HOW TO ENLIST.
In Brisbane—Go to Adelaide Street Enlisting Depot (next to State School).
In the Country—Go to the nearest Town Clerk, or Shire Clerk, or Local Recruiting Committee, who will give you all the necessary instructions.
STATE RECRUITING COMMITTEE OF QUEENSLAND, Vice-Chairman: Col. Hon. A. J. THYNNE, V.D., M.L.C. G. M. DASH, Captain, State Organizing Secretary.
Red Cross Workshop.
FOR SOLDIERS AT KANGAROO POINT.
The small theatre at the Kangaroo Point Military Hospital has been removed to near the Recreation Hall at the gates, and converted into a workshop for the soldiers. A section of the sub-committee of hospitals took the matter in hand a few months ago, and a start was then made to teach convalescent men wood-carving, basket-making, toy-making, and other branches of handicraft. Some of the soldiers in Sydney, where a similar scheme has been in operation for some time, made from £2 a week upwards, and it is hoped that the movement will be of the same benefit to the men in Brisbane.
The result has been even more successful than anticipated. Basket-work, toys, poker-work, and small carpentry have already been made, and there are now some skilled workers among the soldiers. An exhibit which was recently shown in one of the shops in Queen-street, was the centre of an admiring and interested crowd, while a display of the work has also been arranged in the Red Cross Section at the Exhibition.
The proceeds of all articles sold are given to the individual soldiers who made them, minus the cost of the material. Orders have come in from all quarters, and the men have sufficient to keep them working until Christmas. A depôt, however, has been promised in the city, where all work made over and above the orders, will be exhibited and sold.
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WORK OF THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
The spirit of the times has not failed to touch the budding womanhood of Queensland. In every school, whether public or private, girls will be found knitting industriously for soldiers. Indeed, it is no uncommon sight to see quite small children knitting in the trams and suburban trains, and the exhibitions of their work rank in quality with the exhibits of women during these years of war.
At displays of school work there is always a large section devoted to Red Cross efforts, and the mufflers, socks, “washers,” and Balaclava caps have been highly commended by expert needlewomen. In numerous ways children have assisted in providing materials and funds for the soldiers. Entertainments have been organised, and often talent discovered that would otherwise have lain dormant, the children showing unbounded enthusiasm for their work. They have also been encouraged to give small donations, such as having an “Egg Day” at the schools, when each child brings an egg to send to the Red Cross Kitchen. War will ever linger in the memory of the men and women of the coming generation. It has built a foundation of self-sacrifice and generosity such as no piping times of peace would have achieved.
Residential Club.
FOR RETURNED SAILORS AND SOLDIERS.
It was a ladies’ committee that initiated the movement to establish a Residential Club in Brisbane for soldiers, and their efforts have been untiring since the first meeting was held on May 10th of last year. Combining with the Returned Soldiers’ Association they soon established a strong committee, the result is that the club is now ready for the soldiers, having been officially opened by His Excellency the Governor on the 11th of this month. The building, which is at the corner of Wharf and Ann streets, is a two-storey building and has every convenience for a comfortable club. Entertainments of all kinds have been organised in the cause of the Residential Club during the last year, the most notable being the Queen’s Carnival, which brought in an approximate result of £4,000. £11,000 will be required to clear the debt on the building, and so far over £7,000 has been collected or donated towards the fund.
The furniture, which is equal to that of any club in Brisbane, has been provided through the efforts of women on the Furnishing Committee, the Girls’ Clubs in Brisbane, St. Stephen’s Girls, and through the generosity of leading business firms in the city.
The club is under the management of the Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Association. It is proposed to run it on broad lines so that any returned soldier may feel that he has a club of his own in Brisbane. The best possible accommodation is provided, and the tariff is made sufficiently low to suit the average soldier’s means. It is intended to run the club on non-political and non-sectarian lines, and no evidence of the common bond of sympathy that exists for this movement could be more striking than the fact that men and women of all denominations and creeds have met together for the last year to enthusiastically further the project.
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