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As the Nobles were setting out on a tough walk of several miles last Sunday they were offered a lift by the Northern Suburbs Ambulance. The professional eye of an ambulance man instantly recognises "the sore-distressed" | As the Nobles were setting out on a tough walk of several miles last Sunday they were offered a lift by the Northern Suburbs Ambulance. The professional eye of an ambulance man instantly recognises "the sore-distressed" | ||
- | BOUDDI WORKING BEE | + | =====Bouddi Working Bee===== |
by One of the Bees. | by One of the Bees. | ||
- | History tells us that the colonisation of Australia was due' | + | |
- | For no worse crime, in most instances, | + | History tells us that the colonisation of Australia was due to the loss of the American Colonies which caused the need for another penal settlement for England' |
- | The First Fleet arrived on Friday night and l' | + | |
- | With the arrival of the multitude of minor offenders on Saturday afternoon, the site of the settlement began to seethe with people. Tiny Beach, the chosen spot, is only a small, sandy indentation but on the cliffs above the beach is a comparatively large area of flat groundsuitable | + | For no worse crime, in most instances, |
- | Hight. A mellow moon gazed kindly into the amphitheatre of beach with black galleries facing a stage of white sand, The crowd ranged around the fire, set on the beach and burning redly. The atmosphere was of smugglers | + | |
- | relaxing in some inaccessible cove knowing that excisemen and worries could | + | The First Fleet arrived on Friday night and landed |
- | both be banished but over the tiers of faces arched one solitary tree/ | + | |
- | curving and flowing with Oriental grace woven in a tapestry. Yet this was no. place for solitary meditation: the recurring hiss of the surf as it flung itself on the sands induced an eir of expectancy, of excitement, of awareness. And, as the evening passed in song and reminiscence, | + | With the arrival of the multitude of minor offenders on Saturday afternoon, the site of the settlement began to seethe with people. Tiny Beach, the chosen spot, is only a small, sandy indentation but on the cliffs above the beach is a comparatively large area of flat ground suitable |
- | After pleasure cometh. pains Who could have been so pesAmistic | + | |
- | there were at hand in -, | + | Night. A mellow moon gazed kindly into the amphitheatre of beach with black galleries facing a stage of white sand. The crowd ranged around the fire, set on the beach and burning redly. The atmosphere was of smugglers relaxing in some inaccessible cove knowing that excisemen and worries could both be banished but over the tiers of faces arched one solitary tree, curving and flowing with Oriental grace woven in a tapestry. Yet this was no place for solitary meditation: the recurring hiss of the surf as it flung itself on the sands induced an air of expectancy, of excitement, of awareness. And, as the evening passed in song and reminiscence, |
- | Saturday night' | + | |
- | Governor so on Sunday, at an early hour, she once again very firmly seized | + | After pleasure cometh |
- | the reins of Government, But every detail of the numerous jobs which hod to be done and adequate chain-gangs to perform them had been arranged | + | |
- | meticulously. Clearing tracks, mending tanks, planting trees, making fire- | + | Saturday night' |
- | places, erecting signposts, repairing fences were a few of the tasks which were carried out with speed increased by the knowl-dge | + | |
- | was over the sooner one could relax. | + | Every previous colonising venture seems to have failed miserably on account of some unthought-of difficulty but not Bouddi. Let me remark on two aspects. |
- | Every previous colonising venture seems to have failed miserably on | + | |
- | account of some unthought-of difficulty but not Bouddi. Let me remark on two aspects. | + | In order to ensure an unfailing water supply |
- | In order to ensure an unfailing water su,: | + | |
- | dam was comj3letd | + | The Intelligence, |
- | by flinging cement at each others faces, Though a great improvJment | + | |
- | The Intelligence, | + | So successful was the colony |
- | So successful was the colony | + | |
- | 7. | + | =====Our Absent Friends===== |
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- | O YOUR OPTOMETRIST | + | |
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- | F. GOOMAN M.I.O. | + | |
- | Optometrist Ind Optician . | + | |
- | C.) 20 Hunter Street SIdney, Tel: B3438 | + | |
- | C;..) | + | |
- | (0, (F) | + | |
- | @- Modern Methods of Eye Examination. and Eye Training @ | + | |
- | Careful Spectacle Fitting | + | |
- | ET? | + | |
- | @ | + | |
- | Fixing an appointment will facilitate the resarvetion | + | |
- | , | + | |
- | of time for giving you proper attention, but should | + | |
- | 0 | + | |
- | ' you be unable to ring us beforehand, your visit will | + | |
- | e be welcome at any time you may choose to call. | + | |
- | C (D | + | |
- | ElaCEC(Tr' | + | |
- | OUR ABSENT FRIENDS | + | |
During the month we have received letters from the following: | During the month we have received letters from the following: | ||
- | Ninian Melville Les Douglas Bob Savage | + | |
- | Bill Burke Frank Ricketts- -Deuce | + | Ninian Melville, Les Douglas, Bob Savage, Geof Higson, |
- | 22(z fLinville | + | |
- | as, apart from the " | + | ====Geoff Higson - Bougainville 10.4.45.==== |
- | could do with a few cheers in the way of letters as these days I don't even bother to expect them, except for duty letters of course. So when I do get one, rather a lars e ceremony with offerings to the aircraft that drops it from the blue is the order of the day and everyone else in the section cheers for me. Ap rt from that I am extr: | + | |
- | - | + | I appreciate those letters of yours as, apart from the " |
- | Give my congrats to Edna. Your description of the Raunion | + | |
- | fond memories of past Reunions in peace time at Leonav etc. TugFie's trip has the earmarks of a wild and wondrous time but the thought of Tumut isn't very nice for the man on the land, a most disheartening job under present circumstances. | + | could do with a few cheers in the way of letters as these days I don't even bother to expect them, except for duty letters of course. So when I do get one, rather a large ceremony with offerings to the aircraft that drops it from the blue is the order of the day and everyone else in the section cheers for me. Apart from that I am extremely |
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+ | Give my congrats to Edna. Your description of the Reunion | ||
Well I'll go into my dance now and try and give you some of the " | Well I'll go into my dance now and try and give you some of the " | ||
- | this place, | + | this place. |
- | As for the Solomons I supnose | + | |
- | I have been here five months now and am extremely contented. We have | + | As for the Solomons I suppose |
- | 9. | + | |
- | wandered over a great area and done a lot of things. No doubt you heva rd about "thoae brave commandos" | + | I have been here five months now and am extremely contented. We have wandered over a great area and done a lot of things. No doubt you have read about "those brave commandos" |
- | We have always lived under fair conditions | + | |
- | jungle scenery and a reelly | + | We have always lived under fair conditions |
- | of course boots. So we work and 7lay ( very little of) making the most of life. I am in ch-rge | + | |
+ | I am in charge | ||
no end of coin as I am still only a trooper - but one of these days? | no end of coin as I am still only a trooper - but one of these days? | ||
- | I have m naged to grab myself a couple of Nips but at the momerib | + | |
- | a cloud (shades of former | + | I have managed |
- | if they find me and I get killed they may not be able to collect. It'll all | + | |
- | blow over soon I hope and I can get amongst the fight again and pip a few more of them. The trouble is we've got to go out and look for them and | + | The areas we have been in have had considerable native and Jap gardens of kau kau, corn, melons, pawpaws and what have you in the tropical line and many and delicious were the feeds we enjoyed. |
- | we're sometimes wondering for days around their bock areas looking for them, | + | |
- | So much for the little brown bathplugs. | + | The photography up here has been rather |
- | The areas we have been in have had considerable native and Jap gardens of | + | |
- | kau kau, corn, melons, pawpaws and what have you in the tropical line and | + | I notice |
- | many and delicious were the feeds we enjLoyed, | + | |
- | The photography up here has been rather | + | |
- | the unexposed film but once exosed, unless developed immediately | + | |
- | sunlight enlarger and we have turRed | + | |
- | fixes the hardening. The printing isn't worth it up here so I have my first | + | |
- | batch ready to send down to be printed. If anything is worth sending I'll a.0 a | + | |
- | little reciprocal trading by sending you a photo of somethin7 | + | |
- | not may ugly dial. | + | |
- | I notice | + | |
- | time I expect - but they cm stend it for the pe r boys "eoyein-f-un" up | + | |
- | north. If anyone tells you that Dunk, tell th:i for me that calling it that | + | |
- | doesn' | + | |
- | neglected, One m-ro thing b,fore 1 go. Here is the latest news - stop press in the late final extra - Right off the rell2rs | + | |
GUOUOGANG | GUOUOGANG | ||
by Laurie Rayner. | by Laurie Rayner. |
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