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===== Antonio - A New Dolly Ballad. ===== | ===== Antonio - A New Dolly Ballad. ===== | ||
- | You ' | + | You ' |
- | Ant a small one kept a fried-fish shop, on a corner of a street, | + | W' |
- | Ant he' | + | Well, once he knewed a story Ma, About a fried-fish shop. \\ |
- | Ant in the afternoons, Ma, when a trade was raver slow | + | I fink you'd like to hear it Ma, if only I can stop:\\ |
- | He'd stand outside | + | One' |
- | Of how he was a big, big man, ant weighed quite eighteen stone. | + | Like the Fortune-Teller lady, we saw on Blackpool Piers.\\ |
- | "You not haf seen my Brudder, Sah?" The fried-fish man would say, "He bery bigga-da chest, Sah Da bery bigga-da thigh, | + | An' |
- | "If anyone no pay me, Sah, He swipe-.a dem in da eye, | + | An' the other' |
- | "He gotta bigga-da sailing ship tattooed onto d chest, | + | An' |
- | "Da talla-da mast, da bigga-da sail - (You like-a da lobster best?" | + | An' |
- | (Ma, why do ' | + | An' |
- | (Ant do they all have bruvers, Ma, to help 'em get a money?) Well, one day, Ma, when Anton' | + | He'd stand outside |
- | "You want-a da feesh, da oyster stack, da nice-a piece-a da brim?" The sailor asked for fish and chips an' sat down at a table, | + | An' peoples far an' wide, Ma, heard all about Anton,\\ |
- | An' ate a lot of dinner, Ma, as much as he was able. | + | Of how he was a big, big man, an' |
- | An' Anton' | + | "You not haf seen my Brudder, Sah?" The fried-fish man would say,\\ |
- | But sailor says he's got no beans, which I fink raver funny. Why are some peoples bery rich, like lickle Lottie Morgan? At others have to play for pennies on a barrel-organ? | + | "He bery bigga-da chest, Sah Da bery bigga-da thigh,\\ |
- | Well, Anton must' | + | "If anyone no pay me, Sah, He swipe a dem in da eye,\\ |
- | An' Anton says: "You gotta pay", an' a sailor says he can't, An' Anton raise his fist ant say: "I kick-a you in da pant, | + | "He gotta bigga-da sailing ship tattooed onto da chest,\\ |
- | "If you no pay, I lift you up, an' break-a you on da table - "You tink you able seaman, eh? I make you not so able! "You see da muse, da ship I got tattooed onto da chest? "I hit you-so, an squeeze you-so, an' you go sailint-west!" | + | "Da talla-da mast, da bigga-da sail - (You like-a da lobster best?" |
- | "He raisa da fist - he hit - he miss* He make-a da little slip-Sah "Da sailor hit - oh poor Anton - da-ship - he sinka da ships Sala. | + | (Ma, why do ' |
- | fink, Ma he'd be bery cross to go misout | + | (An' |
- | An' see poor Anton doubled up, an' holdin' | + | Well, one day, Ma, when Anton' |
- | I wisht if we could go an' see a friedopfish | + | "You want-a da feesh, da oyster stack, da nice-a piece-a da brim?"\\ |
- | An' that's all what the story was what Noggs the Milkman said, Ma, | + | The sailor asked for fish and chips an' sat down at a table,\\ |
- | As,t ravar Tie= feark Anllv_ | + | An' ate a lot of dinner, Ma, as much as he was able.\\ |
+ | An' Anton' | ||
+ | But sailor says he's got no beans, which I fink raver funny.\\ | ||
+ | Why are some peoples bery rich, like lickle Lottie Morgan?\\ | ||
+ | At others have to play for pennies on a barrel-organ? | ||
+ | Well, Anton must' | ||
+ | An' stands in front of sailor-man - a-twirlin' | ||
+ | An' Anton says: "You gotta pay", an' a sailor says he can't,\\ | ||
+ | An' Anton raise his fist ant say: "I kick-a you in da pant,\\ | ||
+ | "If you no pay, I lift you up, an' break-a you on da table - \\ | ||
+ | "You tink you able seaman, eh? I make you not so able! \\ | ||
+ | "You see da muse, da ship I got tattooed onto da chest?\\ | ||
+ | "I hit you-so, an squeeze you-so, an' you go sailint-west!" | ||
+ | An' Anton took his jacket off, an' made his muscles wiggle, | ||
+ | But Sailor isn't flightened, Ma, for he began to giggle. | ||
+ | An' this is how it finished, Ma, as Anton' | ||
+ | "Mine brudder Anton puff da chest until he cannot hold it,\\ | ||
+ | "He raisa da fist - he hit - he miss! He make-a da little slip-Sah | ||
+ | "Da sailor hit - oh poor Anton - da-ship - he sinka da ships Sah.\\ | ||
+ | I fink, Ma he'd be bery cross to go wisout | ||
+ | An' see poor Anton doubled up, an' holdin' | ||
+ | I wisht if we could go an' see a fried-fish | ||
+ | I'd like to hear a ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | An' that's all what the story was what Noggs the Milkman said, Ma,\\ | ||
+ | An' now I'se get my dolly eh? An wamble | ||
9th. January, 1938. | 9th. January, 1938. | ||
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Dear Madam, | Dear Madam, | ||
- | My Club noted with interest a small paragraph in your last issue on the subject of the Kanangra.Kowmung Reservation. My Club also expressed a desire to send you further information hoping that you will be able to pass it on to your Club by publishing it in the next issue of the "Bush Walker." | + | My Club noted with interest a small paragraph in your last issue on the subject of the Kanangra-Kowmung Reservation. My Club also expressed a desire to send you further information hoping that you will be able to pass it on to your Club by publishing it in the next issue of the "Bush Walker." |
At the moment, the reserve is for the preservation of native flora and fauna and its status has not yet been decided by the Government. | At the moment, the reserve is for the preservation of native flora and fauna and its status has not yet been decided by the Government. | ||
- | Mr. Arthur | + | |
- | Whilst making this explanation, | + | Mr. Arthur |
- | I am, etc., | + | |
- | J. Gibson per H.M. Nhaite. Hon Secretary, | + | Whilst making this explanation, |
- | Warrigal Club of N.S.Nr, | + | |
+ | I am, etc.,\\ | ||
+ | J. Gibson per H.M. Whaite.\\ | ||
+ | Hon Secretary,\\ | ||
+ | Warrigal Club of N.S.W. | ||
===== It's a Terrible Strain. ===== | ===== It's a Terrible Strain. ===== | ||
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The Club started the New Year badly by Hilma Galliott turning up on the official walk in a pale green silk tennis suit, or play-suit, we think they call it. As luck would have it the party bumped into the official walk of the H.H. Club, the one club above all others requiring the example of proper bushwalking efficiency. Nor was | The Club started the New Year badly by Hilma Galliott turning up on the official walk in a pale green silk tennis suit, or play-suit, we think they call it. As luck would have it the party bumped into the official walk of the H.H. Club, the one club above all others requiring the example of proper bushwalking efficiency. Nor was | ||
- | the worst. Flo Allsworth, the leader of the $.B.W., the leader, mind you, left h, rucksack behind and carried instead one of those handbags ladies use for holding baby's nappies. It is time something was done. The best thing would be an amendment of the constitution expelling all members who wear pale green silk play-suits or carry nappie-bags - anyhow if they meet. the H.H. Club or any other of the " | + | the worst. Flo Allsworth, the leader of the S.B.W., the leader, mind you, left her rucksack behind and carried instead one of those handbags ladies use for holding baby's nappies. It is time something was done. The best thing would be an amendment of the constitution expelling all members who wear pale green silk play-suits or carry nappie-bags - anyhow if they meet the H.H. Club or any other of the " |
- | breeds without the law." | + | |
- | Frances Ramsay and Vera Phillips arrived safely by the Aorangi from Canada. All except new members | + | Frances Ramsay and Vera Phillips arrived safely by the Aorangi from Canada. All except new members |
- | fleme, | + | |
- | dressmaker", | + | Three other old friends who dropped |
- | Three other old friends who dropne | + | |
- | from Melbourne, Morris Stephenson from the country, and Norrie Macdonald from some god-forsaken place where it is 20 miles to the nearest tree - probably it was to provide shade that he grew a moustache; | + | Gwen Lawrie has left Sydney to take up work in the office of the " |
- | Gwen Lawrie has left Sydney to take up work in the office of the " | + | |
- | at Katoomba. It will be a wonderful opportunity for her to teach hikers | + | Rumour has it that Norm Colton is engaged to someone |
- | mould their sins3" | + | |
- | ;- | + | We congratulate the flourishing firm of F.A. Pallin Proprietary Limited, the leading Australasian manufacturers of camp gear for walkers, on the holding of a staff picnic to mark the centenary (or was it the sesqui - or the deci-centenary? |
- | Rumour has it that Norm Colton is engaged to gomeone | + | |
- | We congratulate the flourishing firm of P.A. Pallin Proprietary Limited, the | + | The third baby boy this summer is the son of Bill and Pearl Chambers. He, baby Duncan, and baby Reilly |
- | leading Australasian manufacturers of carp gear for walkers, on the holding of a staff | + | |
- | picnic-to mark the centenary (or was it the sesqui - or the deci-centenary? | + | |
- | firm's existence. May it hike ever onward towards greater success and prosperity! | + | |
- | The third baby boy this summer is the son of Bill and Pearl Chambers. He, baby | + | |
- | Duncan, and baby Reilly | + | |
- | ;T. century hence. | + | |
- | .re | + | |
If there is and gossip that has failed to illuminate the camp-fire circle it is because the better part of " | If there is and gossip that has failed to illuminate the camp-fire circle it is because the better part of " | ||
- | 5. | ||
===== News from Here There and Everywhere. ===== | ===== News from Here There and Everywhere. ===== | ||
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The following paragraph culled from an article by a New Zealand tramper in London is of very considerable interest:- | The following paragraph culled from an article by a New Zealand tramper in London is of very considerable interest:- | ||
- | " | + | " |
==== Melbourne Men Walkers 43 Years Old and Still Young. ==== | ==== Melbourne Men Walkers 43 Years Old and Still Young. ==== | ||
- | The annual report of the Molbounlo | + | The annual report of the Melbourne |
- | taste left by that shocking motoring article in "The Melbourne Walker" | + | |
- | them. On re-union walks they seem to average about 40 and on Ladiest | + | |
- | Walkers complain that their membership grows too rapidly. Apparently clubs always covet what they have not. It would be an interesting subject for an inter-club debate, the question of whether a large or small membership is more desirable. | + | |
(Forty-third Annual Report of the Melbourne Walking and Touring Club). | (Forty-third Annual Report of the Melbourne Walking and Touring Club). | ||
==== How Hikers Bushwalk in Potomac. ==== | ==== How Hikers Bushwalk in Potomac. ==== | ||
- | Perhaps we do not often stop to think how differently the hiking or bushwalking or | + | Perhaps we do not often stop to think how differently the hiking or bushwalking or tramping (or whatever you will) movement has developed in Australia as compared with other lands. The objects of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club show that difference more clearly than do many articles: |
- | tramping (or whatever you will) movement has developed in Australia as compared with other lands. The objects of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club show that difference | + | |
- | more clearly than do many articles:- | + | "To open, develop, extend and maintain trails for walkers, mountain-climbers and nature-students in wooded and mountain regions - - and more particularly the Appalachian Trail - to construct and maintain camp sites, open shelters and permanent camps - - to collect data of interest to users of the trail concerning history, geology-, botany, forestry and wild life - - to prepare maps etc." - the rest of the objects are similar to our own. Bushwalkers often feel very superior because they need no tracks or shelters, but how many would be willing to give up one Sunday a month for a "work trip?" And do we take the trouble to acquaint ourselves with the botany, geology and forestry of the bush we pass through? This American Club has regular " |
- | "To open, develop, extend and maintain trails for walkers, mountain-climbers and nature- | + | |
- | students in wooded and mountain regions - - and more particularly the Appalachian Trail - to construct and maintain camp sites, open shelters and permanent camps - - to collect data of interest to users of the trail concerning history, geology-, botany, forestry and mild life - - to prepare maps etc." - the rest of the objects are similar | + | |
- | to our own. Bushwalkers often feel very superior because they need no tracks or shelters, | + | |
- | but how many would be willing to give up one Sunday a month for a "work trip?" And do we take the trouble to acquaint ourselves with the botany, geology and forestry of the | + | |
- | bush we pass through? This American Club has regular " | + | |
- | walking a mere five or six miles so that the members may really learn about things on | + | |
- | the way. As usual each club may learn from every other. Probably we should find their | + | |
- | walks ridiculously tame, but they could certainly run rings round us in other respects. Bulletin Potomac Appalachian Trail Club - October 1937. | + | |
==== Live Wires. ==== | ==== Live Wires. ==== |
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