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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== |
- | A monthly | + | |
- | No, 255 FEBRUARY, 1956 Price 9d, | + | A monthly |
- | Editor: Dot Butler, Boundary Road, Sales & Subs.: Jess Martin | + | |
- | Wo.hroonga | + | ---- |
- | Business Manager: Jack Gentle Production: Barbara Brown | + | |
- | CONTENTS | + | === No. 255. February, 1956. Price 9d. === |
- | At our January Meeting | + | |
- | Leica Photo Service (Advt.) | + | |**Editor**|Dot Butler, Boundary Road, Wahroonga |
- | An Island Sojourn - Jack Gentle Siedlecky' | + | |**Business Manager**|Jack Gentle.| |
- | Editorial | + | |**Production**|Barbara Brown.| |
- | Hattswell' | + | |**Sales and Subs**|Jess Martin.| |
- | Who'd be a Baulker (Part 2) - Mulga | + | |**Typed by**|Dot Butler.| |
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- | Sez Keith 19 | + | |
- | Paddy' | + | |
- | In this short span | + | | | |Page| |
- | Between my finger tips and the smooth edge, | + | |At our January Meeting|A.G.C.| 2| |
- | And these tense feet cramped to a crystal ledge, I hold the life of man. | + | |An Island Sojourn|Jack Gentle| 4| |
- | Consciously I embrace, | + | |Notice re No Federation Report| | 8| |
- | Arched from the mountain rock on which I stand To the firm limit of my lifted hand, | + | |Editorial| | 8| |
- | The front of time and spacp,; | + | |what to do at Meetings|Alex Colley|10| |
- | For what is there in all the world for me But what I know and see? | + | |The Stars Look Down|Dot Butler|13| |
- | And what remains of all I see and know If I let go? | + | |Who'd be a Baulker (Part 2)|Mulga|17| |
- | From "The Mountains of Youth" | + | |Sez Keith| |19| |
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- | AT OUR JANUARY MEETING | + | ===== Advertisements: |
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+ | |Leica Photo Service| 3| | ||
+ | |Siedlecky' | ||
+ | |Sanitarium Health Food Shop| 7| | ||
+ | |Hattswell' | ||
+ | |Paddy' | ||
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+ | In this short span\\ | ||
+ | Between my finger tips and the smooth edge,\\ | ||
+ | And these tense feet cramped to a crystal ledge,\\ | ||
+ | I hold the life of man. | ||
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+ | Consciously I embrace,\\ | ||
+ | Arched from the mountain rock on which I stand\\ | ||
+ | To the firm limit of my lifted hand,\\ | ||
+ | The front of time and space; | ||
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+ | For what is there in all the world for me\\ | ||
+ | But what I know and see?\\ | ||
+ | And what remains of all I see and know\\ | ||
+ | If I let go? | ||
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+ | From "The Mountains of Youth". Arnold Lunn. | ||
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+ | ===== At Our January Meeting. ===== | ||
- Alex Colley | - Alex Colley | ||
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The President was in the chair and there were about 30 members present. | The President was in the chair and there were about 30 members present. | ||
- | The meeting commenced with the welcome of a new member | + | |
- | Audrey Kenway. | + | The meeting commenced with the welcome of a new member |
An offer from Paddy Pallin of maps of the Southern area of Tasmania, including Federation Peak and Port Davey, was accepted with thanks. | An offer from Paddy Pallin of maps of the Southern area of Tasmania, including Federation Peak and Port Davey, was accepted with thanks. | ||
- | It was decided to hold the re-union at Woods Creek which, though one of three places proposed, was the Only one to be supported by a seconded. A re7-uniOn committee was appointed consisting of Jack Wren, Garth Coulter, Colin Putt, Malcolm McGregor (convenor), Jack Gentle and Dot Butler. | + | |
- | The president informed us tit-at-tLt-re-e-new books had been obtained for the library: "K2 - The Savage Mountain," | + | It was decided to hold the re-union at Woods Creek which, though one of three places proposed, was the only one to be supported by a seconded. A re-union committee was appointed consisting of Jack Wren, Garth Coulter, Colin Putt, Malcolm McGregor (convenor), Jack Gentle and Dot Butler. |
- | In general business Frank Ashdown brought up the subject of | + | |
- | the crossing of unfinancial old members off the books. The particu- | + | The president informed us that three new books had been obtained for the library: "K2 - The Savage Mountain," |
- | lar case he had in mind was that of Frank Cramp, but he knew of four other cases where feelings had been hurt. The Committee, he said, should look into the reasons for members going out, as well as | + | |
- | considering those coming in. The Committee' | + | In general business Frank Ashdown brought up the subject of the crossing of unfinancial old members off the books. The particular |
- | sending out three letters; a personal approach should be made. | + | |
- | The President explained that the Committee was bound by the Constitution and by-laws. The Constitution stated that subscriptions were due and payable at the Annual General Meeting and any member | + | The President explained that the Committee was bound by the Constitution and by-laws. The Constitution stated that subscriptions were due and payable at the Annual General Meeting and any member whose subscription was due and unpaid for two months should, at the discretion of the Committee, cease to be a member. Actually the unfinancial members received three notices, the last of which stated that they had been crossed off the list but would be re-instated should their subscription be received. The notices were carefully framed to avoid hurting feelings. It was unfortunate that the special circumstances of Frank Cramp' |
- | whose subscription was -due and unpaid for two months should, at the discretion of the Committee, cease to be a member. Actually the unfinancial members received three notices, the last of which stated | + | |
- | that they had been crossed off the list but wnuld be re-instated should their subscription be received. The notices were carefully framed to avoid hurting feelings. It was unfortunate that the special circumstances of Frank Cramps | + | Dot Butler |
- | this, action had been taken. | + | |
- | Dot Butler | + | Allan Hardy said that he knew of a married couple who had just let their subscription lapse because they were offended by the third notice. He thought that if members could be informed personally instead of by letter it would be more effective. In his work he had found that if a list of the unfinancial was made available, their friends would usually remind them. He moved that no third notice be sent, but in its place a list of the unfinancial be prepared and published |
- | been most surprised and really hurt at being crossed off. They all | + | |
- | believed that they had had no prgVious | + | Alex Colley then moved that there be no variation |
- | Allan Hardy said that he knew of a married couple who had just let their subscription lapse because they were offended by the third | + | |
- | notice. He thought that if members could be informed personally | + | ---- |
- | instead of by letter it would be more effective. In his work he had | + | |
- | found that if a list of the unfinancial was made available, their | + | === Photography!?!?! === |
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- | AN ISLAND SOJOURN | + | |
- | A STORY OF FOUR INTREPID | + | |
- Jack Gentle. | - Jack Gentle. | ||
- | It was pleasantly bright, and the sun at its zenith was trying to pierce the suurrying clouds as I arrived at the rendezvous to meet Monsieur and his two charming companions. Arrangements had been Made on the mainland for me to join this trio on a leisurely | + | It was pleasantly bright, and the sun at its zenith was trying to pierce the suurrying clouds as I arrived at the rendezvous to meet Monsieur and his two charming companions. Arrangements had been made on the mainland for me to join this trio on a leisurely eight-day ramble through the Lake St.Clair National Park of Tasmania. |
- | eight-day ramble through the Lake St.Clair National Park of Tasmania | + | |
- | The trio, Dave (Monsieur) Ingram, also known as the "Gent in the Tent", Jesse Martin and Betty (Horse) Holdsworthy, | + | The trio, Dave (Monsieur) Ingram, also known as the "Gent in the Tent", Jesse Martin and Betty (Horse) Holdsworthy, |
- | Dement Bridge is not a town, but merely a collection.of | + | |
- | buildings quietly situated at the side of the Queenstown road. There is a hotel - alas, non-licensed - and a Post Office and Store. The Dement River flows swiftly southward about 50 yards east of | + | Dement Bridge is not a town, but merely a collection of buildings quietly situated at the side of the Queenstown road. There is a hotel - alas, non-licensed - and a Post Office and Store. The Dement River flows swiftly southward about 50 yards east of these establishments. Having exchanged the Season's greetings and agreed that we were all looking forward to our walk, we dined on the banks of the Derwent, then feeling that the world owed us a living we packed, shouldered our swags, and set off for Cynthia Bay, four miles away and at the southern extremity of Lake St. Clair. Apart from a tiger snake on the road, the " |
- | these establishments. Having exchanged the Season/s greetings and | + | |
- | agreed that we were all looking forward to our walk, we dined on the | + | Thursday, Dec. 27th dawned, and anxious faces looked out to see the sun. We had breakfast and set out by launch northward along Lake St. Clair. Mt. Ida stood dominating the east side of the lake, her lofty peak resplendent in the morning sun, and then mist would hide her face and we would gaze to the west to see Rufus receding south, and Olympus and the Seven Apostles showing up in all their majesty. Snow still lay on Mt. Olympus and somewhat chilled the wind which blew over it. |
- | banks of the Dement, then feeling that the world owed us a living | + | |
- | we packed, shouldered our swags, and set off for Cynthia Bay, four | + | The launch had berthed at a landing in front of Narcissus Hut. Here we disembarked, |
- | miles away and at the southern extremity of Lake St. Clair. Apart | + | |
- | from a tiger snake on the road, the " | + | Up till now we had been the sole occupants of the hut, but at 5 o' |
- | collected food supplies which had been ordered from him. We also | + | |
- | finalised arrangements for our launch which we had arranged to take us to the north end of the lake next morning. It was pleasant to reach the hut again and prepare our evening meals and after we had eaten it make sure that the numerous tame wallabies had their fill. And so to bed. | + | Friday brought a cloudy sky but no rain. All of us set out for a day's excursion to Pine Valley which was reached after wandering through forest and traversing a soggy button grass plain. We had lunch on a grassy patch in the shadow of the Parthenon and admired the view as we ate. This valley is truly a Shangri-La, aid is set off by petite Cephissus Creek babbling |
- | Thursday, Dec. 27th dawned, and anxious faces looked out to see the sun. We had breakfast and set out by launch northward along Lake St. Clair. Mt. Ida stood dominating the east side of the lake, her lofty peak resplendent in the morning sun, and then mist would | + | |
- | hide her face and we would gaze to the west to see Rufus receding | + | Sat., Dec. 31st, was uneventful. We left Nicholls Hut at 9 a.m. and walked through the rain, climbng to a new hut at Windy Ridge at 3,000 ft, and three-quarters of a mile south-west |
- | south, and Olympus and the Seven Apostles showing up in all their majesty. Snow still lay on Mt. Olympus and somewhat chilled the wind which blew over it. | + | |
- | The launch had berthed at a landing in front of Narcissus Hut. | + | We started New Year's day, 1956, by climbing to Du Cane Gap up a track which was now a watercourse. Miraculously, |
- | Here we disembarked, | + | |
- | views of Olympus, Mt. Byron, Mt, Cuvier and Mt. Manfred. On rising further and walking nearer to the lake, Mt. Gould looms into view - 5,000 ft. of grandeur. The Guardians stand jealously to one side of Gould, and at their feet lies Lake Marion, a fantasy in blue, with | + | Du Cane having been reached, we found its occupiers to be a company of Sea Rangers from Hobart and Kingston Beach. We bunked in the adjacent section with Kameruka Walkers from Sydney who had come to fix a plaque to a rock near Boulder Falls in memory of a club member who was killed in a fall there. These Falls and D' |
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- | IMPORTANT TRANSPORT NOTICE | + | Next morning the weather was kind to us as we departed from Du Cane hut and headed towards Pelion hut. Kia-Ora creek was crossed soon after leaving. The track crosses the creek just above a delightful cascade whose crystal clear water tumbles down to the Mersey |
- | BUSHWALKERS | + | |
- | REQUIRING TRANSPORT | + | As night came, two Launceston Club members arrived and settled. One was hard of hearing and the other had a loud voice, but as this hut had two separate rooms our privacy was preserved. It was here I made a damper! We found a camp oven, and, the girls having retired, David and I watched over our oven and at a given signal out came our damper |
- | FR OM B LA CKHEA T H o . ANY HOUR | + | |
- | EILTEILEELL.91_aa 0 | + | Once again we set off, needless to say in a drizzle, our goal being Windamere Hut at Lake Windamere. Here we were to meet Geof Wagg and his confederates who were southbound and like us nearly |
- | SIEDLECKYIS TAXI AND TOURIST ;7TWTr7 | + | |
- | 116 STATION STREET, BLACKHEATH. | + | Except for having to rise during the night to chase a possum from David' |
- | 24 HOUR SERVICE. | + | |
- | ' | + | The blizzard stopped as we came to the edge of the valley overlooking Waldheim, and here was a panorama |
- | IT'S NEVER TOO LITE! | + | |
- | !PHONE: B1HEATH. 81 or 146 | + | Thursday dawned a beautiful day - by Tasmanian standards - and Betty and I set off to see Dove Lake. We passed round the Lake and climbed |
- | LOOK FOR COB TC3210 or TV270 | + | |
- | OR BOOK AT MARK SALON RADIO SHOP - OPPOSITE STATION. | + | The return trip took us past Marion' |
- | Horizontal Hill to the west to complete the scene. The return trip t, the hut rewarded us with glimpses of Lake St, Clair, | + | |
- | Up till now we had been the sole occupants of the hut, but at 5 o' | + | Friday saw us off to Devonport by car, with glimpses of Cradle Mt. receding southward and beckoning |
- | Friday brought a cloudy sky but no rain. All of us set out for a day's excursion to Pine Valley which was reached after wandering through forest and traversing a soggy button grass plain, We had lunch on a grassy patch in the shadow of the Parthenon and admired the view as we ate. This valley is trily a F)hangri-La, aid is set off by petite Cephissus Creek babbling | + | |
- | 0 five days, We squelched our way back to Nicholls Hut, had tea, and so to bed. | + | ---- |
- | Sat., Dec. 31st, was uneventful. We left Nicholls Hut at 9 etmo and walked through the rain, climbng to a new hut a 1U3.g at | + | |
- | 3,000 ft, and three-quarters of a mile south-west | + | === Important Transport Notice. === |
- | clouds, and we were able to appreciate the nature of the country, | + | |
- | =r | + | Bushwalkers requiring transport from Blackheath, any hour, ring, write or call... |
- | TM. | + | |
- | 6. | + | Siedlecky' |
- | joined us here, and a pleasant evening was had by all. New Year's Eve was celebrated by having plum pudding for tea, but all retired | + | |
- | We started New Year's day, 1956, by climbing to Du Cane Gap up a track which was now a watercourse. Miraculously, | + | 116 Station Street, Blackheath. |
- | Du Cane having been reached, we found its occupiers to be a company of Sea Rangers from Hobart and Kingston Beach. We bunked in the adjacent section with Kameruka Walkers from Sydney who had come to fix a plaque to a rock near Boulder Falls in memory of a club member who was killed in a fall there. These Falls and D' | + | |
- | few minutes on Cathedral Rock, and when the light touched on the wet pylons of rock which glittered like diamonds, I thanked Apollo for dispelling the nimbus and allowing us a peep at this magnificent rock. However, once again Jupiter Pluvius prevailed as we had tea and made ourselves comfortable for the night. | + | 24 hour service. |
- | Next morning the weather was kind-to us as we departed from Du Cane hut and headed towards Pelion hut. Kia-Ora creek was crossed soon after leaving. The tfoack | + | |
- | AS night came, two Launceston Club members arrived and settled. One was hard of hearing and the other had a loud voiCe, but as this hut had two separate rooms our privacy was preserved. It was here I made a damper | + | Bushwalkers arriving at Blackheath late at night without transport booking can ring for car from Railway Station or call at above address |
- | and in the morning they exhibited its product. | + | |
- | Once again we set off, needless to say in a drizzle, our goal | + | 'Phone Blackheath 81 or 146. Look for cars 3210 or TV270 or book at Mark Salon Radio Shop - opposite Station. |
- | being Windamere Hut at Lake Windamere. Here we were to meet Geof Wagg and his confederates who were southbound and like us | + | |
- | nearly | + | ---- |
- | here were able to catch glimpses of Ossa and Pelion West. Frog ' | + | |
- | KEEP UP YOUR VITALITY | + | === The Sanitarium Health Food Shop. === |
- | ON WALKS WITH | + | |
- | VEGETARIAN FOODS | + | Keep up your vitality on walks with vegetarian foods. |
- | CENOVIS YEAST (CONTAINS WHOLE VITAMIN B COMPLEX, ALSO D,E,F, | + | |
- | AND H.) | + | Cenovis yeast (contains whole Vitamin B complex, also D, E, F and H.) |
- | LIGHT THIN RY-KING CRISP BREAD (100% WHOLE RYE FLOUR) WELL | + | |
- | WRAPPED in HANDY 8 OZ. PACKET. | + | Light thin ry-king crisp bread (100% whole rye flour), well wrapped in handy 8 oz. packet. |
- | BASE YOUR HOLIDAY FOOD LISTS ON WHOLESOME FOODS | + | |
- | WIDE RANGE OF DRIED FRUITS, NUTS, BISCUITS AND DRIED FRUIT SWEETS. | + | Base your holiday food lists on wholesome foods. |
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- | THE SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD SHOP | + | Wide range of dried fruits, nuts, biscuits and dried fruit sweets. |
- | 13 HUNTER STREET SYDNEY | + | |
- | and I guess we were fair targets for the sleet. Undaunted, and feeling very intrepid, we pushed on, and were rewarded by a fine view of the Forth Valley as the icing-up operations temporarily stopped. Again came the sleet, so on we pushed over treeless plateaux to Windemere hut which is situated among trees. We had barely settled down when Geof Wagg and party arrived and there was much to talk abol-1 | + | From... |
- | Except for having to rise during the night to chase a possum from Davidls | + | |
- | The blizzard stopped as we came to the edge of the valley | + | The Sanitarium Health Food Shop. |
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- | overlooking Waldheim, and here WRS a panc5-ama | + | 13 Hunter Street, Sydney. |
- | Thursday dawned a beautiful day - by Tasmanian standards - and Bett7 and I set off to see Dove Lake. We. passed round the Lake and clinted:over Hatisers | + | |
- | The return trip took us past Marions | + | ---- |
- | Friday saw us off to Devonport by car, with.glimpses of Cradle Mt. receding southward and beckoning Come again." | + | |
- | vonu..Ge. | + | ===== Federation Report, January 1956. ===== |
- | FE-52E4'7_0N REP0F1Li=7 1056 | + | |
- | There is no report for January as we 7].ad no-neting. | + | There is no report for January as we had meeting. |
- | The Meeting room was being paIntod | + | |
- | LLLEN A. Knom | + | The Meeting room was being painted |
- | Delegate. | + | |
- | EDITORIAL | + | Allen A. Strom. |
- | This is not quite, the place for an Editorial - it should have gone on the first page, but as Federation Report | + | |
- | to materialise and the space must be filled it might be opportune | + | ---- |
- | for me to say a few words here. | + | |
- | I take it you have all read Federation Report published in the | + | ===== Editorial. ===== |
- | December issue of the Bushwalker. The first item concerns a | + | |
- | letter received from the Federation of Mountain Clubs of New Zealand, relative to visitors- from Australia using huts in Alpine areas without prior permission or payment of hut fees, Of (ourse2 | + | This is not quite the place for an Editorial - it should have gone on the first page, but as Federation Report |
- | offended, I shall go ahead and say my sayo | + | |
- | Most of the Alpine Club huts are situated in fairly inaccessibly | + | I take it you have all read Federation Report published in the December issue of the Bushwalker. The first item concerns a letter received from the Federation of Mountain Clubs of New Zealand, relative to visitors from Australia using huts in Alpine areas without prior permission or payment of hut fees. Of course, to any member of our Club such action would be unthinkable, |
- | 9. | + | |
- | FOR ALL YOUR TRANSPORT PROBLEMS | + | Most of the Alpine Club huts are situated in fairly inaccessibly places, and an enormous amount of back-breaking labour is involved in carrying in the materials and erecting the huts. In practically every case the building is done by the labour of Alpine Club members, many of them devoting their annual holidays, often for several consecutive years, to completing a hut when they could be out climbing peaks. Most of the huts are equipped with mattresses, blankets, pillows, kerosene cookers and cooking and eating utensils. During the severe weather which can descend at very short notice at any season of the year the huts are a godsend, and in many instances have afforded the shelter that has saved exhausted climbers lives. It is humiliating to think than anyone could be so paltry as to begrudge the few shillings per night which is payable, and which is used for the equipment and maintenance of these huts. It is a poor show when a few unthinking types go over to New Zealand and give Australians a bad name because of their thoughtless or careless behaviour. Let any future visitors to New Zealand be careful not to offend in this regard. |
- | CONTACT | + | |
- | H& | + | There are notices in most huts telling how much is due and where to pay it, but in case anyone has used the huts and not made a note of it, they can contact the Secretary of the Federation of Mountain Clubs of New Zealand at P.O. Box 1604, Wellington, N.Z. |
- | RING, WRITE, WIRE OR CALL | + | |
- | ANY HOUR DAY OR NIGHT | + | ---- |
- | elephone: Brheath 128 or 249. | + | |
- | Booking Office - 4 doors | + | === Hattswell' |
- | from Gardneris Inn Hotel (LOOK FOR THE NEON SIGN.) | + | |
- | SPEEDY 5 OR 8 PASSENGER CARS AVAILABLE | + | For all your transport problems contact Hattswell' |
- | i FARES: KANANGRA WALLS 30/- per head (minimum 5 passengers | + | |
- | PERRY!S LOOKDOWN 3/.. Tt tt IT TT TT | + | Telephone: Blackheath 129 or 249. Booking Office - 4 doors from Gardner' |
- | JENOLAN STATE FOREST 20/L. " If IT It Tt | + | |
- | 1 CARLONIS FARM 10/ " It It IT It | + | Speedy 5 OR 8 passenger cars available. Large or small parties catered for. |
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- | 1 WE WILL BE PLEASED TO QUOTE OTHER TRIPS OR SPEC= PARTIES ON APPLICATION. | + | Fares: |
- | places, and an enormous amount of back-breaking labour is involved in carrying in the materials and erecting the huts. In practically every case the building is done by the labour of Alpine Club members, many of them devoting their annual holidays, often for several consecutive years, to completing a hut when they could be out climbing | + | |
- | peaks. Most of the huts are equipped with mattresses, blankets, pillows, kerosene cookers and cooking and eating utensils. During | + | * Kanangra Walls - 30/- per head (minimum 5 passengers) |
- | the severe weather which can descend at very short notice at any | + | * Perry' |
- | season of the year the huts are a godsend, and in many instances | + | * Jenolan State Forest - 20/- per head (minimum 5 passengers) |
- | have afforded the shelter that has saved exhausted climbers lives. It is humiliating to think than anyone could be so paltry as to begrudge the few shillings per night which is payable, and which is | + | * Carlon' |
- | used for the equipment and maintenance of these huts. It is a poor show when a few unthinking types go over to New Zealand and give Australians a bad name because.of their thoughtless or careless | + | |
- | behaviour. Let any future visitors to New Zealand be careful not to offend in this regard. | + | We will be pleased to quote other trips or special parties on application. |
- | There are notices in most huts telling how much is dLe and | + | |
- | where to pay it, but in case anyone has used the huts and not made a | + | ---- |
- | note of it, they can contact the Secretary of the Federation of Mountain Clubs of New Zealand at P.O. Box 16041 Wellington, N.Z. | + | |
- | LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES CATERED FOR. | + | ===== What To Do At Meetings. ===== |
- | WHAT TO DO AT MEETINGS. | ||
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- Alex Colley. | - Alex Colley. | ||
- | The Editor tells me that some of the newer members feel at a dis cf.dvantage | + | |
- | Although those attending their first meetings may not realise | + | The Editor tells me that some of the newer members feel at a disadvantage |
- | Probably the main reason for the efficiency | + | |
- | that many of the early members were good speakers, well versed in procedure. But' | + | Although those attending their first meetings may not realise |
- | there any ultimate authority on what should be done. It was there- | + | |
- | fore decided to adopt Parliamentary procedure. Actually our meetings are no different from any other properly | + | Probably the main reason for the efficiency |
- | there be a parliamentary rule that applied,. then it would determine the issue, Sometimes I think that when we have a detailed and far-reaching motion, such as the recent one on National Parks and their management, it would be a good thing if we really did adopt parliamentary procedure. This would entail,' | + | |
- | The order of business is always (1) Minutes, (2) Correspondence, | + | The order of business is always (1) Minutes, (2) Correspondence, |
- | up under two, or even three of these headings, in which case the ,D chairman usually defers discussion until all the information in the | + | |
- | hands of the Secretary is put before the meeting. There is good and | + | Correspondence brings up matters which may need discussion, and hence comes second. Reports are necessary so that members will be aquainted with the work of their officers in the previous month, and if members |
- | logical reason for this order of business. Minutes are necessary | + | |
- | thedhairman'to " | + | Supposing that a member wants something done by the meeting; how does he go about it? He must first frame it as a motion |
- | upon) what was decided at the prbvious | + | |
- | repetition or rehashing of the same matters at subsequent meetings. | + | Anybody who thinks the motion is wrong in some respect, or could be improved, may move an amendment. If he thinks the whole motion is wrong he cannot move an amendment that negatives it - he must simply vote against the motion. An amendment may take several forms, the most usual being that certain words should be added or deleted in a specified place in the motion. If the mover, the seconder, and the meeting, are agreeable, a motion can be re-worded. |
- | Once a motion is adopted it is the Club law until it is rescinded. | + | |
- | 11. | + | If there is an amendment before the meeting, speakers should speak on the motion or the amendment, but not on both together. Previous speakers on the motion are allowed to speak on the amendment (These rules are not strictly enforced in Club meetings.) The mover of an amendment has no right of reply. Amendments are put to the meeting before the motion, |
- | Correspondence brings up matters which may need discussion, and hence comes second. Reports are necessary so that members will be aquainted with the work of their officers in the previous month, and if MP1111 ers really appreciate | + | |
- | Supposing that a member wants something done by the meeting; how does he go about it? He must first frame it as a notion | + | It is the chairman' |
- | 0 motions than anyone else in the Club, I cannot advise on this aspect, but there are other authurities | + | |
- | domething. If it conflicts with the constitution, | + | If the meetings are dull or ineffectual, |
- | time. The notion | + | |
- | an obviously useful provision, because there is no object in discuss, | + | If at any time a member thinks that the rules of debate are being transgressed, |
- | ing something that only one person wants. The seconder may speak after the mover, or later if he prefers. All speakers except the movers | + | |
- | Anybody who thinks the motion is wrong in some respect, or could | + | Interjections are permissible, |
- | be improved, may move an amendment. If he thinks the wholenmotion ic wrong he cannot move an amendment that negatives it - he must | + | |
- | simply vote against the motion. An amendment may take several forms, the most usual being that certain words should be added or deleted in a specified place in the motion. If the mover, the seconder, and the meeting, are agreeable, a motion can be re-worded. | + | Books have been written on meetings, but I believe that anyone who understands the few simple rules I have given will more than hold his own at most meetings. |
- | If there is an amendment before the meeting, speakers should speak on the motion or the amendment, but not on both together. Previous speakers on the motion are allowed to speak on the amendment, (These rules are not strictly enforced in Club meetings.) The mover of an amendment has no right of reply. Amendments are put to the meeting before the motion, | + | |
- | It is the chairman' | + | One last word of advice to intending speakers at Club meetings: Don't take them too seriously. The good spirits, freedom and humour of campfire discussions need not be left behind in the bash. Some of our best meetings have been those where the young members, sometimes with little or no experience in speaking, have just got up and talked. |
- | views. It is not an easy job if the members have strong views and won't stick to the rules, or if the knowing try to work " | + | |
- | If the meetings are dull or ineffectual, | + | ---- |
- | the members. Many do not realise that the conducl; | + | |
- | within the framework of the agreed rules of debate, in their own hands. Not only do members decide the subject matter to be discusse | + | |
- | If at any time a member thinks that the rules of debate are | + | |
- | 12. | + | |
- | being transgressed, | + | |
- | Interjections are permissible, | + | |
- | likes them, as they show that people are interested, and enliven | + | |
- | the meeting. | + | |
- | Books have been written on meetings, but I believe that anyone | + | |
- | who understands the few simple rules I have given will more than hold his own at most meetings. | + | |
- | and experienced attenders of meetings often break the simplest rules, such as the necessity to formulate a motion, or to have one say 'and | + | |
- | be done with it. More complicated matters may be left to the chairman to sort out. He may not always do strictly, the right thing4, but provided he tries to be fair, it is unlikely that anyone will object. | + | |
- | One last word of advice to intending speakers at Club meetings: Don't take them too seriously. The good spirits, freedom and humour of campfire discussions need not be left behind in the bash. SOMB | + | |
- | of our best meetings have been those where the young members, sometimes with little or no experience in speaking, have just got up and talked. | + | |
"To eat is human; to digest, divine." | "To eat is human; to digest, divine." | ||
- | 13. | + | |
- | TEE STARS LOOK DOWN | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ===== The Stars Look Down. ===== | ||
- Dot Butler. | - Dot Butler. | ||
- | People come back from mountaineering in the Rees Valley in New Zealand and talk about the little Esquilant Bivvy on the slopes | + | |
- | years ago; it was only an idea in Bert Esquilant' | + | People come back from mountaineering in the Rees Valley in New Zealand and talk about the little Esquilant Bivvy on the slopes |
- | The soft moth-wings of memory brush my brow and I am back with friend Birtle contemplating one of the greatest climbs we did in the Southern Alps. West Peak of Earnslaw is not so high as the Minarets or Malte Brun (both 10,000 ft.), or Mount Cook (12,000 ft.), all of which we had climbed together the previous Christmas, West Peak is lower by 19000 ft0 but it had this incalculable charm about it, that it had seldom been climbed before. A dark cloud of mystery brooded over it - secrets, stony, silent, inhabited its gloomy fastnesses - a realm where even conjecture might not enter. | + | |
- | Brilliant summer had passed; the air was sharpened with the faint sting of coming | + | The soft moth-wings of memory brush my brow and I am back with friend Birtle contemplating one of the greatest climbs we did in the Southern Alps. West Peak of Earnslaw is not so high as the Minarets or Malte Brun (both 10,000 ft.), or Mount Cook (12,000 ft.), all of which we had climbed together the previous Christmas. West Peak is lower by 1,000 ft. but it had this incalculable charm about it, that it had seldom been climbed before. A dark cloud of mystery brooded over it - secrets, stony, silent, inhabited its gloomy fastnesses - a realm where even conjecture might not enter. |
- | Below the Birley Glacier just about sundown we established a high bivvy among the gleaming snow grass. Close by was a dark,roCky waterfall chasm which seemed possessed by strange shrill voices - cold with an icy breath that made a red fire race in our veins and keyed up all the millions of fine pulses in our bodies to the'highest pitch of vibrant, singing life. | + | |
- | We heated up a ready-cooked stew on a high-altitude primus and ate, snuggled up in our sleeping bags, while we watched and listened to the high cold wind which rushed ceaselessly out of the translucent blue darkness, bowing down the long silvery tussock grass till one thought of a dryad' | + | Brilliant summer had passed; the air was sharpened with the faint sting of coming |
- | Tea over, we stowed away our things for the night, then lay on our backs, partly sheltered by the sturdy tussock clumps, enjoying the gusty tumult of wind as it poured down the slope bearing a smell of icecaps and illimitable'snow-fields. We looked up into the incredible heights of blue, deeper than any ocean, where whisps of cloud swirled and streamed and poured themselves in fine cascades from one blue interstellar space to another. Stars lay'scattered - | + | |
- | myriad golden points of light - and the moon was full. Birtle | + | Below the Birley Glacier just about sundown we established a high bivvy among the gleaming snow grass. Close by was a dark,rocky waterfall chasm which seemed possessed by strange shrill voices - cold with an icy breath that made a red fire race in our veins and keyed up all the millions of fine pulses in our bodies to the highest pitch of vibrant, singing life. |
- | slept, breathing gently into the tussock grass. In the half state | + | |
- | between waking and sleeping I thought I was above that vast infinity | + | We heated up a ready-cooked stew on a high-altitude primus and ate, snuggled up in our sleeping bags, while we watched and listened to the high cold wind which rushed ceaselessly out of the translucent blue darkness, bowing down the long silvery tussock grass till one thought of a dryad' |
- | of space looking down on it, and then it seemed as though " | + | |
- | forever I was falling through the solid fraMeterk | + | Tea over, we stowed away our things for the night, then lay on our backs, partly sheltered by the sturdy tussock clumps, enjoying the gusty tumult of wind as it poured down the slope bearing a smell of icecaps and illimitable snow-fields. We looked up into the incredible heights of blue, deeper than any ocean, where whisps of cloud swirled and streamed and poured themselves in fine cascades from one blue interstellar space to another. Stars lay scattered - myriad golden points of light - and the moon was full. Birtle slept, breathing gently into the tussock grass. In the half state between waking and sleeping I thought I was above that vast infinity of space looking down on it, and then it seemed as though " |
- | There is a quiver which ruhs through all nature a little while before dawn, when sleep vanishes. We awoke to see the whole hillside a-ripple under the fluid wind, and we listened to its thousand voices while we cooked our breakfast on a flaring grass fire. | + | |
- | 14. | + | There is a quiver which runs through all nature a little while before dawn, when sleep vanishes. We awoke to see the whole hillside a-ripple under the fluid wind, and we listened to its thousand voices while we cooked our breakfast on a flaring grass fire. |
- | And now we were away - up over the windy tussocks in the soft grey light before the dawn - more alive than all the living, light as the wind itself, powerful as a stlorm, tireless as a turbulent glacier stream: Oh, the joy of living; - to feel the ice axe clin3 on rock and ice: - to see the timeless miracle of dawn breaking on the mountain tops: | + | |
- | Up the Birley Glacier, which was considerably broken, threading our way through crevasses to the top from which we could look down | + | And now we were away - up over the windy tussocks in the soft grey light before the dawn - more alive than all the living, light as the wind itself, powerful as a storm, tireless as a turbulent glacier stream! Oh, the joy of living! - to feel the ice axe clink on rock and ice! - to see the timeless miracle of dawn breaking on the mountain tops! |
- | into the Rees Valley - a great space inhabited by moving air and billows of swirling mist. We were now in Wright Col, at about 7,000 ft., where the snow slopes make a graceful curve and swell to the summit of East Peak, That was the first mountain I ever climbed in New Zealand, and though I have been up it several tirms since, it | + | |
- | will always remain a sight that catches the heart; the thrill and | + | Up the Birley Glacier, which was considerably broken, threading our way through crevasses to the top from which we could look down into the Rees Valley - a great space inhabited by moving air and billows of swirling mist. We were now in Wright Col, at about 7,000 ft., where the snow slopes make a graceful curve and swell to the summit of East Peak. That was the first mountain I ever climbed in New Zealand, and though I have been up it several tirms since, it will always remain a sight that catches the heart; the thrill and wonder of that first snow climb will never be forgotten. |
- | wonder of that first snow climb will never be forgotten. | + | |
- | "If ever I die," said Bert, " | + | "If ever I die," said Bert, " |
- | memorial." | + | |
- | " | + | " |
- | | + | |
- | of the great fluted wedge of rock which is West Peak. There it rose Vast gloom at its base and vaster gloom surrounding its summit.. Hew | + | Passing through Wright Col, suddenly we got our first glimpse of the great fluted wedge of rock which is West Peak. There it rose; vast gloom at its base and vaster gloom surrounding its summit. |
- | wonderful the lonliness was up there: | + | |
- | g27.=.osseu | + | We crossed |
- | Earnslaw, then a long stretch of misty morning slipped by while we | + | |
- | proceeded up a steeps | + | A short pitch up the hard, unsympathetic ice slopes of the steel S.E. face, moving one at a time, and then we went together along the summit ridge, wind-weathered into two terraces, in a world all grey and white - the rocks grey and grey and more grey, till they were rather black than grey; and the snow grey, and less grey, and not grey at all, but a gentle tone of white, robbed of its hardness. This is the place where time and eternity, earth and heaven meet. We absorbed it in a vivid silent interval. On a mountain top there is no need for speech - between the climbers there is a silent comprehensive friendship beyond the need of words. They are conscious together of the subduing spell of silence, the sudden joy of new discoveries in mountain lovliness the wonder and the beauty of it all - and that is enough. |
- | A short pitch up the hard, unsympathetic ice slopes of the steel S.E. face, moving one at a time, and then we went together along the | + | |
- | summit ridge, wind-weathered into two terraces, in a world all grey | + | And now all form and definition were quietly blotted out; a soft mist crept about us as we climbed down south-west of the summit to the col between West Peak and the first of the Seven Sisters. There they sat, seven timeless ladies in a timeless row, and looming out of a sea of mist was the grim black bulk of Pluto standing guard over them, his face stony and terrible, his fierce forbidding brows drawn together in a frown that boded ill for any paltry |
- | and white - the rocks grey and grey and more grey, till they were rather black than grey; and the snow grey, and less grey, and not | + | |
- | grey at all, but a gentle tone of white, robbed of its hardness. | + | On our nountain height |
- | This is the place where time and eternity, earth and heaven meet. | + | |
- | We absorbed it in a vivid silent interval. On a mountain top there is no need for speech - between the climbers there is a silent | + | "Oh Birtle, where are we?" |
- | comprehensive friendship beyond the need of words. They are | + | |
- | conscious together of the subduing spell of silence, the sudden joy of new discoveries in mountain lovliness the wonder and the beauty of it all - and that is enough. | + | Concluding |
- | And now all form and definition were quietly blotted out; a soft mist crept about us as we climbed down south-west of the summit to the col between West Peak and the first of the Seven Sisters. There they sat, seven timeless ladies in a timeless row, and looming out of a sea of mist was the grim black bulk of Pluto standing guard over them, his face stony and terrible, his fierce forbidding brows | + | |
- | a 1 | + | We zig-zagged up a snowslope, following the faint trail till it vanished on the hard ice, and there was nothing visible through the mist to tell us whether this was the col we sought or not. But it was so, and gladly we strode |
- | ti . a | + | |
- | a | + | NIght had stolen all detail from the hills by the time we had finished |
- | l6. | + | |
- | drawn together in a frown that boded ill for any paltry | + | ---- |
- | were lots of little | + | |
- | On our nountain height | + | Two years have passed by, and now the endless sleep lies heavy on Birtle, wiped out of existence by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. The brave eyes are forever closed and the laughing lips are still. |
- | ania fine drf.ving | + | |
- | whore s' | + | ---- |
- | Con:' | + | |
- | morning and found traces so faint and dim that they seemed to | + | |
- | vanish as we looked at them, and we could not be sure that they were not rather tracks made by a wandering | + | |
- | We zig zagged up a snowsiope, following the. faint trail till it vanished on the hard ice,.. end there was nothing visible through the mist tO tell us whether this was the col we sought or not. But it was so, and gladly we strode | + | |
- | YI.Sr_t | + | |
- | finhe. | + | |
- | peaks a.bovE) | + | |
- | strot& | + | |
- | desultory | + | |
- | and rock and ice slopes | + | |
- | sat together like god and godesses | + | |
- | clothed in a blanket of.mist 1I aipO..?asleepDeep. | + | |
- | then all consciousness melted | + | |
- | o | + | |
- | Two years have passed by, and nom the endless sleep lies heavy on Birtle, wiped out of existence by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. The brave eyes are forever closed and the laughing lips are s', | + | |
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