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A Rolls Royce drew up at the Overport Gates yesterday afternoon. It had the official Jamboree pennant on the radiator cap; indeed, it was the car of the President (Colonel Harold Cohen, M.L.C.). But it was refused admission!
The trouble was that the President did not have a pass for his car, and the Rovers on duty knew their duty well. No car without a pass must go through. So in spite of protestations, the President had to leave his car and hike the rest of the way. But he has a pass now - all nicely signed by the Jamboree Organising Secretary.
-The Jamboree Daily, 28th December, 1934
The throwing of boomerangs in camp, except on the arena during rehearsals for displays in charge of a Scouter, is strictly prohibited...
-The Jamboree Daily, 29th December, 1934
… This was the first, and probably will be, at least for many years, the only New Year Jamboree.
At midnight there was a cacophony of sound. The camp siren, "big bertha", motor horns, steam whistles, tom-toms, musical instruments of all the world, and the lungs of all the world, joined in to greet the coming-in of another year. And men and boys everywhere throughout the camp shook hands and cheered, and wished each other the happiness that all felt. The sentiment was understood whether the tongue in which it was uttered was known or not.
Rockets clove the midnight sky from the direction of No. 5 sub-camp, and the flashing of torches added a picturesque touch.
-The Jamboree Daily, 2nd January, 1935
…A surprisingly large gathering of Gilwellians assembled on the arena yesterday morning (2nd January) …Proceedings were entirely informal, and, apart from the World Chief's address, resolved themselves into groups, recalling memories and exchanging reminiscences.
On the suggestion of an Indian Scouter, a cable was sent to Gilwell Park, England, and all present most enthusiastically contributed one penny each to defray the cost.
At 12 noon yesterday, the message was duly dispatched by beam wireless, and read: "Three hundred Gilwellians met, reunion, Australian Jamboree, Frankston, send happiest brotherly greetings."
-The Jamboree Daily, 3rd January, 1935
The Chief Guide (Lady Baden-Powell) yesterday delivered to the Guides a message from Princess Mary, their Patroness. It read:
"I am anxious to send through the Chief Guide a message to the Guides and Brownies of the countries she is visiting. I follow the news of your progress with the deepest interest and wish the Movement and all its members prosperity and happiness. May Guiding ever grow and flourish in your country and act as an incentive in your lives to spread the spirit of service and fellowship around you."
"Mary."
-The Jamboree Daily, 2nd January, 1935
The bushfire alarm was given in Frankston town yesterday. But it was only the dust that came from the arena.
-The Jamboree Daily, 2nd January, 1935
The special message from His Majesty the King, sent to inspire us here at Frankston, and which was delivered by His Excellency the Governor-General on Saturday at the official opening, is to be left with each of us in a form that can be treasured.
The World Chief Scout has most generously ordered that the message be printed at his expense, and a copy given to every member of the Jamboree camp. The printing has now been put in hand, and copies should be available for distribution through the sub-camps before we begin to disperse.
-The Jamboree Daily, 3rd January, 1935
Leaving behind it a thick trail of oil, "Leaping Lena" rattled and roared its way down the road to the beach late yesterday afternoon, scattering Scouts and raising clouds of dust and stones as her battered body careered onward. She was packed to the gunwale with late bathers, and disaster seemed inevitable. It was! Lena failed to leap soon enough when she entered the straight, for, keeping to the rails, she crashed into the second post and came to a dead stop. Slight cuts to a running-board passenger and a very bent post were the only casualties, and, with a jerk and a gasp, Lena pressed onward through the crush of Scouts.
-The Jamboree Daily, 4th January, 1935
Tasmania has discovered that even the Chief Scout's horse is a Scout. Noticing the halter round the neck of the Chief's mount during the inspection of No. 4 Sub-camp yesterday, a small Tasmanian exclaimed: "Gee, look at the lanyard. The horse is a real Scout too!"
-The Jamboree Daily, 4th January, 1935
During the Jamboree, the Guides from the 1st Wannon Mounted Company (Victoria) provided and cared for the five horses which were used by Lord Baden Powell and his family.
Information source: From a Flicker to a Flame by Honor Darling & Margaret Coleman, 1989
Lord Baden-Powell visited the Western Australian contingent and was introduced to three Rovers who had cycled the 2368 miles from their home town in the West to attend the Jamboree. B.P. expressed his delight at the opportunity so presented to meet these tough chaps and shake their hands.
-The Jamboree Daily, 5th January, 1935
Two of The most popular members of the Jamboree camp are the South African Rover Scouts, R. Williams and R.S. Burnard who are on a round-the-world-trip, and Australia is their first port of call. They expect to take five years on their journey, working their way as they go.
They left their homes on October 14, and travelled for 1000 miles by train in South Africa before reaching the coast, when they travelled 800 miles along the shore in a small boat.
Then they joined a cargo vessel and sailed for Sydney - a distance of 6000 miles. From there the two South Africans cycled the remaining 800 miles to the Jamboree.
-The Jamboree Daily, 5th January, 1935
Scouts at the Jamboree are not camping in their usual fashion. Even on a 300 acre field there is not room for such a large assembly to arrange their sites in normal fashion. Besides, a Jamboree is an unusual occasion, at which the various contingents arrange their camps with decorations symbolic of their homes, and all bunched up together so that their occupants may have opportunities of mingling and getting to know one another.
But in order that Jamboree visitors may see real Scout camping, model camps have been established in various parts of the ground. These camps have been set up by the following groups:-
Sub camp 4K - 9th Malvern; 3H - 3rd Prahran (Wesley College); 1H - 1st Gardenvale; 2H - 1st Scotch College; 3F - 1st Hampton; 4D - 1st Albert Park; 1S - 1st Toorak.
The 9th Malvern Group was winner of last year's competition for the Cohen Shield - the blue riband of good camping in Victoria.
-The Australian Boy Scout Jamboree Sole Official Programme
The model of a Boy Scout which was made by Mr. Paul Montford and presented to the Mornington County Scout Council for erection in its section at the Jamboree was so much admired by the World Chief Scout (Lord Baden-Powell) that the Jamboree Council resolved to have a replica made. This has been prepared and will be presented to Lord Baden-Powell by the President of the Victorian Scout's Association. (Col. Cohen, MLC). He will also present another model to the Boy Scouts Association.
-The Frankston & Somerville Standard, Friday 11th January, 1935
