for herself During her visit to England in 1958 she the distinction of being the largest Commis· represented the State Commissioner at the sioner. If by that she meant her great Chief Commissioner's Conference at "Fox­ capacity for embracing all sections of the lease." On her return to Victoria she be· Guide Movement, she was right. Whether came Assistant Division Commissioner for at a Pack meeting, a Guide or Ranger Corn· the new Merri Division, where she worked pany, a District or Division function, or unsparingly to help establish new Districts a Conference of a Branch of the Movement, in Reservoir and as far afield as Mernda she could always be relied upon to hold and Whittlesea. She was responsible for all the interest of her audience regardless of the arrangements for "Operation Link-up" age. when the Division was linked with the Her keen enjoyment of everything that Hamilton and Ovens River Valley Divisions happened in Guiding or other circles was this year. evident by the way she would settle down Besides all these other commitments, she and say, "Now tell me all about it." You was the Treasurer for the Guide House knew immediately that she really wanted Committee. As a Mollison prize-winner she to know, and would be storing up informa­ was a valuable member of the "Matilda" tion for future use. Sub-Committee, and never failed to "sell" Mrs. Knight's very deep interest in any­ it at any opportunity. She was also a thing she undertook was evident in the member of the State Council. During 1959 success which followed; nothing was too she undertook the job of co-ordinating the much work, or any detail too small to merit Trefoil Guilds throughout Victoria with great attention. To those of us who knew her success. well, to hear her say "Pandemonium!" told Even the newest members of the Move­ us that something had gone awry, but, know­ ment will remember her for the tremendous ing her capacity for ironing out difficulties, amount of work she did as Treasurer of we were confident that it would soon be the Jubilee Pageant last August; she was still righted by her capable handling. Or again working on the final details until the time she would draw attention to the meaning of of entering hospital. the word uniform, saying, "Uniform-one In paying tribute to Mrs. Knight at the form-or all the same," when commenting last Executive Committee meeting, Mrs. Orr, on the odd things we see sometimes when Assistant State Commissioner, said that she we gather together. had two outstanding characteristics-her Although Mrs. Knight was in contact with tremendous sense of fun and her ~reat Guiding through her sister, Miss Frieda devotion to duty. She was never anywhere Barfus, from 1920, and her interest in work­ but there was laughter before long. ing for children was shown when she was I think that is how we will remember the President of the South Caulfield State her-always playing the game of Guiding School Committee and School Correspon­ with the welfare of the children first and dent, it was not until 1928 that her personal foremost; carrying out the Founder's inten­ association with the Movement began. tion that rules are guiding lines and not She first acted as Q.M. for Training Weeks regulations; always "doing her best to do at Government Cottage, Macedon; "Sunny­ her duty to God and the Queen, helping side," Mornington; and for the 1st Mel· other people at all times and living the bourne Ranger Company. She became an Guide Law." -E.M. matilda ______January-February, 1961. * Page _ Seven and , , j,;.'

A BROWN OWL AT BERWICK NOW OUR STATE INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATlVE

Victoria was shocked and saddened to TREFOIL GUILD hear of the passing of Mrs. O. G. M. Knight, The B·P Scout Guild of Victoria invites who was a greatly respected member of all Trefoil Guild members, together with our Movement and loved by all who knew their husbands and families, to join in their her. It is a wonderful character that leaves Founder's Birthday Celebrations on Satur· a memory of fun and laughter, combined day, 18th February, 1961. with outstanding virtues of courage, kindli· Place-1st Toorak Scout Hall, Fairbairn ness and thought for others. We will always Road, Toorak, S.E.2. Take No. 7 Cam­ miss her, and thank God for her life. berwell tram from City to Stop No. 32. Our deepest sympathy goes out to her son Turn down Mathoura Road to Edward and his family and her sisters in their Street, which is first on the right, and sorrow. Fairbairn Road is first on the left from IRENE FAIRBAIRN. Edward Street. Time-3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Barbecue Tea, 5 p.m., followed by Camp Fire. RANGER ADVENTURE WEEK There will be activities for children and (Continued from page 5) adults, and all are tree to come and go as Cost-This will be ten Swiss francs per they wish. The Toorak Hall is ideally day for board and lodging, and Swiss francs situated in ample grounds. 20.- per head for excursions and overnight Bring your own food; hot water and fires hike. provided. A charge of 1/- per adult will be Please reply to the State International made to cover expenses. Representative by the 30th April, 1961. GRACE CAMERON, State Recorder. Page______Eight * January-February, 1961 . m alilda II

CHRISTMAS CARD FROM HER EXCELLENCY LADY DUNROSSIL Miss Manning has sent a note to all States as follows :-uThis is to let you know that I ha"e received a lovely Christmas card from Her Excellency Lady Dunrossil to . The Chief Commissioner and all Guides." NEW YEAR GREETING Thank you all so much for your kind TIGER SNAKE (NottJChls) BROWN SNAKE (Demanslo) Christmas messages. Lone Guides and Brownies, your presents are wonderful and so useful. I am "ery proud of them. Thank you, every one, and again I wish your a Happy New Year. IRENE FAIRBAIRN. GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, COPPERHEAD SNAKE (0""'9)(110) BlACK SNAKE (P__ dwlIs) Au~rRALIA SOME VICTORIAN VENOMOUS SNAKES ...JlP~INTMENl JlU;)1ruu.1JlN SECRETARY A SlDcere welcome and congratulations to --Courtesy "Journal of Melb. Bush Walkers." MI!>!> LJ.11Jan MItchell. lhe appulDtment is announced of Miss SNAKES The four species of snake mostly found Lllilan Mllchell, M.B.E., J.P., of Sydney, in Victoria and the Riverina are: Tiger "".S.W., as the first liener~l Secretary of the Snake (Notechis Scutatus), Brown Snake Uirl GUides ASSOCIation of Australia. (Demansia Textilis), Copperhead (Deni­ Miss Mllchell, who resigned on 7th De­ sonia Superba), and the Black (Pseudechis cember from the position of State Secre­ Porphyriacus). Fortunately there are no lary al N.S.W. Headquarters, which she has Death Adders south of the Murray. held for a nwnber of years, has carried out All walkers should get to know the habits the duties of Australian Secretary on an of these snakes. They are to be found in hunorary basis since 1955; her full-time ap­ open and bush country, often by day or pointment has been made necessary by the night, and all are most dangerous if dis­ gruwth of the Movement in Australia and turbed unexpectedly. Horses are most sensi· by the increasing importance of inter· tive to their presence at night. national contacts. The Tiger Snake is aggressive and very Apart from the great contribution she has dangerous, for it stands its ground and made to Guiding in her Secretarial capacity, makes a swift attack. It is found all over Miss Mitchell has represented Australian Victoria and the Riverina. During the 1936 Guiding at International Conferences in floods on Balpool Station in the Edwards India, Greece and France, as well as at many and Wakool River area, we built many levee meetings in Australia of affiliated organisa­ banks to prevent the rising floodwaters ,iuns. She has a further qualification in that reaching the homestead. Later, as the she has for many years been an active water receded, we rode out to see some of Guider. our favourite haunts in the forest. After REVIEW riding for some time in the warm spring "Barny and the Big House Pack," by Freda sunshine, we became aware of our horses Collins, presents to readers the meaning ot doing much sidestepping. On investigation "Lend a Hand," the Brownie motto. we found it was snake trouble in a big way. The international side of Guiding is intro­ Soon my three companions were having a duced in an intereseting way. With "Think­ busy time. The Tigers met were in a most ing Day" fresh in our minds, it is an excel­ vicious mood, rearing up off the ground lent book for Brownies. with necks puffed out ready to strike. Lunch -F.D. time found us with little interest in the ma/ild"il ______January-February, 1961 * Page_ Nine super lunch carried in our saddlebags. Black frequent deep gullies, tussock grass We found almost all suitable lunch spots and other vegetation. The Copperhead is had snakes, either Tigers or Browns, a very common snake in south-east Victoria. basking in the sunshine. We disposed of The Black snake is very constant in its sixty-five before returning home feeling quite colOuring, being a glossy coal-black above sure we had really seen snakes. and a bright scarlet or cherry red beneath, In the warmth of the Riverina the Tigers although in older snakes and those about to are a much lighter colour than further slough the brightness fades and the red is south; mostly almost a lemon-yellow, with dull. Six feet in length, and a t times seven forty to fifty narrow transverse bands of a feet, the Black snake lacks the aggressive­ blackish-brown. In Victoria they vary from ness of the Tiger and generally scuttles out a very dark green to black; often the dark of man's way. This snake, however, will bands are invisible, although they may still enter water readily and swims well and be discerned on the greenish forms. The quickly, with the ability to remain under usual length of the Tiger is four to five feet. water for long periods. Watch carefully Watch your step in scrubby, dry sand stepping among logs and tussocks. It often country. The dry skin is sloughed every basks on the sunny side of such cover, so few months, and may often be found among it is wise to avoid that soft, tussocks seat dry grass tussocks. I recently found one at lunch time. The Black is also fond of in the tussocks of the Tidal River camping taking refuge in rabbit or mutton-bird bur­ area. rows, always with its head facing the en­ The poison is very deadly, much more so trance on guard, a very real danger to the than the Indian Cobra; but, fortunately, unsuspecting human who inserts an arm in much less is injected into the flesh. More these places. people die from the poison of the Tiger Having spent our early childhood with the snake than from any other Australian snake. rock-covered shores north of Lake Colac as There are usually forty to fifty young at a our playground, my brother and I learnt birth. very early the lessons of snakes, on many The Brown snake appears to like the occasions proudly taking home our kill. warm, light rainfall areas, especially the The Stony Rises country west of Colac, northern part of the State, and is much through which the Princes Highway passes, on the move by day. Mostly they are five with its miles of magnificent stone walls­ to six feet long, brown on top with a drab monuments to early settlers such as the late white underneath. This snake has the ability Martin Breen, Tim Hassett and many others to leap above the vegetation to capture its -is well-known snake country. victim, perhaps an innocent bird or field The bite of all venemous snakes is un­ mouse. While the Tiger and Black snakes mistakable; two small punctures marked by are vivaparous, the Brown lays eggs. These two tiny spots of blOOd, about half an inch are deposited in any leafy debris to hatch. apart; larger if a really big snake. Swallow­ The young are mostly brown and fairly pale, ing large game whole frequently brings about with a number of rings which later dis­ the loss of teeth by breakage. This, how­ appear. The bite of the Brown is deadly, ever, is offset by the ability of the snake to and precautions should be taken at once. replace them, so that each poison fang has The Copperhead is usually brown, but another in reserve. At times these reserve varies greatly at times, being either blacker fangs, too, are in action, so that three punc­ or redder. Underneath it is yellowish or tures register on the skin; in rare cases creamy, with a tinge of green; sometimes a there may be four. trifle red along the sides. The coppery patch Always carry your First Aid outfit in the on the head is brighter in the young and in same place in your pack, and preferably your those snakes which have recently sloughed ligature handy on your person, where it their skins; in older specimens it is darker. can be quickly got at. When treating cases The Copperhead can be confused with the of snakebite, it is essential to remember Black if the red is very bright and the black that, once having located the punctures, a prominent. Both the Copperhead and the (Concluded next page) Page Ten * January-February, 1961. m II ------______an~a SNAKES (Concluded from page 9) ing aids-all the hobbies of Guides and ligature should be applied above the wound, Brownies. that is, between the bite and the heart. After the judges had made their final Wash the skin to remove any venom, and difficult decisions, the hall rapidly filled then cut outwards from the punctures to with eager faces, hoping to see a certificate make the wound bleed freely. attached to one or more of their entries. In conclusion, if you have not got the The points were allotted to Guide Patrols right weapon and confidence to kill a snake, and Brownie Packs-Vermont Kingfisher it is far better not to attempt to do so; a Patrol and the 2nd Vermont Pack finished piece of fencing wire makes a good weapon. up being the ultimate winners. -MARIE GILLESPIE Everybody felt happy and left for home (courtesy Journal of Melbourne Bushwalkers). quite eager to begin preparations for the HOBBIES EXHIBITION Hobbies Exhibition next year. We awoke Saturday morning and it was D. E. MITCHELL, ralillng. Not to be thwarted by the lack Brown Owl, 2nd Vermont. of consideration shown by the renowned FOOTSCRA Y GIRL GUIDES Jupiter Pluvius, Brownies, Guides, Guiders Local Association members Mesdames and members of the Local Association, Robinson and Curwood, attended the Wil­ stalwarts of Mitcham and Vermont, gather­ liamstown Local Association Annual Meet­ ed at the Baden-Powell HaU, Mitcham, to ing last week. prepare the exhibits for the Annual Hobbies The Mayoress of Williamstown, Mrs. L. A Exhibition. Parker, Mrs. M. Ebeling and Mrs. Morton Trestles had been set up, and were soon were among the guests. covered with needlework, embroidery, cook­ Mrs. Hartley Watson, guest speaker, show· ing, photography, floral art, handcrafts and ed fine films of her recent trip to the Orient. a great variety of camp gadgets and teach- -From "Footscray News,"

1st and 2nd Horsham Guides erect;ng the rope bridge. HIKING TO McKENZIE CREEK Received from Suzanne Jenkinson, Pam Dalitz, Ann Bruce and Captain of 2nd Hor· sham Coy. (Jean Hill) an account of an interesting hike they took part in. Here are some extracts from their letters:- We cycled out to Horsham Golf Course; left our bikes and walked one and a half miles along a dusty road. On the way we armed ourselves with lengths of loose fencing wire for protection against snakes. When we reached the desired spot, before dinner two Patrol Leaders set sun-sticks in the sand. Others went to the creek and caught leeches and tadpoles. Several Guides made unusual totems for their Patrols, using bark, nuts and a few wildflowers. The older Guides built a rope bridge and a swing and practised life-line with great energy. Cooking appealed to many, and every imaginable kind of hike cooking was tried out, as well as some that was beyond imagin­ ing, though no one suffered ill-effects. Cap­ tains, Lieutenants and Guides agreed that Guiding really IS fun. malildaIl ______January-February, 1961. * Page Eleven_ EAGLEHAWK BRIGHTON DISTRICT SPORTS The Eaglehawk Guides and Brownies were All the week it had rained-it-rained on very thrilled to be able to greet their State Friday, but we still hoped and prayed I Oh, Commissioner and State Secretary at Eagle­ WHY did we decide to have it EARLIER this hawk on the 26th November. That day year! !! For three years the weather had marked the opening of the Scout and Guide been wonderful, but it was TOO much to ex­ Hall in Darling Street. Major-General pect such good luck again. Friday night We Risson, Chief Commissioner for Scouts of went to bed worrying and woke very early and Victoria, and Field Commissioner N. Davis 10 and behold, the sun was shining! It joined the Scouts of the district also, and COULDN'T be true!! October the 1st, OUR every member of the two Movements felt SPORTS DAY, and once more our luck had very honoured to have these distinguished held and the sun was out! At nine o'clock our band of helpers, headed by Commissioner guests to visit them. and her husband, was down at the oval at The weather was very kind to us, and it St. Leonard's Girls' School in South Road, was a perfect day, with blue skies and a armed with whitewash and brushes, ropes and cool breeze. stakes, and the preparations began. Event The Mayor tended a Civic Reception to after event went by with surprising rapidity­ our V.I.P.'s in the Town Hall, following slow bicycle race, potato race and obstacle which the various committees and our L.A. races were great fun and highlight of the entertained them at luncheon. afternoon was the Guiders' egg and spoon Then the afternoon belonged to the I'ace when Guides and Brownies barracked younger members of the Movements, and lustily for their very own Guiders. We were the Commissioners inspected their groups, then very fortunate that Mr. J. Rossiter, following which the National Anthem was M.L.A. for Brighton, had consented to come sung and a prayer for the future of the and present the cups to the winning teams Movements and the Hall in which they will and he joined in the spirit of the afternoon meet was read by a Senior Scout. Mr. J. and acted as official starter for the Guiders' Stock, President of the Hall Committee, race. Half-way through the afternoon there spoke briefly of the history of the Hall, and was an interval when oranges were consumed then called upon Mrs. Fairbairn to speak to by the competitors and afternoon tea was the assembly and to unveil a plaque com­ served to officials, parents and guests, by memorating the occasion. Major-General the members of the Local Association. Then Risson then spoke to all and turned the off we went again with tension mounting and key in the lock, thus opening the Hall. all packs and companies busily totting up The Guides, Brownies, Cubs and Scouts their scores. Then the final result-you'd never guess! 3rd Brighton Guides 1st with 37 moved away to Canterbury Park, just a points and 3rd Brighton Brownies 1st in their short walk from the Hall, and here various section with 37 points. We'd never know how games were played and general activities they managed to score exactly the same num­ carried out, and the visitors on leaving the ber of points, but-they DID, and everyone Hall joined the younger members of their rushed to congratulate them. Guides and Movements and spent time talking with Brownies from North Brighton District were them. our guests, and we were really glad to have Afternoon tea was catered for by our them join in our Sports. Everyone, including L.A. and the Scouts' Ladies' Committee for the parents, voted it a wonderful day and we the visitors and all the children-a very were very grateful to all those people who popular move! WORKED so hard to make it such fun, and We farewelled our State Commissioner particularly to Mrs. W oolhouse, Headmistress and State Secretary with a cheer and a of St. Leonard's School, for allowing us the bravo, and we all feel it was a wonderful use of the oval and the microphone which day which will long live in our memory. was a great help. We are all set now waiting And we do hope we shall see both Mrs. for NEXT year and already hoping it doesn't Fairbairn and Miss Macartney at Eaglehawk RAIN. again before long. -N.D.Y. MRS. A. E. O'CONNOR, -Courtesy "Bendigo Advertiser." District Commissioner, Brighton. __Page Twelve______* January-February, 1961 . maiilda d I CAfllltltgt to q-ui4ilt9 / q-i,.1 ~coutilt9 By Leslie E. Whateley (Reprinted from "Council Fire" by permission of Dame Leslie Whateley)

The greater part of this article was given organization and creation of more and more by the Director of the World Bureau in a talk committees with more and more papers to to the National Committee and Canton and write and read which inevitably push ultimate District Commissioners of the Federation des action further and further away. Eclaireuses Suisses in March of this year. In her wisdom Mrs. Mark Kerr, many years The message, however, which it contains is ago, wrote in "The Story of the Girl Guides": one she would like to share with adult Guides "It is also a temptation for the second everywhere. generation of workers to improve and im­ Since Guiding started, fifty years ago, I prove, till they have improved away the feel that world events have to a very large vital spark. It is quite on the cards, if we degree changed the purpose of Guiding from do not take care, that we in our zeal may something which was extremely worthwhile refine away things that seem to us crude for occupying children in a useful way in in the original plan, should tinker away their leisure t ime to something, if not essen­ at the organization, and that we should tial, at least of paramount importance for then find ourselves left with a perfect children and adults towards securing peace organization, but no Guides. While we in the world. were polishing the knobs on the front door Looking back to nine years ago when I be­ the children would all have slipped out at came Director of the World Bureau, I think of the back." a remark made to me by a Commissioner with B.-P. would have been the first to recognize lifelong Guiding experience as against my few the tremendous challenge with which Guiding months. I was stressing the importance of and Scouting is faced to-day. Guiding has service projects and this Commissioner looked got everything that is needed to meet that almost shocked when she replied: "But Guid­ challenge provided enough of us have the will ing is a game and it is meant to give the to use the tools B.-P. put in our hands and to children fun; their childhood is so short." use them as he showed us. Over the years, however, she and many more I know of no other World Youth Organisa­ realize that the children can combine fun with tion in which the conditions for membership giving service and that thousands of children embrace all the factors needed to secure peace have been, and still are, denied any fun throughout the world. And yet after being in through lack of service from those who could existence for fifty years, we have only just and should give it. over five million Guides and of those, three When I think of the shrieks of merriment of million are in one Member Country. There are some Guides whilst they taught the village nine hundred million children in the world. children to read, write, sing, dance and wash Those comparative numbers speak for them­ from a pail of water fetched from a well selves, even allowing for all the problems some distance away, a village of mud huts with which Guiding/Girl Scouting is con­ with not one solitary modern amenity, not fronted in many countries. even a road or lane approaching it, the laugh­ THE TRUMP CARD: ter of those Guides make it impossible for me Based on observation and experience, I to be sorry for them or feel they were being should say the first reason for our numbers denied fun in carrying out a service to not being greater is due to our extremely poor humanity. Public Relations work in the past, both THE CHALLENGE: nationally (excluding the U.S.A.) and, even I am quite sure that if B.-P. were alive to­ worse, internationally. That is to say, from day he would stress the importance of service the World Bureau. The majority of the and would see to it that our programme meets general public have no idea whatsoever of the the needs of youth in the world as it is to­ real meaning and purpose of Guiding. I am day. I think, too, B.-P. would have shown us glad to say our Public Relations work is the way to do this without so much overhead rapidly improving. maliCda I, ______January-February, 1961. * Page Thirteen_ To return to my remark that membership being exclusively in the home, no matter to of the World Association embraces all that is what class in society she belongs. needed to secure and maintain peace, let us From the low status of women in so many pause for a moment and think on those con­ of our Tenderfoot and Pre-Tenderfoot coun­ ditions: that a National Guide Organization tries we get the problems of poverty and must be open to all classes, creeds, races ana illiteracy together with lack of public sup­ nationalities, and that all the members therein port and absence of leaders. We find also must have made a solemn promise to do their the almost mediaeval attitude of men towards best to do their duty to whatever spiritual women, an attitude found surprisingly in even power they acknowledge, to do their duty two European countries. to their country and help others. Then there are the problems or difficulties Leaders of political youth movements and arising out of war. Two world wars, followed politicians themselves have admitted to me by regional wars involving many countries as that our World Guide Movement holds the well as the so-called "cold" war, have pro­ trump card to win peace. duced a widespread fear of hostilities lead­ ing to annihilation in this atom age in which AN OVERALL PICTURE: we live, and a growing sense of insecurity. I do not here propose to write about Guid­ In some countries government, parents and ing in individual countries because I am really the general public are moved by these fears anxious to give you the overall picture of to distrust and suspect any uniformed youth Guiding throughout the world as I have seen organization, even ours. it with my own eyes. I will tell you of the PROBLEMS TO BE FACED: actual problems with which the World Asso­ As a result of war, barriers have been ciation, as an entity, is faced. That is to created by stringent government formalities say, the World Committee and World Bureau in connection with visas, passports, currency who meet the problems first, and then the restrictions, immigration and emigration. And World Conference as the responsible policy­ the worst problem arising from wars or, of making body. Having enumerated the prob­ course, other political causes, concerns refu­ lems, I will then summarize the role of gees and stateless groups. Guiding in the development and training of When I come to political problems and youth as I see it, and finally the part the difficulties I come to those which can en­ older Member Countries can play in helping danger our fundamental principles, such as: this development and training along the right (a) The colour bar; lines, not forgetting the preservation of our (b) Religious intolerance; fundamental principles in both old and new (c) The struggle for political independ­ Member Countries. ence leading to a nationalistic attitude The problems and difficulties with which amounting to fanaticism and the conse­ Guiding is not only faced, but with which it quent dislike of any international is actually having to contend in the world organization; to-day, fall into two categories:- and arising from this 1. Problems and difficulties which "hinder" (d) The problem of government control of progress in the countries where Guiding all youth organizations. --- has been started as an organization or I could name countries where Guiding is which hinder promotion in countries where meeting with not just one but several of the a desire has been expressed to start difficulties or problems I have mentioned. Guiding. The newer Guide Associations most troubled 2. Problems or difficulties which "endanger" by the low status accorded to women need all the preservation of our fundamental prin­ the help which can be given them by the ciples in countries already members of the World Association in the first instance, from World Association. the Public Relations angle. These are the The first category can be given the simple countries where the government authorities heading, "Status of Women." I do not include and leading members of the community will under this heading the absence of the right not pay much attention to a tiny group of of women to vote. I can think of several women of their own country. countries where a woman has the right to (Continued in the March issue of vote, but where her 'place is still regarded as "Matilda.") ______Page Fourteen * January-February, 1961 . maiUda 1/

GUIDING LIGHTS WITH GRATEFUL THANKS (Some lighter than others) The State Commissioner and Headquarters Australian Patrol Leaders' Camp: Staff acknowledge with very warm apprecia­ Patrol Leaders from the following Dis­ tion each one of the many cards they re­ tricts were chosen to represent Victoria at ceived, bringing to them and the Girl Guides this camp, to be held in South Australia in Association the Season's Greetings and Good January :-Benalla, Caulfield, Deepdene, Gee­ Wishes for Christmas and the New Year. long, Heyfield, Horsham, Kyabram, Mont­ rose, Ringwood and South Yarra. Victorian HEADQUARTERS' JOTTINGS BUSINESS DEALT WITH BY THE EXECU­ Guiders attending are Miss L. Wills, Guider· TIVE COMMITTEE DURING NOVEMBER in-Charge of our Contingent, and Miss M. AND DECEMBER, 1960 Watson. General Business: Guides' Own: Headquarters Building.-Future plans were Have you wondered why, when Commis­ further discussed. sioners and Trainers tell us that Catholic Victorian Society for Crippled Children Guides must not be taken to a Guides' Own, and Adults.-Consideration given to appoint­ all Guides were invited to attend the Jubilee ment of Guide Representathe. Guides Own? The Executive Committee de­ National Heart Foundation.-Report from cided that on this very special occasion every Convener for Guide Hostesses at Heart's effort should be made to enable all Guides Desire Exhibition Home received. to be present; so the planned service was Advisers' Duties.-Statements outlining submitted to the Catholic and Jewish Church duties of Branch, Department and Section authorities, and both gave permission for Advisers, which had been prepared for the Guides of their faith to attend. guidance of Advisers, were received. This does not, however affect the rule that Property Sub-Committee.-Reports and no Catholic Guide or Brownie may attend a recommendations from Convener on matters Guides' Own, even though it is not held in referred to her by Local Associations were a church. received and considered. Before Church Parade: Public Relations Sub-Committee.-Report­ First Brownie: "Brown Owl, my mother ed that proposed Brownie and Guide Hand­ says I don't need a note to say I can go to craft Exhibition will be held in 1962. the Church of England, because, although I Boy Scouts Association.-Invitation re­ go to the Salvation Army now, I was BORN ceived from members of the Guide Associa­ in the Church of England." tion in the Moe and Ballarat areas to join Second Brownie (in a very superior tone): with the Scouts in their Rallies for the Chief "What a FUNNY place to be born. I was Scout of the British Commonwealth and born in a bassinette." Empire, to be held on 30th and 31st January, Both Branches: 1961, respectively. A further invitation had When Brownie Revels were being planned, been received for adult members of the the Guide people of one Division decided Movement to attend a Welcome Rally at that the Guides should have a Division "do" Nicholas Hall, Wesley Church, on 26th too; so they had a Field Day, and each January. Guide gave 6d. for the Guide House. Wasn't Victorian Association of Youth Clubs.­ that a good idea? Report received from a member of Move­ Heard at a Pack Holiday: ment who had been an observer by Visitor: "Are you having a good tim\!, invitation at a local country meeting to Janice?" discuss the establishment of a combined Janice (aged 8): "Oh, yes, it makes a centre to co-ordinate youth activities. break, you know." Blind and Mentally Retarded Appeal.­ Heard at Camp. Agreed that the Organiser of this Appeal Small Guide: "My father is awfully fussy may approach members of the Movement about table manners. If he sees you with in local areas to seek assistance with the your elbows on the table, he THROWS a sale of Moomba programmes on a 50/50 spoon at you." basis. I January-February, 1961. Page Fifteen ~an/JG ______* __

Lone Adviser.-Members recorded their ANNOUNCING THE FORMATION OF thanks and apprectiation for Mrs. Davies' A PERMANENT GUIDE CHOIR splendid service to the Movement in the Were you one of the many members of capacity of Lone Adviser on the expiration the Movement who enjoyed the glorious of her term of office on 1st December. singing of our Choir at the Pageant last Youth Unlimited.-Mrs. McKay and Mrs. year? If so, you will be interested to know Orr to represent Association at Inauguration that Mrs. J. W. Clarke, the Pageant Choir of Youth Unlimited by His Excellency the Conductor, has kindly agreed to lead a per­ Governor on 15th December. manent Choir which will be open to all Australian Council Meeting.-Reported that members of the Movement 14 years of age this would be held in Victoria from 9th-14th or over. Here is a wonderful opportunity October, 1961. for members to further their singing ex­ Finance: perience and enjoyment. Minutes of meeting of Finance Sub-Com­ Membership.-Open to all Commissioners, mittee, held on 26/10/60 and 23/11/60, were Guiders, Rangers, Cadets and Guides (14 received. years of age and over) who enjoy choir Training Department: singing and are prepared to attend re­ Reports on Diplomas for endorsement hearsals regularly. Those interested are were further discussed. asked to forward their names and addresses Camping Department: to the undersigned by 1st March. There will Noted that Miss L. Wills had agreed to be no joining fee, but Choir members may act as Guider-in-Charge of the Victorian be required to spend a few shillings to pur­ Contingent attending the South Australian chase a song book. P.L.'s Camp. Approval given to Company Rehearsals will be held on the first Tues­ Interstate visits to Sydney and Tasmania. day of each month, from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 New Commissioners and Boundaries: p.m., commencing Tuesday, 7th March. Reports and recommendations from Sub­ These times may be changed later if con­ Committee received and approved. sidered desirable. National Youth Council of Australia: Commissioners, will you please draw the Report on and resolutions from first attention of your Guiders to this notice? Council meeting held in Canberra received Guiders, will you please tell your Guides, and considered. Rangers and Cadets about this Choir? Australian Headquarters and World Bureau: Under Mrs. Clarke's stimulating leadership Correspondence from Australian Head­ this Choir promises to do a lot of interest­ quarters and World Bureau received and ing work, and we are hoping for a good opinions given where requested. response. International: PEG BARR, Organising Secretary. Report given by State International Repre­ sentative on invitations received from Israel and Norway: that Miss E. Bunning had been DID YOU REMEMBER? selected with Miss B. Taylor, of Tasmania, On page 25 of the Victorian Supplement, to visit U.S.A. in 1961 under the Exchange· under the heading of UNIFORM-SPECIAL Visitor Project. BADGES, a statement was made that mem­ General Correspondence: bers may wear JUBILEE BADGES ONLY Including a letter from the Gel}f!ral Secre­ until 31st December, 1960. tary of the World Bureau expressing grati­ Guiders and Commissioners, would you tude to Victoria for the gift of £100 English remind your Brownies, Guides and Rangers made to Dame Leslie Whateley at the Annual of this ruling, please? All will want to keep Meeting was received. Agreed to accept an these badges, I am sure, amongst their many invitation from the Phillip Island Koala Re­ Guiding souvenirs as a memento of a very serves Committee of Management to parti­ special year-THE JUBILEE OF GUIDING. cipate in the 1961 Tree Planting Day on the BETTY M. MACARTNEY, " Island. State Secretary. ------Page Sixteen * January-February, 1961.______mal;/da

TRAINING DEPARTMENT February, 1961, and continuing for 12 weeks. H.Q. DECENTRALISED COURSES. The Training will include two or three out­ door trainings on Saturdays. In an effort to make training more acces­ Fee: 5/- payable at first class. sible to Metropolitan Guiders, the Training Guider-in-charge: Mrs. D. Jones. Department has planned the following De­ Brownie Gulders: centralised Courses:- Evening.-7.45 p.m. to 9.45 p.m., at Guide Eastern Region: Headquarters, commencing Wednesday, 22nd Brownie.-Six weeks' course commencinCT February, 1961, and continuing for 8 weeks. Wednesday, 15th February, from 10 a.m_ t~ The training will include one Saturday, 4th 12 noon. March, 1961. To be held at the Blackburn Guide Hall, Fee 5/- payable at first class. Clarke Street, Blackburn. Guider-in-charge: Mrs. G. R. Morton. Guider-in-chrage: Mrs_ J. Barratt. Giude.-Six weeks' course commencing All Guiders applying for the above courses Al Wednesday, 8th March, from 10 a.m. to 12 should be enrolled, and, if possible, have ., noon_ attended Pack or Company meetings. Ap­ To be held at 5 Milton Street, Nunawading. plications should be sent on the official nomi- Guider-in-charge: Mrs. M. Oatley_ nation form, and should reach the Training Fee, full course, 5/-. Secretary at Headquarters at least one week North-West Region: before the commencing date of each parti- Brownie and Guide.-Six weeks' course, cular class. commencing Wednesday, 15th February, MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION. from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. To be held in the Glenroy Hall, Cromwell Any Guiders interested in learning the new Street, Glenroy. method of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation are Guider-in-charge: Brownie, Mrs. A. Sharp; invited to attend a demonstration to be held Guide, Mrs. J. Moors. in Jerram Hall, Edith Head Club, 37 Spring Fee, full course, 5/-. Street, Melbourne, at 7.45 p.m. on Monday, 20th February, 1961. Southern Region: Brownie and Guide.-Six weeks' course Would any Guiders wishing to attend this commencing Monday, 13th February, from demonstration please inform the Training 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Secretary. To be held at the Moorabbin Guide Hall, PAMPHLET ON FIRE PRECAUTIONS. Dane Road, Moorabbin. Guide-in-charge: Brownie, Mrs. A. Sharp; A pamphlet on Fire Precautions especially Guide, Mrs. J. Moors. written for Guides and issued by the Country e Fee, full course, 5/-. Fire Authority, will be available shortly. Applications for the above courses, includ­ Guiders may procure copies of this pamphlet ing details of the type of training desired, on application to Headquarters. This pam- should be fOIwarded to the Training Secre­ phlet will be the reference for all Tests tary at Guide Headquarters in the usual way. where a knowledge of Fire Precautions is required. 1st Class Training: A special course in Guide 1st Class Work CYNTHIA WALKER, Training Adviser. will commence on Thursday, 2nd March, at Guide Headquarters, and will continue for THE ANNUAL MASS four weeks. There will also be one outdoor day, on Saturday, 18th March. for Catholic Scouts and Guides will be held Guider-in-charge: Miss P. Barr. in St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, 19th February, at 10 a.m. HEADQUARTERS COURSES, 1961. All Catholic Brownies, Guides and Guiders Guide Guiders: are invi ted to take part, and should assemble Evening.-7.45 p.m. to 9.45 p.m. at Guide in Lansdowne Street, East Melbourne, at Headquarters, commencing Tuesday, 28th 9.20 a.m. malilJa ______January-February, 1961 . * Page Seventeen_

PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION CORRESPONDENCE Open to all members of the Movement Fisheries and Wildlife Department, under the following sections;­ 605 Flinders Street Extension, Under 13, Melbourne, S.3. Under 17, 1st December, 1960. Adult, Dear Miss Macartney, Open-Coloured section for prints On behalf of the Phillip Island Koala Re­ and slides. serves Committee of Management, I desire You are invited to submit photographs to express our very sincere appreciation of covering any phase or activity in any Sec· the wonderful response by the Girl Guides tion or Branch of the Movement. Association to our invitation to participate When forwarding your photographs, please in "Operation Koala" at Phillip Island on include a stamped addressed envelope; do Saturday last, the 26th November. not write your name and address on the Whilst we were told to anticipate approxi­ back of prints, but on a piece of paper mately 500 Guides and Brownies, I would caught, on one edge only, by paste, not glue. venture to say that 800 would be nearer the First and second prizes will be given in mark. The attendance of such a large num­ each ser~ion. ber of Guides and Brownies amazed the Photographs and slides will be on display local Phillip Island people who were at the at Guide Headquarters during the Septem­ actual planting site. The girls planted 2500 ber School Holidays. trees in this community service project. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE AT GUIDE Their assistance was a tremendous help to HEADQUARTERS BY WEDNESDAY, 31st the Committee of Management in its efforts MAY, 1961. to provide adequate food in the future for PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR BROWNIES, the bears. GUIDES AND RANGERS TO TAKE PART Once again, many thanks for the assist­ IN THIS COMPETITION. Further infor­ ance of your Association. mation may be obtained from Guide Head· Yours sincerely, quarters. EASTER TRAINING (Signed) A. DUNBAVIN BUTCHER, GUIDERS, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE Secretary, Phillip Island Koala BEEN ASKING FOR- Reserves Committee of Management. A special advanced Residential Training will be held during Easter at Illalangi, SOMETHING OF INTEREST Olinda. The following letter, received by the State For further information apply Training Secretary from the Manager of Bonjour Secretary. Madame, 149 Swanston Street, Melbourne, An elementary course will be held at will, we feel sure, be of interest to many Guide House also during Easter. of our members;- • Applications to be made to Training "To celebrate the opening of our new and Secretary. modern Specialty Fabric Shop, comprising CHANGE OF ADDRESS woollens, laces, fashion cottons, evening Mrs. A. E. H. Stone, Lone Adviser, now silks and bridal fabrics, we take pleasure lives at 723 Humffray Street, Mount Pleasant, as a goodwill gesture to foster our future Ballarat, NOT at 216 Koroit Street, Warr· business in extending to your members a nambool, as in the Supplement to P.O. & R. 10 0/0 discount. ANNUAL SUBS\,;RIPTIONS AND "We would appreciate inspection of our DONATIONS exclusive range, and, if any of your mem­ Received with Gratitude: bers see the materials of their choice, pre­ Malmsbury L.A.; Glenorchy L.A.; Caris­ sentation of Identity Cards, Badge, etc., will brook LA.; The Shell Co. of Australia Ltd., immediately entitle them to the 100/0 dis­ Broken Hill South Ltd., Cohuna LA., Aus­ count." tralian Paper Manufacturers Ltd., Morwell Such discount is available for enrolled East L.A., E.M.F. Electric Co. Pty., Woorinen members of the Movement, identification L.A. being by presentation of Guide Badge. Page- ______Eighteen * January-February, 1961 . matdJa

LETTER TO EDITOR "MATILDA" I have just spent a week staying at the From Mrs. C. OLIVER (nee McKay), Guide Club with my husband and one small Captain, 1st Toorak. prospective Boy Scout. The Club is a won­ Dear Editor, derfully cheap place in which to stay in Every Friday night, as I clamber up at central London, and just round the corner [rom Commonwealth Headquarters. I visit­ least ~6 stairs, steep as any ladder on a ship, clutching my Guide suitcase, a large carton ed the shop one day, and it was strange to with sundry equipment-that extra stuff for see all the same books and equipment the game, uniforms, supply of squashy staring at me while outside the Guards apples as emergency balls (there is a surfeit trooped up to the Palace and the Lord of apples in England at present) and a torch, Mayor went by in a coach. Of course, every­ I say once again to myself "Well Guidina thing is much cheaper, and, if the Guides in Australia was never lik; this! ,: This i~ haven't got what you want, the Scout Shop a village Company of Guides meeting in is next door! rural Essex, England. Before I arrived here I have had the pleasure and honour of with my husband, I thought English Guiding visiting Lady Baden-Powell several times at would be the same as that in Victoria, ex­ Hampton Court, and these visits are always cept the English had ice instead of snakes. a riot! She packs an enormous number of However, the Guides, the tests, and even people into her luncheons and yet manages the methods, are different-and the uniform. to get round to everybody, and we all end I have already found that the Australian up singing together in different languages. Guiders' uniform is not suitable for run­ She is still wonderfully energetic, absolutely ning a meeting in England, with the snow revelling in her Guiding. Her apartment in falling outside-well, it hasn't yet, but it the Palace is extraordinary-kitchen a great will soon do so! There is a new Guiders' vault with wood stoves, miles from the uniform here, with a short jacket, looking dining-room, and she has whole wings kept like an ordinary "mufti" navy suit-no belt for overseas visitors, labelled American either. I have yet to find where the English Room, Italian Room, and so on. If I re­ Guider keeps her whistle, let alone her piece member correctly, the toilet is called the of string, threepennies, etc., etc. Canadian Room! Many of the Guides, still in the process Back in Essex, now that winter is coming of changing from overalls to blouse and on, outdoor Guiding will be very exhilarat­ skirt, wear both at once-many cannot ing if we don't freeze in the process. Already afford the new one anyway, so borrow wa ter flows inches deep on many of the ancient ones from older Guides or the Com­ roads into the meeting, and ice has formed pany, which keeps a stock of even more on puddles. There are, however, plenty of shabbier ones. And, talking about ancient, compensations for the cold-the wild life is my Company accounts go back to 1924 with­ extraordinary. We nearly ran over a full­ out a break, when subs were I1d. or o/.Id. grown stag, which was standing in the each per week! middle of the road waving his antlers about! Pheasants and partridges trot backwards My Company, of about 20 girls, meet in and fonvards across the road, but do I carry the top of an old loft, lent to us, complete a gun? Squirrels run up and down those with old beams and all, reached by the steep unrecognisable trees, and rabbits, un­ stairs. On top of all this is another loft in myxamatosied, peer enquiringly round the which equipment, jumble for the cur;ent hedges. sale and rats are kept. All the Guides live in the one town, and bike or walk home, so Guiders are in short supply as in Victoria, I rarely meet parents as I did in Toorak, but there are added complications because where parents had organised car rounds. of the country-at the District meeting, the The Guides vary tremendously in sophistica­ following excuse offered: "Sorry I'm late, tion, as they do at home, and we have the had to hand milk, electricity's gone"! usual trial hair styles, rinses, nail polish Oh, did I say that I go to Guides in gum­ and discussion on boys. boots-oh, sorry, Wellingtons! 1/ January-Febru

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