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We would have been very late indeed in getting to bed had we been forced to foot those extra miles so we celebrated our good fortune by drinking tea until 4 am. | We would have been very late indeed in getting to bed had we been forced to foot those extra miles so we celebrated our good fortune by drinking tea until 4 am. | ||
- | ----TRAGI-COMEDY IN SEVERAL ACTS---- | + | ====TRAGI-COMEDY IN SEVERAL ACTS==== |
Scene - Some hundred yards from the Cedar Road. | Scene - Some hundred yards from the Cedar Road. | ||
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Time - The dirty past. | Time - The dirty past. | ||
- | ACT 1. | + | ==ACT 1== |
- | One party led by Frazer Stanley | + | |
+ | One party led by Frazer Stanley | ||
Livingstone K. speaks, " | Livingstone K. speaks, " | ||
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Stanley R. (with his well-known flair for variety) " | Stanley R. (with his well-known flair for variety) " | ||
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They part again (this time properly). | They part again (this time properly). | ||
- | ACT 2. | + | |
- | Livingstone K. is discovered having lunch with two native women at " | + | ==ACT 2== |
- | says " | + | |
- | EPILDGUE, | + | Livingstone K. is discovered having lunch with two native women at " |
- | STOP PRESS:. SEPTEMBER 14th is the LAST NIGHT the CLUB CAN MEET | + | says " |
- | AT THE GEORGE STREET ROOMS. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE UNABLE TO ADVISE WHERE THE MEETING OF THE FOLLOWING | + | |
- | WEEK WILL BE. | + | ==EPILOGUE== |
- | 7. | + | |
+ | Mr Stanley R. eventually arrived at the Kowmung | ||
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+ | ==STOP PRESS== | ||
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+ | SEPTEMBER 14th is the LAST NIGHT the CLUB CAN MEET AT THE GEORGE STREET ROOMS. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE UNABLE TO ADVISE WHERE THE MEETING OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK WILL BE. | ||
- | SNIFFS FROM THE NEWSHOUND | + | ====SNIFFS FROM THE NEWSHOUND==== |
- | We are vrever | + | |
- | in the Club rooms, For example, Betty Pryde,and Allister Menmuir were able to track the Club down to its new room in George Street.(Censor: | + | We are never sorry being able to record |
- | Last month one writer deplored the apathy shown in the Club these days. Just to give this claim the lie direct the Sports Carnival was held recently with all the pbmp and ceremony | + | |
- | Oh, happy, happy, happy Parents! Two sons this month, The owners of | + | Last month one writer deplored the apathy shown in the Club these days. Just to give this claim the lie direct the Sports Carnival was held recently with all the pomp and ceremony, the enthusiasm and the numbers of the Grecian Olympian Games, Perhaps I should add "in one of the smaller |
- | one are the Wyborns, Their son was 8 pounds 14 ounces when born and can already do simple quadratic equations, Peter John walked in on the Harpers almost at the-sariae:time as theidomestic | + | |
- | After VP Day Russell Wilkins appeared at the Club wearing a white polo sweater which crowded around his throat in a thick ruffle which would have done credit to Queen Elizabeth; This went, naturally, with an air-force uniform. Apparently some WAAAFS were so eager to get at him that they tore the front out of his shirt. Russell says the reason was VP celebrations. | + | Oh, happy, happy, happy Parents! Two sons this month. The owners of one are the Wyborns. Their son was 8 pounds 14 ounces when born and can already do simple quadratic equations. Peter John walked in on the Harpers almost at the same time as the domestic |
- | News h-s been received that Mouldy Harrison travelled from New York to Halifax2 | + | |
- | Did you hear about the little boy whose teacher told him that "to be frugal" | + | After VP Day Russell Wilkins appeared at the Club wearing a white polo sweater which crowded around his throat in a thick ruffle which would have done credit to Queen Elizabeth. This went, naturally, with an air-force uniform. Apparently some WAAAFS were so eager to get at him that they tore the front out of his shirt. Russell says the reason was VP celebrations. |
- | One of the new girls in the Club is most anxious to acquire a tent of any size or description. So if you have a tent which is just mouldering away with die-use think of the pleasure you could give one person eager to walk and camp, by striking a bargain. See th Editor who demands only a modest 50% commission. | + | |
- | HAVE YOU MADE EVERY ENDEAVOUR TO FIND A SUITABLE | + | News has been received that Mouldy Harrison travelled from New York to Halifax, |
- | ROOM OR Rat FOR THE CLUBS USE ? SEE STOP PRESS - PAGE 6. | + | |
- | ov. | + | Did you hear about the little boy whose teacher told him that "to be frugal" |
- | INTERLUDE IN SICILY' | + | |
+ | One of the new girls in the Club is most anxious to acquire a tent of any size or description. So if you have a tent which is just mouldering away with dis-use think of the pleasure you could give one person eager to walk and camp, by striking a bargain. See the Editor who demands only a modest 50% commission. | ||
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+ | HAVE YOU MADE EVERY ENDEAVOUR TO FIND A SUITABLE ROOM OR HALL FOR THE CLUB' | ||
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+ | ====INTERLUDE IN SICILY==== | ||
by DOREEN HELMRICH. | by DOREEN HELMRICH. | ||
- | Memories of Sicily - 1939 - are crowding into my mind. Sicily with its clamorous cities and stone villages; | + | |
- | Vivid memories of Palermo, the capital, are of the clamour of small 'boys shouting in sheer exuberance, of carved and decorated yellow wooden carts, drawn by the most diminutive of mules bedecked with rows of shining silver bells jinglinhat | + | Memories of Sicily - 1939 - are crowding into my mind. Sicily with its clamorous cities and stone villages; |
- | Behind these market streets ran the streets of the peoples/ dwelling places-chill, | + | |
- | OppresEed | + | Vivid memories of Palermo, the capital, are of the clamour of small boys shouting in sheer exuberance, of carved and decorated yellow wooden carts, drawn by the most diminutive of mules bedecked with rows of shining silver bells jingling at every movement; of narrow back streets, winding and flagged where people swarmed like ants, and children flocked in thousands but were very gay; where stalls displayed every imaginable food stuff, including quite alarming looking fish and strange varieties of breads. |
- | the fields, donkeys. sc-rcely | + | |
- | After hours of struggling our train limped into Caltanisetta railway junction, where we got out and waited, Up in the distant hills there was a smear of yellow"- the ancient sulphur mines; While we waited the peasants gathered round as they always did and we held many pleasant conversations in execrable French, our only common language. | + | Behind these market streets ran the streets of the peoples' |
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+ | Oppressed | ||
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+ | After hours of struggling our train limped into Caltanisetta railway junction, where we got out and waited. Up in the distant hills there was a smear of yellow - the ancient sulphur mines. While we waited the peasants gathered round as they always did and we held many pleasant conversations in execrable French, our only common language. | ||
They all seemed to have relatives in Australia, and knew about our wonderful surfing beaches. | They all seemed to have relatives in Australia, and knew about our wonderful surfing beaches. | ||
- | Eventually another train arrived and we chugged further up the mountain and so to G' | ||
- | Girgento is built on the heights 1000 feet above the Mediterranean | ||
- | and as we sat on the Terrace of our Inn looking down over the beautiful ruins of the six Greek Temples, over the Olive groves below to the blue-green sea we tried to reconstruct some of the tempetuous pastllittle dreaming that our own people would be the next invaders, | ||
- | Our host at the Inn owned a villa on the coast at Port Empedocle, so gave us our lunch and the key and insisted that we should go down for a picnic and swim. It was a delightful little villa gaily painted and decorative with its bright Sicilian rugs, pottery and paintedefurniture. The sun was all that a Mediterranean sun should be, but the sand was dull and the water still' | ||
- | C. | + | Eventually another train arrived and we chugged further up the mountain and so to Girgento, steeped in memories of the past. All Sicily bears the imprint of the dozen civilisations that have flourished there since the dawn of history - Phoenician, Greek, Carthaginian, |
- | 9. | + | |
- | On the road back to Girgento we ::ret peasant b returning from their day's work in the fields, one little boy carelessly dangling in his hand a Roman terra cotta vase which he had just come upon ao he dug. These people have(to us) quite priceless treasures in their homes, They are likely to find them just any time i the fields | + | Girgento is built on the heights 1000 feet above the Mediterranean and as we sat on the Terrace of our Inn looking down over the beautiful ruins of the six Greek Temples, over the Olive groves below to the blue-green sea we tried to reconstruct some of the tempetuous past, little dreaming that our own people would be the next invaders. |
- | The journey onwards to the East Cohst took another whole day in the leisurely train. We uied to spend five minutes at each station, and carriages were always being added or subtratted ,-;,but no one felt any need to hurry. Suddenly over the green hills, a daz7linglehimmering | + | |
- | cried, pointing excitedly.. Gradually we came down from the mountains to the | + | Our host at the Inn owned a villa on the coast at Port Empedocle, so gave us our lunch and the key and insisted that we should go down for a picnic and swim. It was a delightful little villa gaily painted and decorative with its bright Sicilian rugs, pottery and painted furniture. The sun was all that a Mediterranean sun should be, but the sand was dull and the water still and shallow for so far that we gave up in despair. |
- | Plains of Catania, and turned North, with Etna 10,000 feet high on our leftt and the Mediterranean calm and untroubled as ever on our right, The long curving | + | |
- | Taormina, another picturesque little town perched on the heights was our destination, | + | On the road back to Girgento we met peasants |
- | most interesting | + | |
- | miniature main street was decrepit but very amusing. The beds rocked like ships in storm and the floor tiles rattled when we walked. It took three days to get a hot bath, but the avant was so cerqmonious, necessitating as it did the escort of two maids and the handing over of three enormous bath towels, that it almost seemed worth the 1/9 it cost. The geography of the building eluded us and we never did discover its full extent, but we did find three wings opening to three different streets; two gardens with ponds and birds, | + | The journey onwards to the East Coast took another whole day in the leisurely train. We used to spend five minutes at each station, and carriages were always being added or subtracted |
+ | cried, pointing excitedly. Gradually we came down from the mountains to the Plains of Catania, and turned North, with Etna 10,000 feet high on our left, and the Mediterranean calm and untroubled as ever on our right. The long curving | ||
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+ | Taormina, another picturesque little town perched on the heights was our destination, | ||
As we were sitting at the street tables of our palatial residence the waiter came out and said something which was translated for us "The Italians took over Albania today. King Zog invited us to occupy it." | As we were sitting at the street tables of our palatial residence the waiter came out and said something which was translated for us "The Italians took over Albania today. King Zog invited us to occupy it." | ||
- | This important announcement, | + | |
- | Ester ,Saturdny howf-,wer wae .Piesta lay, so tnti smtll boys had thAr pro-ces' | + | This important announcement, |
- | At night there was a Grand Ball at every restaurant, | + | |
- | The "Taverne | + | Easter Saturday however was a Fiesta Day so the small boys had their procession, |
- | .=1 | + | |
- | 0 | + | At night there was a Grand Ball at every restaurant. |
- | taken thre, It w-!s a large, grey rough w-, | + | |
- | lights in pirate lanterns, and barrels and bottles hanging from the roof. | + | The "Taverna" |
- | A brightly costumed orchestra played gloriously from a cave in the wall | + | |
- | to the thronging crowd seen dimly through tobacco smoke, The tiled dancing floor centre, seemed as lorge as a family dining table, and the | + | Fashioned into a hillside, the Greek Theatre stands on the out-skirts of the town. From the rising Auditorium the audience looks down through the arches behind the stage to the beaches and the Coastal villages hundreds of feet below. Built in golden stone it has stood for 2500 years and we thought of the drama enacted on its stage and in the lives of the people through all those centuries. |
- | of carnival flourished. Waiters flew in all directions carrying delicious wines and every little while one of the orchestra turned soloist - the violoniet | + | |
- | Fashioned into a hillside, the Greek Theatre stands on the out- | + | A very short journey along the coast brought us to Messina, |
- | skirts of the town.. From the rising Auditorium the audience looks down through the arches behind the stage to the beaches and the Coastal villages | + | |
- | hundreds of feet below, Built in golden stone it has stood for 2500 years | + | The Sicilians |
- | and we thought of the drama enacted on its stage and in the lives of the people through all those centuries, | + | |
- | A very short journey along the coast brought us to Messina, | + | Ancient, |
- | Straits of Messina to the :Italian mainland. | + | |
- | The Sicilians | + | ====FOOD LISTS==== |
- | moment of supreme content. | + | |
- | Ancient, | + | |
- | FOOD LISTS | + | Nightmare horrors food lists cause. |
- | Nightmare horrors food lists cause. Immutable as holy laws - | + | |
- | Juggling pounds and pennyweights, | + | Immutable as holy laws - |
- | Myopic eyes have read as | + | |
+ | Juggling pounds and pennyweights, | ||
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+ | Reviving long forgotten hates, | ||
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+ | Panic when two tins of malt | ||
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+ | Myopic eyes have read as " | ||
Making lunch of even date | Making lunch of even date | ||
- | As preordained as Omarls | + | |
+ | As preordained as Omar' | ||
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Can the sugar with the tea | Can the sugar with the tea | ||
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Be trusted not to disagree? | Be trusted not to disagree? | ||
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Will the butter miss the train | Will the butter miss the train | ||
- | And hread be dry as Western plain? | + | |
- | Will the chap who al-7ays | + | And bread be dry as Western plain? |
- | Such quantities of useless things Bring of bidden quantities | + | |
- | The party' | + | Will the chap who always |
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+ | Such quantities of useless things | ||
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+ | Bring of bidden quantities | ||
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+ | The party' | ||
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Comes the hour of reckoning - | Comes the hour of reckoning - | ||
- | To Peter would I rather wing,. | + | |
+ | To Peter would I rather wing, | ||
Even saints would not exact | Even saints would not exact | ||
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Such punishment for our worst acts. | Such punishment for our worst acts. | ||
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" | " | ||
- | We owe you more, you brought the Cake, | + | |
+ | We owe you more, you brought the cake, | ||
She takes that, now you owe me | She takes that, now you owe me | ||
- | .A "cleaner" point six four two three," | + | |
+ | A "deaner" point six four two three." | ||
ONE OF TEN. | ONE OF TEN. | ||
- | le, | + | |
- | ONE OF THE OLD HAND3 | + | ====ONE OF THE OLD HANDS==== |
- | Maurie Berry told me in a tone which implied understanding on my part that he is one of the "8 originals" | + | |
- | We bemoan even now the paucity of maps and the wartime lack of gear but walking in those days was so different that it is difficult for us to appreciete | + | Maurie Berry told me in a tone which implied understanding on my part that he is one of the "8 originals" |
- | the pre-lightweight era were heavier and we have all the advantages of progress in bushwalking which is practically synonymous with lighter packs. | + | |
- | Can you visualise the Blue Mountains when a trip to Clear Hill and return was considered to require a holiday weekend for its performance? | + | We bemoan even now the paucity of maps and the wartime lack of gear but walking in those days was so different that it is difficult for us to appreciate |
- | Maurie has a record of service to the Club and one which is by | + | |
- | no means ended, He has been on committee many times, has been Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and President. His present love, to which he has | + | Can you visualise the Blue Mountains when a trip to Clear Hill and return was considered to require a holiday weekend for its performance? |
- | glven four years of tireless work, is the Bushwaikers | + | |
- | of which 110 is Treasurer - surely an important post on a Committee filling its coffers in order to happily empty the for the benefit of Bushwalkers in the services, | + | Maurie has a record of service to the Club and one which is by no means ended. He has been on committee many times, has been Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and President. His present love, to which he has given four years of tireless work, is the Bushwalkers |
- | Though Maurie first walked in 1924 his enthusiasm for the bush is greater than ever and do not imagine because of this-date, his snowy hair and growing responsibilities that he hes retired from active walking. | + | |
- | Only, quite recently he " | + | Though Maurie first walked in 1924 his enthusiasm for the bush is greater than ever and do not imagine because of this-date, his snowy hair and growing responsibilities that he hes retired from active walking. Only quite recently he " |
- | You have probably heard of Morriberri Pass from the Cox River Up onto the Gangerang Range and have been deceived by its aboriginal sound. It appears that the well-known cartographer, | + | |
- | who mapped most of the Blue Mountains was arraigned for calling so many | + | You have probably heard of Morriberri Pass from the Cox River up onto the Gangerang Range and have been deceived by its aboriginal sound. It appears that the well-known cartographer, |
- | features after white people so he concocted the above name which satisfied the authorities by passing for genuine aboriginal. Maurie was one of the first walkers to go over this route. | + | |
- | Mauriels | + | Maurie' |
- | "I suppose it is partly my own fault", | + | |
- | N.E..........M.E.M.011=111 | + | |
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