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193807 [2015/11/21 22:24] paul_barton193807 [2015/11/25 16:58] – [Club gossip] paul_barton
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 No.43 No.43
  
-JULY, 1938+July, 1938
  
  
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 ^Contents|Author|Page| ^Contents|Author|Page|
 |Editorial| |1| |Editorial| |1|
-|Tiger for a Day|Clare Kinsella|2| +|Tiger for a day|Clare Kinsella|2| 
-|At Our Own Meeting| |4| +|At our own meeting| |4| 
-|Holiday Trip, 0ctober,1937|C. Pryde|5|+|Holiday trip, 0ctober,1937|C. Pryde|5|
 |"Paddy"| |7| |"Paddy"| |7|
-|Federation News| |7| +|Federation news| |7| 
-|Aboriginal Rock Paintings Carvings in N.S.W.|F. D. McCarthy|8| +|Aboriginal rock paintings carvings in N.S.W.|F. D. McCarthy|8| 
-|"Hymn of Hate"|Grace Edgecombe|9| +|"Hymn of hate"|Grace Edgecombe|9| 
-|From HereThere, and Everywhere| |10| +|From herethere, and everywhere| |10| 
-|Club Gossip| |11|+|Club gossip| |11|
  
 =====Editorial===== =====Editorial=====
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 At last we reached the tree-Doris and Hilma were already down. Dot popped her head up and said "Come on we'll show these men we can get down without a rope. Edna went first and as I waited I was for the second time overcome with panic, my knees shook and my stomach turned like a paddle wheel. I felt an overwhelming desire to burst into tears. Instead I broke into song and pitted my puny voice against the tumult of the falls. The thought came to me that I at least could hear my own voice, weak though it may be. I could control my actions but the waterfall rushed on insentient; this reflection calmed me down and an "I am the captain of my soulish" feeling came over me. All the same I longed for Alex to come with the rope. He didn't, and I got down the tree without mishap. I've heard of returning exiles kissing the soil of their native land. When I felt earth beneath my feet again I felt At last we reached the tree-Doris and Hilma were already down. Dot popped her head up and said "Come on we'll show these men we can get down without a rope. Edna went first and as I waited I was for the second time overcome with panic, my knees shook and my stomach turned like a paddle wheel. I felt an overwhelming desire to burst into tears. Instead I broke into song and pitted my puny voice against the tumult of the falls. The thought came to me that I at least could hear my own voice, weak though it may be. I could control my actions but the waterfall rushed on insentient; this reflection calmed me down and an "I am the captain of my soulish" feeling came over me. All the same I longed for Alex to come with the rope. He didn't, and I got down the tree without mishap. I've heard of returning exiles kissing the soil of their native land. When I felt earth beneath my feet again I felt
 glad but I did not kiss it, instead I sat on it whenever possible. Narrow ledges which I had disregarded in the morning now appeared terrifying risks. I took them sitting down with the result that when we got back to the camp spot I had no seat in my pants, and I just didn't care. The Horse Track was never ending to me; the tigers of course took it like an early morning stroll. We just caught the last train at Katoomba after a neck to neck race in a car from Blackheath, The trip was officially over but it wasn't over for me for many a long day - or night. For long glad but I did not kiss it, instead I sat on it whenever possible. Narrow ledges which I had disregarded in the morning now appeared terrifying risks. I took them sitting down with the result that when we got back to the camp spot I had no seat in my pants, and I just didn't care. The Horse Track was never ending to me; the tigers of course took it like an early morning stroll. We just caught the last train at Katoomba after a neck to neck race in a car from Blackheath, The trip was officially over but it wasn't over for me for many a long day - or night. For long
-after I had only to close my eyes and pictures would rush before me with kaleidaescopic variety, precipitous drops, hurtling falls, forming and reforming, always different, always the same. But now I have settled down to a quiet life. I feel that I have "lived" - I have been a tiger for a day!.+after I had only to close my eyes and pictures would rush before me with kaleidoscopic variety, precipitous drops, hurtling falls, forming and reforming, always different, always the same. But now I have settled down to a quiet life. I feel that I have "lived" - I have been a tiger for a day!
 + 
 +=====At our own meeting===== 
 + 
 +King's Birthday holiday got all mixed up with the June Meeting of the S.B.W.; the Hon. Secretary anxiously counted heads, but breathed again when it was found that there were 25 present. Twenty is a quorum. 
 + 
 +Answering a question, the President reported on the first Field Day, held at Morella-karong on 21st/22nd May, for training prospective members in bushcraft. The support was poor, only one prospective and nine members attending (including instructors), but those present had a very interesting time, even the instructors picking up a number of useful hints from each other. This experiment will be repeated, and should grow in popularity. 
 + 
 +Mr. Harrison announced that there is a scheme in the air for forming a first aid class amongst club members.
  
-AT OUR OWN MEETING 
-King's Birthday holiday got all mixed up with the June Meeting of the S.B.W.; the Hon.Secretary anxiously counted heads, but breathed again when it was found that there were 25 present. Twenty is a quorum. 
-Answering a question, the President reported on the first Field Day, held at Morella-karong on 21st/22nd May, for training prospective members in bushcraft. The support was poor, only one prospective and nine members attending (including instructors), but those present had a very interesting time, even the instructors picking up a number of useful hints from each other. This experiment will be re-' peated, and should grow in popularity, 
-Mr. Harrison announced that there is a scheme in the air for forming a first.. aid class amongst Club members. 
 The following new members were welcomed; Mr. Ira Butler, who has been ill since his election in March, Miss Audrey Lumsden (Stan's sister), and Mr. Frank Chin. The two men were appointed joint Room Stewards for the ensuing month. The following new members were welcomed; Mr. Ira Butler, who has been ill since his election in March, Miss Audrey Lumsden (Stan's sister), and Mr. Frank Chin. The two men were appointed joint Room Stewards for the ensuing month.
-From the correspondence we learned that Vera Stockman had resigned, and that the Committee had extended the Club's congratulations to Marion Pnd Eric Moroney. Early in May they welcomed their second daughter. We believe she is to be called Norah, awl, we hope to see them all at the next Re-union, as well as at other times and places.+ 
 +From the correspondence we learned that Vera Stockman had resigned, and that the Committee had extended the Club's congratulations to Marion and Eric Moroney. Early in May they welcomed their second daughter. We believe she is to be called Norah and we hope to see them all at the next Re-union, as well as at other times and places. 
 The meeting opened at 8.20 p m. and closed at 8.45 p m. Smart work, Mauriel Yes, the "Tigers" were away! The meeting opened at 8.20 p m. and closed at 8.45 p m. Smart work, Mauriel Yes, the "Tigers" were away!
-- 5 - + 
-HOLIDAY TRIP.OCTOBER 1937+=====Holiday trip October, 1937=====
 (continued from June issue) (continued from June issue)
-nu N. C. Pryde. + 
-WEDNESDE_ftlicontAL We caused great excitement in Wollombi when we arrived at the local store. Had lunch at the stock-yards tInd fixed up a blister which +by N. C. Pryde. 
-had given me trouble, then back to the store and post office for supplies. + 
-A thunder storm which had been threatening all afternoon commenced, and +**Wednesday 6th (continued)** We caused great excitement in Wollombi when we arrived at the local store. Had lunch at the stock-yards and fixed up a blister which had given me trouble, then back to the store and post office for supplies. 
-we only went about 2 miles out of Wollombi and made camp on the creek side. The water was not too inviting although flowing over sand, and wood was rather scarce. + 
-THURST)Ay_L7tho Made an early start -- oppressive morning. We crossed the creek, over flats and up into the hills to the range between Wollombi Creek and Bagnell'Creek. It was very rough and tiring and there was nothing special to see. +A thunder storm which had been threatening all afternoon commenced, and we only went about 2 miles out of Wollombi and made camp on the creek side. The water was not too inviting although flowing over sand, and wood was rather scarce. 
-We hcd a dry lunch and a long spell in the shade on the tops. There are some great flat spaces of bare rock on these tops which reminded us of Morni Merrigal. + 
-A very heavy thunderstorm came on and we made down to the Toad for shelter from the wind. It was heavy going along the uninteresting road to Payne'+**Thursday 7th** Made an early start - oppressive morning. We crossed the creek, over flats and up into the hills to the range between Wollombi Creek and Bagnells Creek. It was very rough and tiring and there was nothing special to see. 
-Crossing, where we saw a two storied house, and up to Cut Road Creek looking + 
-for a caFT site. The water in the cr,ek was dirty and we had to go a long way up before we found any place suitable. Dark had come on before the tent was up +We had a dry lunch and a long spell in the shade on the tops. There are some great flat spaces of bare rock on these tops which reminded us of Merri Merrigal. 
-and so we had dinner by fire light. Both were very tired and sleepy so turned in + 
-at 8 o'clock. There was a heavy thunder-storm and roaring wind in the trees on the tops of the surrounding hills. +A very heavy thunderstorm came on and we made down to the road for shelter from the wind. It was heavy going along the uninteresting road to Paynes Crossing, where we saw a two storied house, and up to Cut Road Creek looking for a camp site. The water in the creek was dirty and we had to go a long way up before we found any place suitable. Dark had come on before the tent was up and so we had dinner by fire light. Both were very tired and sleepy so turned in 
-FRIDay_t_8th. A dull grey morning with threatening rain. We were both very much +at 8 o'clock. There was a heavy thunder storm and roaring wind in the trees on the tops of the surrounding hills. 
-disappointed with the prospects of the creek and had a long discussion as to the best thing to do. There were lots of cockatoos screaming in the trees. + 
-We stayed about the camp and district all morning and after lunch went back to a homestead we had passed on the previous evening, for information. Found Mri +**Friday 8th**. A dull grey morning with threatening rain. We were both very much disappointed with the prospects of the creek and had a long discussion as to the best thing to do. There were lots of cockatoos screaming in the trees. 
-Michael Cody in a paddock on Cut Road Creek 2nd had a long yarn with him about + 
-the district. He told us a lot about a man called Roberts who had been working in the district for some months on a Military Survey. He promised to draw a sketch map of the route to Howes Valley, and where we would find water. All over the district here, there are great masses of prickly pear, some of which +We stayed about the camp and district all morning and after lunch went back to a homestead we had passed on the previous evening, for information. Found Mr Michael Cody in a paddock on Cut Road Creek and had a long yarn with him about the district. He told us a lot about a man called Roberts who had been working in the district for some months on a Military Survey. He promised to draw a sketch map of the route to Howes Valley, and where we would find water. All over the district here, there are great masses of prickly pear, some of which the Cactoblastis grub had eaten out. 
-the Cactoblastis grub had eaten out.+
 We turned in very early, Maurie at 6.30 and myself at 8 o'clock, and had a good night although there were some heavy showers. We turned in very early, Maurie at 6.30 and myself at 8 o'clock, and had a good night although there were some heavy showers.
-SATUR.1112._ 9thUp about 6 a m. and just as we were at breakfast, Cody's son + 
-came along with the promised map. Left camp at 8 o'clock in very heavy misty rain and had another long talk with Cody. We were unable to determine whether +**Saturday 9th** Up about 6 am and just as we were at breakfast, Cody's son came along with the promised map. Left camp at 8 o'clock in very heavy misty rain and had another long talk with Cody. We were unable to determine whether 
-Payne'Crossing originally meant the crossing over Wollombi Creek, or the road +Paynes Crossing originally meant the crossing over Wollombi Creek, or the road over to Howes Valley. 
-over to Howe'Valley. + 
-The old road up on to the ranges towards Howe'Valley is splendidly graded but very much overgrown. We had a dry lunch near the nine mile post as there is no water there at all, nor in the gullies. About mid-day the +The old road up on to the ranges towards Howes Valley is splendidly graded but very much overgrown. We had a dry lunch near the nine mile post as there is no water there at all, nor in the gullies. About mid-day the rain cleared off and it got very muggy. There is some good timber still on the tops and a few odd views we got were very fine. Rock lilies some in bloom, everywhere. 
-rain cleared off and it got very muggy. There is some good timber still on the + 
-tops and a few odd views we got were very fine. Rock lilies some in bloom, everywhere. +About 5.15 pm near Turkey Rocks, we left the main track and according to Cody's directions went down a gully for a long distance until we struck water. We made camp and turned in about 9 o'clock on a nice bed of bracken. 
-About 5.15 p m. near Turkey Rocks, we left the main track and according to Cody's directions went down a gully for a long distance until we struck water. We made camp and turned in about 9 o'clock on a nice bed of bracken. + 
-SUNDAY 10thSaw us up at 6 o'clock. There was every promise of a nice +**Sunday 10th** Saw us up at 6 o'clock. There was every promise of a nice day but rain came while we were at breakfast and we had to bundle all up and get into the tent. However, it didn't last long. Some pigs that were about showed great interest in the tent and our doings and there was great difficulty in keeping them away. 
-day but rain came while we were at breakfast and we had to bundle all up and + 
-get into the ten-b. However, it didn't last long. Some pigs that were about showed great interest in the tent and our doings and there was great difficulty in keeping them away. +Maurie did some washing and had a talk with the owner of the land, Mr. A. A. Ducross of Roseville who afterwards rode up to the camp and offered us a lift into Howes Valley. We went along to his house about 1 o'clock and saw round the place. He had lived in Sydney until about two years ago, and now would not go back. It was wonderful to see what he had achieved in that time, in the way of buildings, pig sties, and general farm work. 
-Maurie did some washing and had a talk with the owner of the land, Mr. A. A.Ducross of Roseville who afterwards rode up to the camp and offered us a lift +
-into Howes Valley. We went along to his house about 1 o'clock and saw round +
-the place. He had lived in Sydney until about two years ago, and now would not go back. It was wonderful to see what he had achieved in that time, in the way of buildings, pig sties, and general farm work.+
 He produced a big jug of milk and two tumblers and without much persuasion Maurie and I helped ourselves. His wife and another lady got in the front of the lorry with their tennis racquets, etc. while Maurie and I got in at the He produced a big jug of milk and two tumblers and without much persuasion Maurie and I helped ourselves. His wife and another lady got in the front of the lorry with their tennis racquets, etc. while Maurie and I got in at the
-back. The road was very bumpy and we had a job at times to hang on. Just as we got to Howes Valley main settlement where the tennis court and school house are, rain started heavily and we had to say qGood-byeft in a hurry. Wemade +back. The road was very bumpy and we had a job at times to hang on. Just as we got to Howes Valley main settlement where the tennis court and school house are, rain started heavily and we had to say "Good-bye" in a hurry. We made 
-down a creek and got on to a good camp site but wore well wet. The rain, however, cleared off after about an hour and we had a look around. Up on the +down a creek and got on to a good camp site but were well wet. The rain, however, cleared off after about an hour and we had a look around. Up on the hillside we came on a cave that had been used by blacks and had their character- 
-hillside we came on a cave that had been used by blacks and had their character- +istic hand-markings on the walls and ceiling, but unfortunately some of the locals had spoiled them with initials and letterings. In some of the caves there were numbers of Martens nests. We made good fire and after dinner I made a damper which turned out fair. During the night a dense fog came on which lasted until well on in the following morning. The water in the creek was good but very low and we had to scoop out sand and fill the billies with a mug. (to be completed in our next issue) 
-istic hand-markings on the walls and ceiling, but unfortunately some of the locals had spoiled them with initials and letterings. In some of the caves there were numbers of Martens nests. We made good fire and after dinner I made a damper which turned out fair. During the night a dense fog came on which lasted until well on in the following morning. The water in the creek was + 
-good but very low and we had to scoop out sand end fill the billies with a mug. (to be completed in our next) +There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,\\ 
-There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, +There is a rapture on the lonely shore,\\ 
-There is a rapture on the lonely shore, +There is society, where none intrudes,\\ 
-There is society, where none intrudes, +By the deep sea, and music in its road.\\ 
-By the deep sea, 7nd music in its road. +-Byron. 
--- Byron. + 
-ts +=====Paddy wants some help===== 
-PADDY BANTS, SOME HELP + 
-A bigger, better and brighter edition of Paddy's Booklet, "Bushwalking Camping, is now in course of preparation, the first edition being almost exhausted. +A bigger, better and brighter edition of Paddy's Booklet, "Bushwalking Camping", is now in course of preparation, the first edition being almost exhausted. 
-In all modesty Paddy feels that this unpretentious booklet has rendered useful service to the walking fratern lty and he is anxious to enlarge the scope and increase the usefulness of this little compendium. + 
-If therefore you have any suggetion:to make of means whereby the usefulness and interest of the book may be increa,eed please ring, write or call on Paddy and tell him all about it. +In all modesty Paddy feels that this unpretentious booklet has rendered useful service to the walking fraternity and he is anxious to enlarge the scope and increase the usefulness of this little compendium. 
-Suggestions are invited for New El,ctiuns + 
-Alterations or enlargements of existino. iteme. +If therefore you have any suggetions to make of means whereby the usefulness and interest of the book may be increased please ring, write or call on Paddy and tell him all about it. 
-Every camper know21 some -b p which might be uceful to his fellow enthusiasts. Jot yours down and IEA -Iddy have it for inelusiun in a series of Pithy Pars, Walking Wisdom orTJ.T.)e for Trampers.+ 
 +Suggestions are invited for **New sections** and  
 +**Alterations or enlargements of existing items** 
 + 
 +Every camper knows some tip which might be useful to his fellow enthusiasts. Jot yours down and let Paddy have it for inclusion in a series of Pithy Pars, Walking Wisdom or Tips for Trampers. 
 Please. Please.
-:Phone B3101 + 
-F. A. PALLIN, +Phone B3101 
-327 George St., SYDNEY. opp. Palings. +F. A. PALLIN,\\ 
-FEDERATION NEWS +327 George St., SYDNEY.\\ 
-From the report on_the Federation Meeting. of 27th May last we learn that Mr. +opp. Palings. 
-N. Melville resigned as Hon. Organiser of the FEDERATION BALL and Mrs.Hilda Blunt + 
-was elected to the position; that the Ball will be held at MARK FOYS on Tue:i3,40-v 221Eyst. 9thand that tickets are 7/6d each. +=====Federation news===== 
-At this meeting, the Council of the Federation elected the following gentle- + 
-men to be members of the newly-formed CONVERSATION BUREZ:- Messrs. Warner, Roberts, Herbery, Lowndes, Harvard, Atkinson, Jacobs, D.G.Stead, Colley, Watson, Melville +From the report on_the Federation Meeting. of 27th May last we learn that Mr. N. Melville resigned as Hon. Organiser of the Federation Ball and Mrs.Hilda Blunt was elected to the position; that the ball will be held at Mark Foys on **Tuesday August 9th** and that tickets are 7/6d each. 
-and Savage.+ 
 +At this meeting, the Council of the Federation elected the following gentlemen to be members of the newly formed **Conservation Bureau**:- Messrs. Warner, Roberts, Herbery, Lowndes, Harvard, Atkinson, Jacobs, D.G.Stead, Colley, Watson, Melville and Savage. 
 The first business referred to the Bureau was an offer of sale of some land at North Era, which the owner had made to the Federation. The first business referred to the Bureau was an offer of sale of some land at North Era, which the owner had made to the Federation.
-Two matters arising from correspondence were the reservation of the 140 acres + 
-which formerly colintuted Milligan'Leaee and the suggested leasing of a picnicking area at Otford It was hoped that both areaFi would become part of the +Two matters arising from correspondence were the reservation of the 140 acres which formerly constituted Milligan'Lease and the suggested leasing of a picnicking area at OtfordIt was hoped that both areas would become part of the Garawarra Park. Efforts are being made to have Garrawarra Park surveyed and the boundaries clearly defined and marked. 
-Garawarra Park. Efforts are being made to have Garrawarra Park surveyed and + 
-the boundaries clearly defined and marked. +=====Aboriginal rock paintings and carvings in NSW===== 
-ABORIGINAL ROCK PAINTINGS AND CARVINGS.IN_NEW SOUTItWALES By F. D. McCarthy,+ 
 +By F. D. McCarthy,\\
 Department of Anthropology Australian Museum. Department of Anthropology Australian Museum.
-The extraordinary number of rock paintings and carvings in New South Wales, + 
-especially in the Sydney district, is of great interest to scientists, bush +The extraordinary number of rock paintings and carvings in New South Wales, especially in the Sydney district, is of great interest to scientists, bush walkers, and the public, to the latter if only as a medium for vandalism and the writing of engraving of their names and date of visit. 
-walkers, and the public, to the latter if only as a medium for vandalism and the writing of engraving of their names and date of visit. + 
-These rock drawings are records of incidents in hunting, of the natural +These rock drawings are records of incidents in hunting, of the natural species which figured as totems of the various clans constituting a tribe, and of spiritual culture-heroes who created the people and gave to them their customs, weapons and other objects employed; evolved their kinship and social organisation, their laws and rites, and to whom appeal is made in ceremonies for abundant food. Thus the carvings form sites in many cases at which initiation, totemic, and historical ceremonies were held, and are an important record of the ritual life of the aborigines. In addition, they are valuable examples of aboriginal art. 
-species which figured as totems of the various clans constituting a trie, and + 
-of spiritual culture-heroes who created the people and gave to them their customs, +Not much actual research has been carried out in this important field of local anthropology and before study of them can be of a comprehensive nature it is essential that the location of all Carvings and paintings be accurately plotted on maps; scheme is now in hand whereby it is hoped that this work will be carried out. 
-weapons and other objects employed; evolved their kinship and social organisation, + 
-their laws and rites, and to whom appeal is made in ceremonies for abundant food. Thus the carvings form sites in many cases at which initiation, totemtc, and historical ceremonies were held, and are an important record of the ritual life of the aborigines. In addition, they are valuable examples of aboriginal art. +A great deal of mutilation and destruction of carvings and paintings has taken place. I know of groups from which figures have been cut out of the rock surface and taken away. The spread of settlement on the outskirts of the city is one of the most serious factors militating against their preservation; in practically all instances where homes have been built near groups of carvings and paintings the occupants, and especially their children, have added lines, re-cut the engravings, written and carved their names over them, and otherwise defaced the work of the aborigines. Instead of committing such vandalism people who live near such valuable historical relics should appoint themselves guardians and take care that no one is allowed to tamper with them. Other people inconvenience themselves by a long and sometimes uncomfortable journey to see rock paintings but, after viewing them, deliberately deface the drawings, ignoring the fact that more people will visit the site after them. 
-Not much actual research has been carried out in this important field of + 
-local anthropology and before study of them can be of a comprehensive nature it is essential that the location of all Carvings and paintings be accurately plotted on maps; scheme is now in hand whereby it is hoped that this work will be carried out. +All caves containing paintings should have a steel wire grille erected to close the entrance to the cave, but still permitting visitors to see the paintings. It is the aim of the Australian Museum to have all cave paintings in New South Wales protected in this manner. 
-A great deal of mutilation and destruction of carvings and paintings has + 
-taken place. I know of groups from which figures have been cut out of the rock +In most other countries there is legislation in force for the protection and preservation of carvings and paintings, with heavy penalties for vandals who mutilate them, but unfortunately such laws are not in force in New South Vales. 
-surface and taken away. The spread of settlement on the outskirts of the city is one of the most serious factors militating against their preservation; in +There are laws for the protection and conservation of the native fauna and flora, but none for the aboriginal relics, such as paintings and carvings, arrangements of stones, weapons and other objects, and sites of prehistoric value. 
-practically all instances where homes have been built near groups of carvings + 
-and paintings the occupants, and especially their children, have added lines, recut the engravings, written and carved their names over them, and otherwise de- +So I will build my alter in the fields,\\ 
-faced the work of the aborigines. Instead of committing such vandalism people who live near such valuable historical relics should appoint themselves guardians and take care that no one is allowed to tamper with them. Other people inconven'ence themselves by a long and sometimes uncomfortable journey to sec rock +And the blue sky my fretted dome shall be,\\ 
-paintings but, after viewing them, deliberately deface the drawings, ignoring the +And the sweet fragrance that the wild flower yields\\ 
-fact that more people will visit the site after them. +Shall be the incense I will yield to Thee\\ 
-All caves containing paintings should have a steel wire grille erected to +-S. T. Coleridge. 
-close the entrance to the cave, but still permitting visitors to see the paintings. + 
-It is the aim of the Australian Museum to have all cave paintings in New South Wales protected in this manner. +=====Hymn of hate===== 
-In most other countries there is legislation in force for the protection + 
-and preservatioA of carvings and paintings, with heavy penalties for vandals who +By Grace Edgecombe 
-mutilate them, but unfortunately such laws are not in force in New South Vales. + 
-There are laws for the protection and conservation of the native fauna and flora, +Oh, how I hate the race of packs;\\ 
-but none for the aboriginal relics, such as paintings and carvings, arrangements of stones, weapons and other objects, and sites of prehistoric value)+I'd like to hit mine with an axe.\\ 
-So I will build my alter in the fields, +I'd like to bust it right in two,\\ 
-And the blue sky my fretted dome shall be, +Or beet it till it's black and blue! 
-And the sweet fragrance that the wild flower yields +\\I'd like to fling it in the sea, 
-Shall be the incense I will yield to Thee --- S. T. Coleridge. +\\Or jump upon it, savagely!\\ 
-"HYMN OF HATE" +How dare it sit and mock at me,\\ 
-_ . +Knowing that it must carried be?\\ 
-By Graco Edg6combc,. +How dare it grin, with beastly bulge,\\ 
-Oh, how I hate the race of packs; I'd like to hit mine with an a;i:e. I'd like to bust it right in two, +And naught but ribald mirth divulge?\\ 
-Or beet it till it's black and blue! I'd like to fling it in the sea, Or jump upon it, savagely +And does it feed upon the air,\\ 
-How dare it sit and mock at me, Knowing that it must carried be? +That it grows daily heavier?\\ 
-How dare it grin, with beastly bulge, And naught but ribald mirth divulge? And does it feed upon the air, That it grows daily heavier? Or slyly suck my puuy +Or slyly suck my puny strength\\ 
-And take my breadth, an taco but length? +And take my breadth, and leave but length?\\ 
-Just watch it try tu break my neck, Using me as a lalidirg-do c:,g +Just watch it try to break my neck,\\ 
-Pompous pincushion Loeh3omc4 lump! I vow you neter again I'll hump +Using me as a landing-deck\\ 
-:17:ir, +Pompous pincushion! Loathsome lump!\\ 
------:i< t> --, A-, in 1 +I vow you ne'er again I'll hump\\ 
-I' 4' ---, + 
-l\ \ +**A POINT TO REMEMBER** 
-+If you carry an iron-frame rucksack, remember to take it off before trying to get an accurate reading with a prismatic compass. Experiments have shown that an iron frame on your back would alter the compass reading by as much as three degrees. 
-, ' / + 
- ,\--,--...; (,:31,-6,./ +For the ordinary, rough and ready compass reading needed to follow a route, you can forget about the pull on your compass caused by your pack 
------Z_-:_/ + 
-+=====From here there and everywhere===== 
-A- + 
-_-- +In a booklet called "Organised One day, Weekend and Vacation Hiking Trips in North-eastern States" - published by The Hiking Trips Bureau of Hokokus, New Jersey, U.S.A., we found the following quotation from the bulletin of an inland (U.S.A.) hiking club: 
-...._, + 
-J., /0/ ,e +"We are a simple organization. Simple Simon is our patron saint. We are simply a hiking club taking simple little walks, **and have thirty committees to direct this activity.**
-A POINT TO REMEEBER  + 
-If you carry an iron-frame rucksack, remember to take it off before trying +And we thought we were quite a club!. The S.B.W. would hardly be mentioned amongst the "also rans"even if the items we have pushed off onto the Federation were included. 
-to get an accurate reading with a prismatic compass. Experiments have shown that an iron frame on your back would alter the compass-reading by as much as three + 
-degrees. +By the way, the Federation's Search & Rescue Section is having a practice on the weekend 13th/14th August. It should be good fun, so book those datesJack Debert has been seeking volunteers to get "lost" with him. If you prefer to be a searcher, there will be plenty of scope for you. If you don't come on the stunt, you may have to turn out during the following week to search for the searchers. The practice won't be held in George Street. 
-For the ordinary, rough and ready compass-reading needed to follow a route, you can forget about the pull on your compass caused by your pack + 
-- 10- +Congratulations to the Publishing Committee of the C.M.W.! We have just been enjoying the June issue of their magazine - "Into the Blue". It is a 24-page issue of entertaining articles in which the reader can roam the world, and all the work of publication was done voluntarily by their own members! 
-FROM HERT,!_,_ THEL.F.E A-NJ), EVERYIkHER.E._ + 
-In a booklet called "Organised One-day, Week-end and Vacation Hiking Trips +Here's good news for the mountaineers and skiers amongst us! The June, 1938, number of the "New Zealand Alpine Journal" has just been received. As usual, it is profusely illustrated with magnificent photos, as well as being full of records of First Ascents or so it seems to a mere walker. 
-in North-eastern States" - published by The Hiking Trips Bureau of Hokokus, New Jersey, U.S.A., we found the following quotation from the bulletin of an inland (U.S.A.) hiking club: + 
-"We are a simple organization. Simple Simon is our patron saint. We are simply a hiking club taking simple little walks, and have thirty committees to direct this activity." +Where rose the mountains, there to him were friends;\\ 
-....And we thought we were quite a club!. The S.B.W. would hardly be mentioned amongst the "also rans"even if the items we have pushed off onto the Federation were included. +Where roll'd the ocean, thereon was his home;\\ 
-By the way, the Federation's Search & Rescue Section is having a practice on the week-end 13th/14th August. It should he good fun, so book those dates Jack Debert has been seeking volunteers to get "lost" with him. If you prefer +Where a blue sky, a glowing clime, extends,\\ 
-to be a searcher, there will be plenty of SJOpe for you. If you don't come on the stunt, you MAY have to turn out during the follo)Ang week to search for the searchers. The practice won't be held in George Street. +He had the passion and the power to roam,\\ 
-Congratulations to the Polishing Committee of the C.M.W.! We have just been +Were unto him companionship; they spake\\ 
-enjoying the June issue of their magazine - "Into the Blue".It is a 24-page issue of entertaining articles in which the reader can roam the world, and all the work of publication was done voluntarily by their own members! +A mutual language, clearer than the tome\\ 
- 0 0 OOOOO 0 +Of his land's tongue, which he would oft forsake\\ 
-Here's good news for the mountaineers and ski-ers amongst us! The June,1938, number of the "New Zealand Alpine Journal" has just been received. As usdal, it is profusely illustrated with magnificent photos, as well as being full of records of First Ascents -- or so it seems to a mere walker. +For Nature's pages glassed by sunbeams on the lake.\\ 
-........ -we me me as +- Byron. 
-Where rose the mountains, there to him were friends; Where roll'd the ocean, thereon was his home; + 
-Where a blue sky, a glowing clime, extends, +When I look at those trees growing right from the ground, I seem to feel something mysterious which comes from the trees and from the mother earth herself. And I seem to be living in them and they in me and with me. I do not know whether this communion could be called spiritual or not. I have no time to call it anything. I am just satisfied. 
-He had the passion and the power to roam, + 
-Were unto him companionship; they spake +Susuki of Japan. 
-A mutual language, clearer than the tome + 
-Of his land's tongue, which he would oft forsake For Nature's pages glassed by sunbeams on the lake. +=====Club gossip===== 
--- Byron. +
-When I look at those trees growing right from the ground, I seem to feel something mysterious which comes from the trees and from the mother earth herself. And I seem to be living in them and they in me and with me. I do not know whether this communion could be called spiritual or not. I have no time to call it anything. I am just satisfied. Susuki of Japan. +
-CLUB GOSSIP+
 By "Sunlight". By "Sunlight".
-Who was it said, "The pack is mightier than the poet"? We hopehe was wrong - but Grace has disappeared rather suddenly ... Oh, some of her friends say they have had letters; she is teaching in a girls' school at Tamworth. Sounds rather like going into a convent to keep a vow, doesn't it? I do hope that the call +Who was it said, "The pack is mightier than the poet"? We hope he was wrong - but Grace has disappeared rather suddenly. Oh, some of her friends say they have had letters; she is teaching in a girls' school at Tamworth. Sounds rather like going into a convent to keep a vow, doesn't it? I do hope that the call of the surrounding hills will be so strong she will just **have** to shoulder her pack and go off geologising. By the way, anyone else who may be thinking of departing to teach the young should take Grace's friendly warning- Don't let your girl friends sew name-tags on your pyjamas, unless you watch them all the time! 
-of the surrounding hills will be so strong she will just have to shoulder her pack and go off geologising. By the way, anyone else who may be thinking of departing to teech the young should take Grace's friendly warning- Don't let your girl friends sew name-tags on your pyjam-s, unless you watch them all the time! + 
-Our Hon.Historian, Charlie Pryde, is starting to dig back into local history +Our Hon.Historian, Charlie Pryde, is starting to dig back into local history far beyond the foundation of the S.B.W. He is now wanting to form Rock Carving Section (no, it will have nothing at all in common with the Rock Climbing Section, except that both are formed of members of the S.B,W). Everyone who is really interested in aboriginal rock carvings for their own sake (and also all those who think a study of the carvings would be a good excuse for plenty of not too energetic weekends) should get in touch with Charlie for details. There is a lot of interesting work to be done in this direction, and it has real scientific value, too
-far beyond the foundation of the S.B.W. He is now wanting to form Rock Carving Section (no, it will have nothing at all in common with the Rock Climbing Section, except that both are formed of members of the 3.13,W0). Everyone who is really interested in aboriginal rock carvngs for their own sake (and also all those + 
-who think a study of the carvings would be a good excuse for plenty of not-tooenergetic week-ends) should get in touch with Charlie for details. There is a lot +Were you at the Stunt Evening at the Club on Friday, May 27th? It was a new idea of the Social Committee, and a great success. As usual, Ray Bean excelled as an entertainer, and his stunt won the "most astounding prize" of - a bag of marbles. 
-of interesting work to be done in this direction, and it has real scientific value, + 
-too: +Another very enjoyable entertainment arranged by the Social Committee, and supported by fifty-four members and friends, was a "gods-party" to "George & Margaret" on Wednesday, June 15th. The comedy was most amusing and, of course, the company excellent, so we all had a very happy evening. 
-Were you at the Stunt Evening at the Club on Friday, May 27th? It wes a new idea of the Social Committee, and a great success. As usual, Ray Bean excelled as an entertainer, and his stunt won the "most astounding prize" of - a bag of marbles. +
-Another very enjoyable entertainment arranged by the Social Committee, and supported by fifty-four members and friends, was a "gods-party" to "George & Margaret" on Wednesday, June 15th. The comedy was most amusing and, of course, +
-the company exvellent, so we all had a very happy evening.+
 The next offering from the Social Committee is the first Dance of the season, which is to be held on June 29th, and thcy are hinting that they have something unusual for our entertainment. By the time you read this, you will know a lot The next offering from the Social Committee is the first Dance of the season, which is to be held on June 29th, and thcy are hinting that they have something unusual for our entertainment. By the time you read this, you will know a lot
 more about it than I can tell you now. more about it than I can tell you now.
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