SYDNEY JAMBOREE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 30 November 1938, Page 3

SYDNEY JAMBOREE

PREPARATION OF CAMP SITE ELABORATE PROGRAMME U.P.A.—My Electric Telegraph—Copyright! SYDNEY. 24th November. A new “city” is springing up at Bradfield, in the bush at the back of ! Lindtield, a fashionable suburb on the | northern side of Sydney Harbour, and jits population will grow in a few j weeks to 11,000 (staj.es the Sydney correspondent of the "Evening Post”). Its inhabitants will be Boy Scouts who i will come to attend the largest Jamj boree yet held in the southern hemisphere, and lasting from 29 th Decern- , ber to 10th January. The organising secretary, Mr H. J. Stoddart, praising the support received in building Bradfield Jamboree City, said that as a result of the co-operation and help l given, the jamboree would be one of the greatest Boy Scout rallies ever held in the world. An elaborate programme of spectacular events and presentations, in addi- J tion to formal Scout business, parades,]

and demonstrations, will be arranged j The items include the "Life of Baden , Powell.” the "Pied Piper of Hamclin •(in which 1000 Cubs will be dressed! ns rats), and “Ancient Games of! Rome.” . ! A feature of the preparations was the \ work done by 70 master plumbers. In f one day they did the biggest plumbing job ever undertaken in Sydney. Their task, voluntarily undertaken, was to reticulate the 500-acre site of Jamboree City. The 18,000 feet of pipe lent by Sydney manufacturers and laid by the master plumbers will be sufficient to give a daily supply of 100.000 gallons. The water is being serviced to the camp in 285 shower units, 36 stand pipes and drinking fountains, and 30 ablution troughs. The master plumbers drew their own plans of the area and gave their services free. Sydney Boy Scouts have been working for many months in week-end relays and during holidays, in clearing the scrub from the land, laying out streets, and otherwise preparing the sites for hundreds of tents that will soring up to house the incoming flood of the world’s youth. During the twelve days of the camp its 11,000 youthful inhabitants will consume 22,0001 b of butter. 47.0001 b of meat, 98,0001 bof bread, 13.000 gallons of milk, 7000 dozen eggs, and! 14,0001 b of sausages.