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Last year T was present at the opening of a Children’s Play- 
ground at Ithaca, a suburb of Brisbane. The Ithaca Council allo- 
cated £120 for the equipment of the playground, and everything lias 
been provided to make for the happiness of the children. At the 
higher end of the ground there are two buildings, one a creche and 
the other a kindergarten school. They are in charge of two nurses. 
At the lower end there is an open air municipal bath. The play- 
ground is divided into different sections for boys, girls and infants, 
and is well equipped with swings, ladders, climbing poles, rounda- 
bouts, slides, wading pool, and other appliances. 
One of the nurses said she had appointed 22 boys as policemen 
to look after the grounds and to protect the apparatus supplied for 
the games. 
At Port Pirie, South Australia, on August 17th, 1918, a play- 
ground with its buildings, shelters, appliances, carriage drives, foot- 
paths, plantations and playing areas was erected and completed in 
one day. Over 2,000 employees of the Broken Hill Associated 
Smelters gave their services free to do the work. 
The company provided the means, and the Corporation the site. 
What a lot of good work can be done by co-operation and unity of 
purpose ! 
The Town Planners of this State are encouraged by trie work 
of others in all parts of the civilised world. We have pressed stead- 
ily on during the past three years, turning neither to the right nor 
to the left, ever onward, determined to reach the goal we have in 
view, viz., the passing of a Town Planning Act. 
We are endeavouring to enlist the sympathy and assistance of 
the Government, Members of Parliament, Local Authorities, Socie- 
ties, Institutions, Associations, Leagues, Trades Hall, business men 
arid the general public, so that they all may he interested in Town 
Planning and thus benefit themselves and those who come after 
them. 
Let each one endeavour to do his or her part as the opportunity 
occurs, for if we do not leave a better heritage to our children than 
that which we received from those who have “gone before,” we shall 
have neglected our duty and betrayed our trust. 
