Don’t forget, too, that the rates quoted above are for the PRIVATE.
Such a big proportion of the men enlisting in Queensland to-day are married men, that we thought it would be a good plan to state all the rates of pay and pensions clearly for their information.
There is no doubt that the single men are not coming forward as they should, and many married men are coming to the conclusion that there is only one thing to do—take up the sword themselves.
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.