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-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER
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+A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Wireless Institute Building, 14 Atchison Street, St.Leonards. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, Telephone 798,8607.
-A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001.	Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Wireless Institute Building, 14 Atchison Street, St.Leonards. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred
-to Ann Ravn, Telephone 798,8607.
+|Editor|Helen Gray, 209 Malton Road, Epping, 2121. Telephone 86,6263|
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+|Business Manager|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871,1207|
-EDITOR:	Helen Gray, 209 Malton Road, Epping, 2121.
+|Typist|Kath Brown|
-Telephone 86,6263.
+|Duplicator Operator|Phil Butt|
-BUSINESS MANAGER:	Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871,1207.
-TYPIST:	Kath Brown.
+====August, 1981.====
-DUPLICATOR OPERATOR: Phil Butt.
-AUGUST, 1981.
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+|Cold and Wet|George Gray| 2|
+|The July General Meeting|Jim Brown| 4|
+|Eastwood Camping Centre Ad| | 6|
+|George Gray, the Pope and Calendar Reform|Owen Marks| 7|
+|Travelling with Children in India - Part 5|Marcia Shappert| 9|
+|"Have a Sardine and Jam Sandwich" She Said|Peter Harris|13|
+|Bee Walking|David Cotton|14|
+|"The Hero of Waterloo"|Dot Butler|15|
+|Letter to the Editor|Frank Rigby|16|
+|Social Notes for September|Peter Miller|16|
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+=====Cold And Wet.=====
-Gold and Wet
-The July General Meeting
+====Notes For Your Guidance From George Gray.====
-Eastwood Camping Centre Ad
-George Gray, the Pope and Calendar Reform Travelling with Children in India - Part 5 "Have a Sardine and Jam Sandwich" She Said Bee Walking
+Protective clothing and sporting equipment have changed radically with the advent of synthetic polymers.
-"The, Hero of Waterloo"
-Letter to the Editor Social Notes for September
+Our mountains can be both wet and cold. This is an insidious combination because it requires clothes designed to compromise between waterproofing and high insulation. Wind and rain can produce surprisingly low temperatures - a 15 mph breeze of air at 10°C will cool a climber as effectively as still air at -13°C. If the walker's clothing is rainsoaked so that its insulating properties are lost, he may be in serious trouble. Serious walkers carry waterproof outer "shell" clothing - usually poor insulators - all year. Plastics guarantee waterproofing, at least while the garment is reasonably new. Their impermeability to moisture vapour and not just rain means that a person making his way up a mountain on a wet day will still arrive at the summit drenched - with sweat. Aesthetics apart, the climber is in danger from exhaustion and the impaired insulation of his wet underclothes.
-by George Gray
-Jim Brown
+All woven fabrics are "macroporous" - their pores are 100 micrometres or larger. Climbers can waterproof such materials by treating them with either waxes or silicone aerosol sprays. Unfortunately, the proofing has a limited life and even when new does not keep out driving rain indefinitely. If, however, the walker could make his outer shell clothing __microporous__, with pore sizes of the order of 1 micrometre, it would keep out even the smallest droplets of water in its condensed phase.
-Owen Marks Marcia Shappert Peter Harris David Cotton
-Dot Butler Frank Rigby Peter Miller
+There is a practical microporous fabric, made by the British company, W. L. Gore and Associates. Called Goretex, this material is a laminated fabric with protective outer layers of macroporous nylon sandwiching a thin membrane of expanded polytetrafluro ethylene (PTE). The PTFE layer is highly hydrophobic, that is, water repellent or, literally, "water-hating"). Microporous clothing might seem to have all the answers, but the wearer will be comfortable only if the fabric can maintain a vapour pressure below saturation. Goretex fabric when wet has a vapour transmission rate of 11000 g/sq.m/day compared with the 74 g/sq.m/day of water vapour that nylon treated with polyurethane passes.
-Page 2	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER	August, 1981.
-COLD AND WET.
+The affluent walker can now purchase comfortable clothing in which he will not sweat. However, waterproofing still hinges upon how well the garment manufacturer has made the seams. In continuous immersion on bad days on the hills, water can get in by capillary action - "wicking" along stitching or under capes. Manufacturers need to combine ultrasonic welding with reinforcing and Neoprene tape inside the garment to keep the wearer dry.
-NOTES FOR YOTR,GVIDLNCE FROM GEORGE GRAY.
-Protective clothing and sporting equipment have changed radically
+Throughout history two natural materials have dominated in insulation. Down (feather) and wool are both made up of molecules of the fibrous protein keratin. Down has a high tensile strength allowing it to resist repeated compression, while its high volume to weight ratio enables light down-filled clothing or sleeping bags to trap thick layers of air. This property is known as "loft". Wool too has impressive insulating features. The fibres are highly resilient and are microscopically toothed, slowing the speed that air can move in or out of the material. Both down and wool rapidly deteriorate if they are not cared for. Dampness quickly destroys the insulating properties of down and the progressive loss of the oils which cover both wool and feather in their natural setting means that water is increasingly adsorbed by the hydrophillic proteins. Down "clumps" in wet sleeping bags and wool acts like a sponge which can literally weigh the "all-wool" walker down.
-with the advent of synthetic polymers.
-Our mountains can be both wet and cold. This is an insidious combin-
+Early contenders as synthetic insulators were polyester fillings for jackets and sleeping bags. Polyester is more efficient than down when wet, but needs much more weight for the same insulation. Convection currents are the cause of most heat loss in fibre-filled garments. The best insulator would be a closed-cell foam material of the type used in insulating sleeping mats. This material is obviously impractical in garments because it is stiff and uncomfortable - it transmits no water vapour. But the way to stop convection currents is to baffle them. This can be done best by drastically reducing the diameter of the conventional fibre fillings. Finer fibres will pack to form smaller air spaces and minimise the convection within a filled garment. The 3M company of the US recently announced just such a filling; its new "Thinsulate" is composed of polyolefin microfibres in a matrix that provides a high frictional drag on enclosed air and leads to impressive insulating properties. A thinner barrier of microfibre than down gives equal warmth. This means that the final weights of filled garments or sleeping bags could very easily be comparable for the natural and synthetic insulators.
-ation because it_requires clothes designed to compromise between waterproofing
-and high insulation. Wind and rain can produce surprisingly low temperatures - - a 15 mphobreeze of air at 10C will cool a climber as effectively as still air at -13 C. If the walker's clothing is rainsoaked so that its insulating properties are lost, he may be in serious trouble. Serious walkers carry:- waterproof outer "shell" clothing - usually poor insulators - all year. Plastics guarantee waterproofing, at least while the garment is reasonably,
+And something to think about. How would you like to have a sleeping bag about half the weight of that which you now use, and still have the same warmth? The underside of your sleeping bag is nearly useless because down squashed flat by your weight has little insulating air left in it. If your closed cell foam mat could be attached to the top half of a sleeping bag in a way that excluded gaps around the edges, then the problem might well be solved. New developments in fibre pile could lead to even better substitutes for the "foamy".
-new. Their impermeability to moisture vapour and not just rain means.
-that a person-making his way up a mountain on a wet day will still arrive at the summit drenched - with sweat. Aesthetics apart, the climber is in danger from exhaustion and the impaired insulation of his wet underclothes,.
+(__Editor's Note__. And keep your hat on when travelling in Northern India I was amazed to see that people who owned only one shawl, or even rag, would wrap it around their heads when the temperature dropped. About 25% of the body's heat loss occurs through the head, a fact that the	no-hat generations of Australia don't realise anymore.)
-All woven fabrics are "macroporaus" - their pores are 100 micrometres or larger. Climbers can waterproof such materials by treating them with either waxes or silicone aerosol sprays. Unfortunately, the proofing has.
-a limited life and even when new does not keep out driving rain indefinitely. If, however, the walker could make his outer shell clothing microporaus, with pore sizes of the order of 1 micrometre, it would keep out even the smallest droplets of water in its condensed phase.
+----
-There is a practical microporous fabric, made by the British company,
-L. Gore and Associates. Called Goretex, this material is a laminated
+====F.B.W. Cabaret Ball.====
-fabric with protective outer layers of macroporous nylon sandliching a thin
-membrane of expanded polytetrafluro ethylene (PTE). The PTFE layer is highly hydrophobic, that is, water repellent or, literally, "water-hating"). Microporous clothing might seem to have all the answers, but the wearer will be comfortable only if the fabric can maintain a vapour pressure below saturation. Goretex fabric when wet has a vapour transmission rate of
-g/sq.m/day compared with the 74 g/sq.m/day of water vapour that nylon treated with polyurethane passes.
-The affluent walker can now purchase comfortable clothing in which
-he will not sweat. However, waterproofing still hinges upon how well the
-garment manufacturer has made the seams. In continuous immersion on bad days on the hills, water can get in by capillary action - "wicking" along stitching or under capes. Manufacturers need to combine ultrasonic welding
-with reinforcing and Neoprene tape inside the garment to keep the wearer dry.
-Throughout history two natural materials have dominated in insulation. Down (feather) and wool are both madeup of molecules of the fibrous protein keratin. Down has a high tensile strength allowing it to resist repeated Compression, while its high volume to weight ratio enables light down-filled clothing or sleeping bags to trap thick layers of air. This property is
-known as "loft". Wool too has impressive insulating features. The fibres
-are highly resilient and are microscopically toothed, slowing the speed that air can move in or out of the material. Both down and wool rapidly deter-
-.	;
-Page 3	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICEIR	August, 1981.
-iorate if they are not cared -for. Dampness-Tlickly destroys the insulating
-properties of down and the progressive loss of the oils which cover both
-wool and feather in their natural setting means that water is increasingly adsorbed by the hydrophillic proteins. Down "clumps" in wet sleeping bags and wool acts like a sponge which can literally weigh the "all-wool" walker down.
-Larly contenders as synthetic insulators were polyester fillings for . jackets and sleeping bags. Polyester is more efficient than down when wet, but needs much more weakght for the same insulation. Convection currents are the cause of most heat loss in fibre-filled garments. The best insulator would be a closed-cell foam material of the type used in insulating sleeping mats. This material is obviously impractical in garments
-because it is stiff and uncomfortable - it transmits no water vapour. But
-the way to stop convection currents is to baffle them. This can be done best by drastically reducing the diameter of the conventional fibre fillings. Finer fibres will pack to form smaller air spaces and minimise the convection within a filled garment. ' The 311 company of the US recently announced just such a filling; its new "Thinsulate" is composed of polyolefin microfibres in a matrix that provides a high frictional drag on anclosed.,air,aild leads. to,iptressive:intulatimg.pboperties. A thinner barrier of microfibre than down gives equal warmth. This means that the final weights of filled garments or sleeping bags could very easily be comparable for the natural '
-and synthetic insulators.
-And something to think about. How would you like to have a sleeping bag about half the weight of that which you now use, and still have the same Warmth? The underside of your sleeping bag is nearly useless because down squashed flat by your weight has little insulating air left in it.
-If your closed cell foam mat could be attached to the top half of a sleeping bag in a way that excluded gaps around the edges, then the problem might well be solved. New developments in fibre pile could lead to even better
-substitutes for the "foamy".
-(Editor's Note. And keep your hat on	When travelling in Northern. India :I was amazed to see that people who owned only one shawl, or even_ rag, would wrap it around their heads when the temperature dropped. About'
-,g1 of the body's heat loss occurs through the head, a fact that the	 no-hat generations of Australia don't realise _;anymore.)
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-F.B.W. CABARET BALL.
 Ashfield Town Hall - Friday, 9th October.
-'46 Single -	7.30 pm to I am.
-B.O.G.
+$6 Single -	7.30 pm to I am.
-Ladies bring plate - men bring drinks. S.Ba..CONTACT:
-Barbara Bruce - Phone 669,0411 Ex.550 or 546,6570 (H).
+B.O.G. Ladies bring plate - men bring drinks.
-Page 4	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER	August, 1981,
-THE JULY GENERAL MEETING.
+__S.B.W. contact__: Barbara Bruce - Phone 669,0411 Ex.550 or 546,6570 (H).
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+=====The July General Meeting.=====
 by Jim Brown.
-Although quite a lot of the best people were away (probably blizzard-
-.
+Although quite a lot of the best people were away (probably blizzard-bound), including the normal political roundsman, there was still a reasonable assemblage of about 35 when Spiro, deputising for the President, opened proceedings at 8.20 pm.
-bound), including the normal political roundsman,there was still a reasonable assemblage of about 35 when Spiro, deputising for the President, opened proceedings at 8.20 pm.
-Two new members were greeted - Ralph Penglis and Fred Kelly - and it may be noted that the slow hand-clapping, which sometimes has a totally different implication, is an affectionate gesture at S.B.W. meetings. However Spiro detained one of the newcomers ir private converse so long that we began to wander if he was reading the list of members that he presented.
+Two new members were greeted - Ralph Penglis and Fred Kelly - and it may be noted that the slow hand-clapping, which sometimes has a totally different implication, is an affectionate gesture at S.B.W. meetings. However Spiro detained one of the newcomers in private converse so long that we began to wander if he was reading the list of members that he presented.
-After that, things went along at a heady pace, while Minutes were.
-. read and confirmed, and in Correspondence we had an acknowledgement from
+After that, things went along at a heady pace, while Minutes were read and confirmed, and in Correspondence we had an acknowledgement from the Parks & Wildlife Service of our representative on the management proposals for the Budawangs portion of Morton National Park. It also mentioned that a meeting of interested parties would be held at Nowra on Saturday 18th July, and some concern was expressed that our Conservation Secretary, Alex Colley, would not be back from Northern Australia in time to attend. Since our main expressed attitude had to do with access, Peter Franks as Tracks and Access Officer in Federation, indicated he could probably substitute at the meeting if necessary. Correspondence also contained some brochures from the Hawkesbury River Association.
-the Parks & Wildlife Service of.auirrepresentative on the management proposals for the Budawangs portion of Morton National Park. . It also mentioned that 6 meeting of interested parties would be held at Nowra on Saturday 18th July, and some concern was. expressed that our Ganservation Secretary, Alex Colley, would not be back from Northern Australia in. time to,attend.:.,Since_our main expressed attitude had to do with access, Peter Franks aS*TrackS and Access Officer in Federation, indicated he could probably, substitute at the meeting if necessary. Correspondence also contained some brochures from the Hawkesbury River Association.
-In matters fiscal we heard that the $1000 investment approved in May had been undertaken and the resultant balance at the end of June was $1916 in the Club's general working account. Coolana funds were unchanged at
+In matters fiscal we heard that the $1000 investment approved in May had been undertaken and the resultant balance at the end of June was $1916 in the Club's general working account. Coolana funds were unchanged at $50.
-.
-the Walks Secretary was amongst those missing, it appeared at first that we should not have a report. Presently, however, Don Cornell, who produced a copy of the Walks Programme was persuaded to cite date, leader and trip, while any information available was given by leaders or parti4:1 pipants. After a false start an a week-end presented at the_last meeting; ts heard that the abseiling practice at Kanangra, logged for June 12-14th failed for lack of customers, while Brian Hart's exploratory walk in Watagan State Forest had only two starters. Some interesting country was covered; but the trip was slightly curtailed when the other member suffered sore
+The Walks Secretary was amongst those missing, it appeared at first that we should not have a report. Presently, however, Don Cornell, who produced a copy of the Walks Programme was persuaded to cite date, leader and trip, while any information available was given by leaders or participants. After a false start an a week-end presented at the last meeting, we heard that the abseiling practice at Kanangra, logged for June 12-14th failed for lack of customers, while Brian Hart's exploratory walk in Watagan State Forest had only two starters. Some interesting country was covered; but the trip was slightly curtailed when the other member suffered sore feet. Three day walks were listed for 14th June, Roy Braithwaite conducting 16 along the coast trail from Lilyvale to Bundeena, where they were outdistanced by some whales (the whales were on a parallel route at sea, of course). Jo Van Sommers had a party of over 20 into the Dharug National Park. No information was available about the West Head walk.
-feet. Three day walks were listed for 14th June, Roy Braithwaite conducting 16 along the coast trail from Lilyvale to Bundeena, where they were outdistanced by some whales (the whales were on a parallel route at sea, of oaurse). Jo Van Sommers had a party of avet.20'into the Dharug National Park. No information was available about the West Head walk.
-For the ensuing week-end Gordon Lee inherited the cross-country skiing instructional Owing to Mark Dabb's leg injury. Conditions were almost perfect and the party (number not quoted) thoroughly enjoyed the good weather. Don Finch had 10 or. 12 people out on a satisfying Budawangs trip, but rain in and around Sydney an the Saturday and Sunday morning . inhibited the day walks. Jim,Laing's trip on Narrow Neck had five starters, but was aborted because of soggy conditions at Wall's Pass.
+For the ensuing week-end Gordon Lee inherited the cross-country skiing instructional owing to Mark Dabb's leg injury. Conditions were almost perfect and the party (number not quoted) thoroughly enjoyed the good weather. Don Finch had 10 or 12 people out on a satisfying Budawangs trip, but rain in and around Sydney on the Saturday and Sunday morning inhibited the day walks. Jim Laing's trip on Narrow Neck had five starters, but was aborted because of soggy conditions at Wall's Pass.
-age 5	THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER	August, 1981.
 Meryl Watman in the Heathcote National Park had five people up to lunch time and seven thereafter. The scrub was damp, but no fresh rain fell during the trip.
-On the 26-28th June week-end, there was Bob Younger's Nattai River trip, described as a "pleasant amble" with 15 starters, and.warmed at night by generously fuelled camp fires. Jim Percy's seven starters struck some misty rain on his Cox's River - Yellow Dog journey, but conditions improved later in the week-end. Gordon Lee held his rock-climbing and abseiling
-practice at Wahroonga and wasflinundated" with 12 novices on Saturdayland
+On the 26-28th June week-end, there was Bob Younger's Nattai River trip, described as a "pleasant amble" with 15 starters, and warmed at night by generously fuelled camp fires. Jim Percy's seven starters struck some misty rain on his Cox's River - Yellow Dog journey, but conditions improved later in the week-end. Gordon Lee held his rock-climbing and abseiling practice at Wahroonga and was "inundated" with 12 novices on Saturday, and 14 on Sunday. However two of the Sunday group were able to take part in the instruction. Gordon expressed deep appreciation of the climbing gear made available for such exercises by member Ric King. Both day walks were well-supported, Sheila Binns having a party ranging between 11 and 15 as its elements coalesced or separated out, while Ainslie Morris conducted 16 over the first programmed trip along the Lands Department's Benowie Trail on Berowra Creek. An early start allowed coverage of the estimated 20 km trip from Berowra to Hornsby and members present agreed it was of test walk calibre.
-on Sunday. However two of the Sunday group were able to take part in the instruction. Gordon expressed deep appreciation of the climbing gear Made available for such exercises by member Ric King. Both day walks were well-supported, Sheila Binns having a party ranging betteen 11 and 15 as tts elements coalesced or separated out, while Ainslie Morris conducted 16 over the first programmed trip along the Lands Department's Benowie Trail $n Berowra Creek. An early start allowed coverage of the estimated 20 km trip from Berowra to Hornsby and members present agreed it was of test walk calibre.
-The final week-end 'to consider had another cross-country ski instructOnal and Laurie Quaken reported about 9-attending, with a trip from Perisher to the Chalet in roughish weather on Saturday, and a sortie towards Twynam
+The final week-end to consider had another cross-country ski instructional and Laurie Quaken reported about 9 attending, with a trip from Perisher to the Chalet in roughish weather on Saturday, and a sortie towards Twynam in better canditions on Sunday. Base was at Sawpit Creek. Don and Jenny Cornell had seven folk in the Cox River country, striking showery conditions an the Saturday. In gloriously clear, slightly windy conditions, the two day walks on the near south coast brought out quite good gatherings, 12 1/2 to Burning Palms with Kath Brown (the 1/2 being an 8-year old lad), and 20 on the Bundeena - Otford canter with Peter Dyce. Some even braved the icy ocean for a dip, while one became detached at Wattamolla. No report of whales this time - you really can't bank on them.
-n better canditoons on Sunday. Base was at Sawpit Creek. Don and Jenny Qornell had seven folk in the Cox River country, striking showery conditions an the Saturday. In gloriously clear, slightly Windy conditions, the two 44Y walks on the near south coast brought out quite good gatherings, 121 to Burning Palms with Kath Brown (the Tbeing an 8-year old lad), and 20 on the Bundeena - Otford canter with Peter Dyce. Some even braved the icy ocean for a di, while one became detached-at Wattamolla. No report of whales this time - you really can't bank o. them:-
-Spiro had'pre6ented earlier a bum	OP--bvents at the June Federation meeting, Including the return to the fold of-two Clubs which had been deleted
+Spiro had presented earlier a summary of events at the June Federation meeting, including the return to the fold of two Clubs which had been deleted as unfinancial some time previously. The only contentious issue was the question of providing funds for an Environmental Impact Study of the proposed Bird's Rook Colliery on mountains north of Lithgow and above the Wolgan valley. Finally Spiro undertook to gather further data and bring the matter forward at the August meeting.
-unfinancial some time previously. The only contentious issue was the questionof providing funds for an Environmental Impact Study of the proposed Bird's Rook Colliery on mountains north of Lithgow and above the Wolgan valley. Finally Spiro undertook to gather further data and bring the matter forward at the August meeting.
-	Having got out of the habit, your deputy reporter failed to note the finishing time of the meeting, but it was quite early.
+Having got out of the habit, your deputy reporter failed to note the finishing time of the meeting, but it was quite early.
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-CONGRATULATIONS TO - Helen Rowan and Brian Goldstraw who were married on 15th August.
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+=====George Gray, The Pope And Calendar Reform.=====
-Rutledge Street
-Rowe Street
+by Owen Marks.
-Page.	THE SYMEY BUSHWILICER	August, 1981.
-	GEORGE GRAY THE POPE AND CALENDAR RETORM. . by Owen Marks.
+Recently in last April's edition of the S.B.W. magazine there was a most useless article on Dates for Easter for the next hundred years or so (now we know what George Gray does with his computer!), but it made me think of a promise I made in a previous article, and that was to write about Calendar Reform - so here goes!
-Recently in last April's edition of the S.B.W. magazine there was a most useless article on Dates for Easter for the next hundred,.yea,rs or so (now we know what George Gray does with his computer:), but it made me think Of a promise I made in a previous article, and that was to write about qalendar Reform - so here goes:
-"Why bother.	make a new calendar at all?" you may ask. At the present time a simple thing like your own birthday falls on a different day oach year, but a new calendar would be perpetual. The movable feast of Easter is obviously in need of reform. If Jesus was born on a fixed day, Why didn't he die on one too? I wish someone would explain it to me. But fixing a permanent date for Easter is not really bound up with a national concept for calendar reform. HD, that lies with the Christian churches to solve for themselves or for Governments to force on their own churches under their own dominions. Unlikely, but who would have forecast the actions of' 'queen Elizabeth I's father?
+"Why bother to make a new calendar at all?" you may ask. At the present time a simple thing like your own birthday falls on a different day each year, but a new calendar would be perpetual. The movable feast of Easter is obviously in need of reform. If Jesus was born on a fixed day, why didn't he die on one too? I wish someone would explain it to me. But fixing a permanent date for Easter is not really bound up with a national concept for calendar reform. No, that lies with the Christian churches to solve for themselves or for Governments to force on their own churches under their own dominions. Unlikely, but who would have forecast the actions of Queen Elizabeth I's father?
-When Napoleon changed the order in France his metrical calendar reform failed because people couldn't get used to NOT having a seven-day week. Neither would we. Our present calendAr is made up of odd months of different days with the first half of the year having 181 days (182 in leap years) and the second half having 184. The number of days to a month is quite unimport*t and I don't think that anybody would be concerned if, in our present calendar, April had 31 or March 30.
+When Napoleon changed the order in France his metrical calendar reform failed because people couldn't get used to NOT having a seven-day week. Neither would we. Our present calendar is made up of odd months of different days with the first half of the year having 181 days (182 in leap years) and the second half having 184. The number of days to a month is quite unimportant and I don't think that anybody would be concerned if, in our present calendar, April had 31 or March 30.
 Below is how the NEW WORLD CALENDAR would look and how it would work:.
-JAN APR'JULY OCT	MAY AUG NOV	MAR JUNE SEP 'DEC
-.	,.Ini									MIIIIIII				.
-		T								TIC:	,-	-.			Vi	T
-					' ..)1,			T	W					.	4 u.	6		1111111	9
-ri	12				-					1						.._
-'3												4	g
-		3	11		ell	i 1				1	5
-	El	23E1		!G111111?'.				6	, 7	6	9	io	1 I	12		3
-	11111B	15	,-..)_,-(ci		i'411
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-	14	i5A,	1"?	18	1,9		ri	1	19		t31/4	F
-)12.1i	2									11:4.t.25	26
-										----		as	2.6				a0	2'	a
-.C-i	Li	22123	74						?".7	-2.6	-297
-_2								rii	48-	Z913.0	31
-,	9	30																				ti,/	LI
-Each quarter would have the same number of days, the same for each half year and there would be 364 days in the year. The additional day would be' squeezed in between the 30th December and the 1st January and be a 7 (WORLD) day.:	very four years an L (LEAP) day would be placed after June 30.
-Obviously the W day would be a world day to celebrate the new year and the 4day/which has to be placed somewhere, either after W day or after June30 would also be a world-wide national holiday. Or sane-such.
-FEB
-Can you see anything wrong with such a scheme? Of course there is, but it is not insurmountable. At the end of every year there would be an 8-day week and the same for the leap year day every four years, and the
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-Sabbath would fall behind. The only organizations that would be against it in a laud voice, would,ba_thoe:...religions that -have. 6. Sabbathday to keep holy or to be more accurate, those that have a holy day every 7 days, i.e. only the Jews, Muslims and Christians. Don't laugh' or. be fazed by numbers. Read on
-The Muslim calendar in use at present is solely lunar, and that means that a particular event wanders through the seasons.... 12 months of 28 days, lunation equals 336 days. In offices and consalates you can see two calendars hanging up, but the Friday is always on the seventh day.
-The Jewish calendar has 12 lunar months and every so often an extra month is added. When you go-to Israel, you can see their lunar.calendar and the' Gregorian'calendar as well on the walls. Last month the Israeli Government wouldn't even pass a daylight saving act of one hour, because it would interfere with the Sabbath. The same weird argument like the extra . hour of sunlight fading the curtains. So both the Muslim and Jewish cultures with their calendars don't have to tie in with the Great Western Calendar...,, either the old Gregorian or the proposed New World Calendar.
-_What would the Christian churches do? There are so many of them that it is extremely unlikely that they could, or would want to, agree with any- - thing that their rivals would suggest. You may remember the cry "Give us back our. eleven days" when England suddenly adopted the Gregorian calendar. ItF was only because of catholic Europe that Englandaut of spite refused to adopt it earlier, and don't let us forget the fact that it was not until the middle of the 18th century that England adopted January 1st as New Year's Day instead of March 25th.
-,luckily the Pope made things easy a few 'months ago when he brake one
+January, April, July. October
-of the.Te./.1 PgmMandments,.and,quite fortunately, itwas.the one that suits - my argument. I don't know how come our newspapers haverlt noticed it,. anyway you are reading it here for the first time. The Pope, after celebrating-the Sabbath'In-Japaiilow ia'AldSka and-On'to RoMe.for-Lant where hA olp.iausly celebrated the next Sabbath just 6 days later. The International Date Line made him lose a day. Did that concern him? I don't know, of course, and I hope his attempted assassination wasn't retribution from God, for His ways are mysterious at times. So if the Pope can have a 6-day week, his church can have one too or even an 8-day week l The Sabbath is obviously where the local community is celebrating it. This must occur every time an. ordained priest, rabbi, etc. cross from here to America, and without thinking they' fit in with the next community's Sabbath whether it is only . 6-ar-8-days after the previous one. It mustn't be 'boo irreligious to break the Sabbath law or otherwise millions and millions of tourists would be struok.dead when going to church on the wrong day.
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-The rest of the world would naturally follow the New Calendar. Billions of Chinese, Japanese and Indians have no Sabbath concept, -although in present times. they haire Sundays off from work, and this must be. just ar day of rest introduced from our cultures.
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-There have been many books written on the subject which you can find in your local library,Hdescribing other alternative calendars, reasons for and
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-agpinst. I hope that there are not too many errors in the figures or dates, etc, as this article has been done at one sitting, at work and without any
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-reference books. It is purely an exercise in filling in time.
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-Incidentally, in a science programme recently on the A.B.C. I heard
-that some time this year one second is to be added or substracted at midnight to balance the calendar with modern technology. Imagine, the Earth is out' of balance with the cosmos.
+February, May, August, November
-(Owen Marks - President of the Hastings Parade
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-Bondi Beach Branch of the Calendar Reform Society, Australian Section. Southern Hemisphere Division.)
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+Each quarter would have the same number of days, the same for each half year and there would be 364 days in the year. The additional day would be squeezed in between the 30th December and the 1st January and be a W (WORLD) day. Every four years an L (LEAP) day would be placed after June 30. Obviously the W day would be a world day to celebrate the new year and the L day, which has to be placed somewhere, either after W day or after June 30, would also be a world-wide national holiday. Or some-such.
+Can you see anything wrong with such a scheme? Of course there is, but it is not insurmountable. At the end of every year there would be an 8-day week and the same for the leap year day every four years, and the Sabbath would fall behind. The only organizations that would be against it in a loud voice, would be those religions that have a Sabbath day to keep holy or to be more accurate, those that have a holy day every 7 days, i.e. only the Jews, Muslims and Christians. Don't laugh or be fazed by numbers. Read on...
+The Muslim calendar in use at present is solely lunar, and that means that a particular event wanders through the seasons.... 12 months of 28 days, lunation equals 336 days. In offices and consulates you can see two calendars hanging up, but the Friday is always on the seventh day.
+The Jewish calendar has 12 lunar months and every so often an extra month is added. When you go to Israel, you can see their lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar as well on the walls. Last month the Israeli Government wouldn't even pass a daylight saving act of one hour, because it would interfere with the Sabbath. The same weird argument like the extra hour of sunlight fading the curtains. So both the Muslim and Jewish cultures with their calendars don't have to tie in with the Great Western Calendar... either the old Gregorian or the proposed New World Calendar.
+What would the Christian churches do? There are so many of them that it is extremely unlikely that they could, or would want to, agree with anything that their rivals would suggest. You may remember the cry "Give us back our eleven days" when England suddenly adopted the Gregorian calendar. It was only because of catholic Europe that England out of spite refused to adopt it earlier, and don't let us forget the fact that it was not until the middle of the 18th century that England adopted January 1st as New Year's Day instead of March 25th.
+Luckily the Pope made things easy a few months ago when he broke one of the Ten Commandments, and quite fortunately, it was the one that suits my argument. I don't know how come our newspapers haven't noticed it, anyway you are reading it here for the first time. The Pope, after celebrating the Sabbath in Japan, flew via Alaska and on to Rome for Lent where he obviously celebrated the next Sabbath just 6 days later. The International Date Line made him lose a day. Did that concern him? I don't know, of course, and I hope his attempted assassination wasn't retribution from God, for His ways are mysterious at times. So if the Pope can have a 6-day week, his church can have one too or even an 8-day week! The Sabbath is obviously where the local community is celebrating it. This must occur every time an ordained priest, rabbi, etc. cross from here to America, and without thinking they fit in with the next community's Sabbath whether it is only 6 of 8 days after the previous one. It mustn't be too irreligious to break the Sabbath law or otherwise millions and millions of tourists would be struck dead when going to church on the wrong day.
+The rest of the world would naturally follow the New Calendar. Billions of Chinese, Japanese and Indians have no Sabbath concept, although in present times they have Sundays off from work, and this must be just a day of rest introduced from our cultures.
+There have been many books written on the subject which you can find in your local library, describing other alternative calendars, reasons for and against. I hope that there are not too many errors in the figures or dates, etc, as this article has been done at one sitting, at work and without any reference books. It is purely an exercise in filling in time.
+Incidentally, in a science programme recently on the A.B.C. I heard that some time this year one second is to be added or substracted at midnight to balance the calendar with modern technology. Imagine, the Earth is out of balance with the cosmos.
+(Owen Marks - President of the Hastings Parade Bondi Beach Branch of the Calendar Reform Society, Australian Section. Southern Hemisphere Division.)
+=====Travelling With Children In India - Part 5.=====
 by Marcia Shappert.
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